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    Everything Else

    City Girls Going Rural – A Quick Update

    Hi Everyone!!! I wanted to give you all a little update on how we’re doing while I hit a spot of Internet that works 🙂 I’ve gotten lots of questions from you, Dear Readers, about our move, our Urban Farm, the chickens specifically, and what is next for us, so I figured I’d give you a brief update for now,…

  • city girls going rural-a quick update
    Everything Else

    Moving Day!!!

    Happy Saturday! It’s been a crazy couple of weeks, full of organizing and packing and patching and painting… There have been tears and stress and excitement and ideas and plans in abundance… Trips to the new house have been taken to ensure everything is in line… The help of friends has been lined up for 9:00AM (donuts and coffee first,…

  • Local Bite

    Local Bite Reflection

    With our Local Bite Challenge behind us by over a month already, I’ve been putting off writing this post for a variety of reasons. For one, how does one properly reflect on something so simple and yet so profound as a change in diet and perspective? Also, time.  As in…where does the time go these days?  In between chasing around…

  • DIY

    Mint Sugar & Mint Extract

    Got mint? Yeah…mint sure is prolific, isn’t it?! So, when thinking about DIY gifts for this year’s gift series and my first intention to pull as many ingredients as possible from our garden before going elsewhere to source items, of course mint came to mind! Now, I’ve dried mint in the past and kept it for tea during the cold…

  • Homesteading,  House & Home

    Moving is Hard

    This post could also be called How the Hell Are We Supposed to Take Everything With Us? or equally How Does One Simultaneously Cry in Joy and Sadness While Packing Up a Home? Needless to say, we’re going through some growing pains here. Now, please don’t get me wrong, this move is absolutely the right thing to do.  It feels…