Going more rural

Look at me go, 2 posts in one month.

Well, the shed is complete. A one day project, with a little help from my son to drill in the last screws and we are done. And just in time for some wind,rain, and snow up in the mountains.

We took a wonderful drive up about an hour away to a little town and had lunch on the snowy weekend for fun. The more and more we talk about where we are going with our life plan the more rural we want to get. Just for fun we looked up the population of the city we moved from, 55,000 population and then the city in which we live now- 5,000. What a difference…the town we had lunch in? 700 people, a cute town we liked the land in? 200 people. Can’t downsize the population much more than that.

Although we have still not established a concrete plan, we have many great idea’s and know this is the direction we were meant to take with our family. A plot of land, a farm and all of us four together. Life can't get much better than that.

A Monthly Blog?

This is perhaps going to be a monthly entry blog, although originally I had wanted it to be a weekly one.  It seems nothing ever slows down here enough to give me the time barely to write down a few thoughts or upload some pictures.  Although it is nice to look back and reflect on what we’ve done in a months time.

Let’s see what has happened in the last month:

Chicken coop is DONE! A big check off on our list! Thanks to wonderful hubbie, help from the kids and even I assisted. It was a family event. The chickens are so happy. We even bought 5 more chicks to add to our group – no pictures yet but they are Silkies and just the cutest things you’ve ever seen.

The coop in progress and finally done!

We have been exploring and taking on hiking. The kids did well and we look forward to going a few times a month to local places.

My daughter has wanted to raise money for her 4-H, whether that be donating some to her group, or helping to provide supplies/feed for her own animals – she has, with the help of me, mom started a website to sell 4-H related items and guinea pig items as well.  A work in progress but she’s excited.

Upcoming projects:

Shed, Playground

Now instead of Ducks we may be looking at Goats! 

And in the month of March: My son turns 6 already! How fast they grow up!