The White Family Homesteaders

     Our week went by too fast probably because we were being productive and enjoying being outside.  Some weeks just seem to zoom by and it's back to the work week, boo.  One of our biggest dreams is to be able to be a profitable farm/homestead.  As corny as it may sound we enjoy being together and working on our homestead.  The best day for us is when we are outside making progress on projects.      While being productive we managed to get some logs processed and put away to keep us warm for a couple more weeks.  I worked my homestead mama time management skills and the weather app to work it in between a Costco trip, doctor appts and got it done between two days.  The beauty of it is Papa didn't have to get drenched in the process. The pile is getting smaller believe it or not.       The second day of splitting we all were able to participate and by participate I mean being an audience for P...

     Our week started off same ole and then some snow was predicted but the only snow we ever see is the pretty dusting of it and by noon it's gone.  So were we concerned, nope.  Our plan for the week consisted of lil man returning to school, cutting up more firewood because it's been colder than normal and making a quick special trip to the coast for a puppy pickup. Firewood stack is looking bare.      New Year's day arrived and so did the snow, not too much so we thought, no big deal.  We threw some snowballs and did some sledding that lasted about two rides before we washed the snow away. The following day we were amazed by the abundance of snow that had fallen while we slept.  The snowsuits, gloves, and hats went back on and we went outside for round two of sledding and now we had enough snow for a snowman.  With the excitement of the mounds of snow it was hard to get the kids inside to do much else.  Plus poor Papa ...