House & Home

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1821 Hacienda Home Tour ::: Bathrooms & Laundry Room

1821 Hacienda Home Tour ::: Bathrooms & Laundry Room

Alright, so I promised I'd show you the whole house...so you've now, officially, seen the whole house ;-) OK, OK...I know this post only shows snippets of the bathrooms and Laundry Room, but who really need to see toilets, washer, dryers, and our misc. toiletries? Exactly! So, beyond their utilitarian purposes and funny quirks, what are the highlights?  The things…
January 6, 2015
1821 Hacienda Home Tour ::: Bedroom

1821 Hacienda Home Tour ::: Bedroom

Well, you've seen our Kitchen, Dining Room/Office and Living Room, so I guess that means that today is the day you get to peek into our (miraculously clean, even if just for the photos) bedroom! Excited? Good ;-) Now, what can I say about it beside the fact that it's huge (420 sq. feet), is where we sleep, has good morning…
December 17, 2014
1821 Hacienda Home Tour ::: Living Room

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 and I lived in for five years when she was…
November 25, 2014
City Girls Going Rural – Update

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 are so many things to do, the list is quite…
November 12, 2014
Life begins…

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, the apple trees were heavy with this year's abundance and…
November 3, 2014
Moving is Hard

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…
August 24, 2014