My phone is working now. WEll I can take phone calls anyway. My phone ended up being broken, but I am using my old one. (the one that J walked into the lake and ruined...yeah it still has issues, but it takes calls.) And tomorrow is my birthday. I love my birthday. It is a day all about me - I had to teach my husband that because his family apparently didn't do it that way. I could have sworn everyone had a day off on their birthday like we did at my house. LOVED IT! and now my hubby is catching the hang of it too! He is also quite taken with the idea himself for his birthday. I LOVE DECEMBER!
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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