Today we celebrated Charlotte's first birthday with Jessica and her family! She's adorable and a little bit bigger...only a little bit. Now we're chillin at grandma gauthier's house. M is starting to count...we've been counting to her a lot, and sometimes she repeats the numbers, but just recently she started saying 2 after we say one and 6 after we say 5 and so on....only in the right order. I just finished my math quiz and now I'm doing this (obviously). I have nothing more to say, except have a great day!!
Our first step towards the 'homestead' lifestyle: CHICKENS. J and I have been researching, reading books & articles, and saving a TON of info to our Pinterest board. I know we are in for some surprises and troubles, but we are doing our best to head them off and avoid other peoples mistakes. (J is still trying to convince me that we need to start pigs this year. I keep reminding him that is one of the PRIMARY mistakes other homesteaders have made: being too eager and getting in too deep, too fast). So, we start our garden and chickens this year - keeping our fingers crossed that we aren't putting them in poor locations. The chickens are the first thing branching out into our additional 2 acres. The coop and kennel are going at the outside, back corner of our fenced in yard. Our coop is valiantly being made from old cabinets we picked up at the local Habitat for Humanity, Re-Store. We intend to paint, add roof, prop up on legs, and insert s...
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