• House & Home

    1821 Hacienda Home Tour ::: Living Room

    If you’ve seen our Kitchen and our Dining Room, you know by now that all of the rooms in our hacienda are quite large, right.  Well, let me just tell you that, at ~475 square feet, our Living Room alone is larger than the little studio apartment my oldest daughter…

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    City Girls Going Rural – Update

    It’s been a few months since I posted an update about where we are with the move and our establishment of systems at the new place so, while there is still so much to do, I thought I’d give you a little update while taking stock of where we’re at! Honestly, there…

  • Homesteading - House & Home

    Life begins…

    The last couple of months have been a whirlwind around here. Self imposed chaos, yes.  But chaos none-the-less. In August, we were sitting comfortably on the couch in the Living Room of our Urban Farm preparing for…well, not a whole lot.  The garden was winding down, the chickens were happy,…

  • 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…

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    The Way Forward

    I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we’re all teachers – if we’re willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take…