My trip to Minnesota was a success. Sam and I had a lot of fun, and the drive there didn't actually seem too long. M did great! I can't believe how wonderful she is sometimes. She didn't whine pretty much the whole trip there, and entertained herself with books and what-not for the first part of the trip. The last few hours she watched sleeping beauty. It was a lot of fun seeing Grandma Jo, aunt Erin and aunt Megan. M had loads of fun with her cousins Cara and Gilli too! We went to the zoo, the water park of america, and the mall of america. Thank you to my family for having us and keeping us fed. I had so much fun seeing you. And I will bring my husband and see you again at Thanksgiving! Yay! I have pics but I forgot to bring them with me. This weekend we went to a pumpkin patch which I also have cute pics for, so I will try to post them on Wednesday.
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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