Nov. 29, 2005 - Tuesday on the Homestead
Yesterday was our first real winter day. The farm was covered with a thick frost and the puddles were frozen. So were our pipes as Dave and I both forgot to leave the water running the night before. But the fire was burning , the cabin was warm and we were content. Dave went back to work after 9 days off to work on the house. He got the first 12 logs in place!! This is such an exciting time for us. Dave has had this dream for so long and it is finally happening. Ben -13 is working with him and learning so much.
I really started this blog to record the daily happenings on our homestead and I've decided to try to do just that. Some days really are special, such as I have written about already. Others are just our regular days...like today will be. I was up at 5 with Dave getting the fire started and making tea. Dave left at 5:15 and I sat in the dark of the cabin wearing 2 bathrobes, listening to the fire and drinking tea. The children slept deeply, 2 here in the greatroom near the fire and 2 under thick blankets in our big bed. Emily-15 has a bedroom at my parent's right next door and Kieran-19 has an apartment on the mainland.
Dave and Emily are the only ones who wake to an alarm clock. The rest of us get up when we are finished sleeping. I am a big believer in mornings and this is one thing I love about homeschooling. Right now it is 7:30 and Gabe-5 and Celia-3 have been awake for half an hour. Katherine-9 will wake up shortly and Ben will sleep on, right here in the midst of all our morning activity. Eventually I will nudge him out of bed to start morning chores. He brings in the wood first thing so that's really important to us.
We took some great family photos over Thanksgiving. Kieran was home for 2 nights and we lined all 6 kids up on the second layer of logs for pictures. I'm going to figure out how to post them here so I can introduce our beautiful family. I am also going to give a "farm tour" and introduce our animals. We have chickens, fiber and dairy goats, shetland sheep, a guardian llama, a dairy calf and this weekend will add 2 piglets and our new milk cow.
Thank you so much to those who have posted comments to me. I really love to hear from you and appreciate your kind words. I will get my sourdough recipes up soon as requested. Today is family baking day as we are completely out of bread.
I'm off to cut soap for an order...it is Grapefuit Poppyseed Kitchen Soap.Yum! Have a wonderful day!
Comments
Nov. 29, 2005 - hello
Posted by Cathy
Hi Molly,
I was so excited to see your entry in your blog. I check it every day and just LOVE it. Thanks for sharing with us about your joyful and blessed days.
Take care my friend,
Cathy
Nov. 30, 2005 - Untitled Comment
Posted by NewHarvest
Wow, a log home! They are so beautiful. How blessed you are! The homestead life is the best, isn't it?
Dec. 5, 2005 - Congratulations!
Posted by Anonymous
Molly - Your logs finally being stacked is a dream a long-time coming. This is so neat to read about how things are going. I can't wait to see pics of the rest of the farm, so I know what I'm reading about. Keep up the good work!
Angie s.
