Ok so its been awhile since I blogged, but let me catch you up. I don't think I've mentioned that we bought a motorcycle! We sold J's Bronco II and bought a Yamaha V-Star 650 with the money! Much better, if I do say so myself! I can't drive it, but J is licensed and loving it! I soon need to do a post about M and E and what they are up to cuz they are growing a lot, saying all sorts of new things, and just getting smarter and bigger everyday. (so hopefully that post will come soon.) Um, we have not found a home or jobs in Colorado, yet, but have not completely given up hope. And, most recently a hail storm came through last Friday and broke 8 of the 9 windows on the front of our house, turned our skirting into swiss cheese, plus dimpling our cars like crazy, cracking my windshield, and seriously cracking (multiple times) Justi's brand-new windshield! The kids were slightly traumatized and now, for some reason, E is having a hard time sleeping in his own bed! (now that I think of it, I got an ADORABLE pic of him sleeping with M in her bed. He put himself there, without even her knowing it!) The glass was a pain to clean up, and we keep finding tiny pieces of it throughout the house. The hail was around 2 inches in diameter and threw glass and ice from one side of our home to the other (literally). The kids and I (and Justi) hid in our bathroom till the storm was over (there were no south-facing windows in there). UGH. I just want to be done. Can we please find jobs and a home in Colorado and call it good? FYI for those of you who don't want us to move to Colorado, the other option is pretty much Idaho. Now, for those of you in Idaho, I know you would love it, however, everyone on my side of the family would hate it. So, family of mine, be happy we want Colorado! ....I'm not sure the people in Idaho read this anyway...except Emily.
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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