Still in the shed

Since, I am over the 100 post mark now, I thought it about time to review why I am actually here, and as one reader asked "show us your shed"! So I refer back to my very first post that explains what the hell I am doing living in something which mostly equates to a bad neverending camping trip.

Farmers Wife: In the beginning ... Come suffer with me.

My Blogging Quest.

Jen at Semantically driven has started "My Blogging Quest".



I am a new blogger, with not even 50 posts under my belt, but I am well and truly hooked. My story began in March 2009 when I started my blog to document my familys journey from suburbia to farm life. We left a comfortable home only two minutes walk from the school and moved out of town to a 75 acre property with no house and a big shed to live in!

We had been looking for land for 2 years to build our dream home, a cliche - yes but important none the less, and we bought this property in 45 minutes. That was the beginning of the craziness and I had to somehow record it all so I could look back in 10 years time and read about our experiences and laugh, or cry at the things we went through in building our house.

My blog was supposed to be clinical and orderly, but then I noticed posts creeping in about my children, my husband, my pets and often my inner turmoil and emotions. I wrote about having to put our beloved beagle to sleep, or how I felt guilty about my mothering, was I good enough for the job?

It was a release for me and a creative and expressive outlet at the same time. I have always loved to write. I dabbled in poetry and short stories when I was younger and I wrote a pregnancy diary for my three children (I can't wait to blog some of THOSE entries!).

I find I can't live in the moment. I need to record events so I can look back and remember. I do this with concerts I attend or school activities, I photograph and video constantly so I can reminisce. Now I am doing this with my blog, I want to remember this time, the good the bad and the crazy.

I was fascinated with other peoples blogs and loved stepping into their lives just for a short time. I started to get a few comments, and that was exciting - someone else was interested in what I was writing about. This is for me but the power of a comment cannot be underestimated.

I write how I feel, I have a dry sense of humour and that is reflected in my posts. Friends have commented that this is "so me". I have alot to write about, things that are difficult and muddled in my brain, but deserve the chance to be addressed.

There is alot to learn about blogging, and I understand and appreciate a little more each day. Templates, feeds, wordpress or blogger, domain names, the list goes on. I plan to hold on to this ride and see where it takes me.

In the beginning ...

A couple of years ago, the hubbster and I decided that moving from suburbia to a farm was the way to go. So in July 08, we found, and bought 75 acres, with a magnificent view and a partially completed house. Oh and a big shed to live in! We bought the property in 45 mins, then went home and looked at each other and shook our heads.
We sold our house and moved to the property in October. This is that story.


I regret not starting this blog, when we moved out to the farm, as we had many experiences just settling in. But I will backtrack when needed. Basically we have moved from this:-

To ... this ...
But its fine, it really is, because we have a magnificent view:-

So it has been a bit of a change, well a bit of a big change, going from the middle of suburbia, to a farm, from a gorgeous house (that we finished renovating just before selling - go figure) to a shed, and all the other things that I will share at a later date. But its fine, because in the end we will have our farm, our happy family living in our dream house, which presently looks like this:- Our dream has begun ...