Sharing our restoration journey of an 1890's homestead in the PNW!
How much life can change in 4 short years. Shortly after the last post in Fall 2021 we lost our other dog, Oliver. And it was only weeks before I started begging Brian for a puppy. The house just felt incredibly empty and cold without our dogs with us anymore. And it took a few… Continue reading Long Overdue Update
FYI: none of these pictures have anything to do with the words, so just pay attention to whichever you're most interested in :D! I spent 2014-15 in school doing prerequisites for the Radiologic Technologist (X-ray Tech) program. I spent 2015-2018 on the waitlist for said program (while working a fantastic job that I was incredibly… Continue reading The Beginning
Okay, so maybe it's not exactly a farm....yet. But here's a picture update of all of our animals and gardens! First and foremost. The goats are the most amazing addition! I love Ben and Jerry. They are crazy and obnoxious, but they are so hard not to love :). The birds and Korben Dallas the… Continue reading Farm Update
The past weekend marked eight weekends until move in date...but that accounted for two weekend trips that can no longer be taken due to the corona virus precautions in place. So now we've got two extra weekends AND Husband's work got shut down for two weeks. So, (positive side to the virus) we're hoping that… Continue reading Eight
Last weekend marked nine weekends left until move in date! Though with all the shut downs with the corona virus maybe that’ll be altered. Last Friday we went out and attempted to bring home enough supplies for the next 4 major projects. We’ll see how we did as the projects progress I guess :)! I’ve… Continue reading Nine
Eleven work weekends until the move in deadline! Last weekend we (mostly Husband and our buddy A) got ALL our sub-floor water lines in! We also finished the plumbing - got it all glued together and hung at the proper grade. We started with finishing up the plumbing and honestly it didn’t take as long… Continue reading Eleven
I love snow. I love how quiet it makes the world. And how it makes everything so beautiful and soft. And that it feels like the holidays. And that it's terrifying to travel in so that even a trip to the grocery store feels like an adventure. We actually got snowed in for a week… Continue reading Snow
I remember thinking last year that we were having absolutely gorgeous weather for October. I have a few pictures that look like it's August, but are dated October (and I'm sure it wasn't August heat!). We got lucky enough to see some of that same October sunshine this year, with close to half the month… Continue reading Gorgeous Octobers
I promise I'll post an update on the Cabin progress soon. First I wanted to share how the many, many plants have been doing and how the property has been shaping up throughout this summer. Here is an overwhelming amount of flower pictures as I haven't been keeping up on sharing: We finally had some… Continue reading Summertime at the Homestead
As I haven't posted any updates in a couple of months, you'll be glad to hear that all six of our chickens are still alive and well. And surprise!! We added four ducklings to the flock a while back as well! Welcome to the homestead Dana, Dena, Dina, and Donna! We hope you're all females.… Continue reading Chickens, Eggs, and Ducks?!
The Homestead Journey 