Homesteading, a lifestyle of simple self-sufficiency. Aaah.

Posted on | March 8, 2011 | 3 Comments

The past seven days, I've slept at night. Can you believe it? Four years of handling emergencies at three am and hittin' the sack while others get their morning cup o' joe - it feels a bit surreal. I haven't worked very many evening shifts due to my new ten hour shift position, so we will see how the new team works (obstetric nursing is big time into the team work of coworkers - it makes or breaks your shift) come this weekend. Either way, I'm still sleeping next to the husb at night; and that alone is worth it.

In other news - we built the chicken coop over the weekend! I took the ladies out for an hour yesterday to explore close to their soon to be home, and it was fantastic. The once furry easter chicks are now teeangers raring to get out in the real world, their mother being just a ready (a dusty bathroom is not a happy one). About three weeks and they will be fully feathered young adults.

Isn't it puuurty?

In other home-steady news, I've been growing an array of seedlings over the last couple of weeks. A big goal of mine is to expand my garden and grow more edibles this year - this goal involves taking out several large ferns on the property due to their wonderful 'only sun we get in the yard' location. Here are some sugar snap peas and spinach hard at work in the dining room.

Love this photo - Emma is also aching for spring

Unfortunately my eldest cat, Eddie, discovered the dozen or so sugar snap peas I was growing and narrowed it down to about four shortly after I snapped these photos. Perhaps he's giving me a little taste of what our local deer will be like come summer? The seedling are now balancing on small high stools close to windows, no room for hungry cats to devour my hard work.

So as you can see, I'm hard at work at those new year's resolutions. I truly feel at ease living a bit more simply, and I learn something new everyday. It's keeping me level headed and relaxed before our next fertilty endeavor in May and I have realized over these last few days that I also feel a bit more in tune with what kind of mother I soon want to be - to teach my child the simple things, a down to earth approach to the day to day rhythm of life. I want her to gather eggs with me each morning and watch tomatoes grow in our soil, rich with compost we helped make with simple table scraps. I want her to see a mother and father who truly love one another, love their home, and treat animals like family.

I'm ready.

Category: Furbabies , Homesteading , House , Motherhood

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3 Responses to “ Homesteading, a lifestyle of simple self-sufficiency. Aaah. ”

emily b.
March 9, 2011 at 2:13 PM

your children are going to be so lucky! you are going to give them the most magical kind of life :)

and just in case you need any extra reassurance...this is our time!! :)

xo, em
Madalena Soares
March 10, 2011 at 7:48 AM

This is a truly beautiful post.
I'm sure you will very soon be gathering eggs with your little one.
:)))
this.is.katie
March 24, 2011 at 5:57 PM

I hope you are enjoying your new shift my love! It seems that it might make a lot of other stresses go away.

I loooove the chicken coop, Brad really did a great job on it. Are they creating eggs yet?? :)

You make me want to plant a garden. God knows I'd kill everything in it, but you inspire me hehe

I can't wait for you to be a mom. You will be the best mother ever