It's been a really crazy life these past several months. I'm sure I don't want to repeat them. I have wondered if I should ever post the things that were really hard to handle or bad things that happened and for the longest time I thought I should not. Then I was randomly reading articles and I came across one that a lady shared of the bad things that happened and how she was able to learn and grow from them. So I thought, and thought, maybe if I only shared good things people would get the wrong idea of what life is really like, how hard it can really be and not really understand why it is all worth it for me. So I figured it wouldn't be bad to share. After all, I'm still here and still plugging away at the life I want to create ~ good or bad ~ and really loving it.
So here it is. 2012 has been a very hard year so far. It seems nothing has really gone my way, though I am not complaining, and everything that I thought I wanted to accomplish has been put on hold. The year started out all right, I say because I actually can not remember. I know it was hectic, chaotic, crazy, and fun. Then the first part of April brought on storms and we got hit with a tornado. We lost all of the out buildings except for the garage and the library. The house and the library both have a hole in the roof. Neither one has been fixed. Our siding is full of holes, not fixed, trees were uprooted, there is metal everywhere, equipment was damaged, it took out my whole garden-including all of my raised beds and food that was already in the ground.... And yet we were lucky, rather blessed. The same tornado took one entire house, completely damaged others, and destroyed the livelihood of other farmers in our area. Livestock was lost. In my case, some of my chickens were killed and a couple of my goats were hurt but ours fared better than others. The clean up still goes on around us but we still look like a war zone. Part of that has to do with the fire we had. Yep! A fire.
After the tornado, school ended and we went to Utah for 2 weeks to see my Hannah graduate, my nephew, Justin, graduate, and Daniel's niece, Alex, graduate. WOW! It was fun! Family! Friends! Hugs and Kisses! Can't beat it. It took our mind off of the tornado mess at home (and the SAD SAD fact that Daniel sold ALL of my goats- still crying over that one). We got home and got back to work. I replanted as much of a garden as I could, which wasn't much at all, redid some pens, and moved animals around. And then the fire.
July 3 the fan motor in the deep freezer in the basement went out. The motor over heated and caused a fire. Within a few minutes the entire house was engulfed in smoke. Another blessing, the entire house did not go up in flames, only smoke. The saddest thing - we lost most of our food because the freezer was beside the shelves holding canned goods and things I had canned. Not to mention all of our deer meat in the freezer (about 200lbs) and all of my frozen fruit and vegetable mixes that I had been putting up. Fish, cheese, cakes, and other goodies rounded out the freezer stuff. I am very broken hearted about that loss. But I've been blessed again. I made some new friends and others have been so kind to us during this whole adventure.
Tomorrow is September 1 and we are not yet back in our house. We spent a month bouncing around from hotel room to hotel room and then were finally able to find someone willing to rent us a house until we can get back into ours. My garden did not survive the summer and my inability to tend to it. All of my small chickens have gone missing as well as all of my unique hens, stolen I'm sure. Fencing, t-post, and other things are gone too. Our well is going dry and we will have to dig a new one soon. So far we are able to get enough water for the animals, though I don't know what we are going to do once we all get back home and the water is in use frequently. But still we are being blessed and I can not complain. Soon, I hope, we will be back home and I can resume the never ending work of becoming free! For free I will be!
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