Sometimes you gotta say F-It....

Today amid my super dirty house, smelly dogs, slightly unkept yard, a driveway of nut hulls to be spread, and laundry (MOUNDS) to be folded I said F-it. It seems my whole day..make that life...is spent working and yet I never get ahead. I have two jobs and some "side projects" that keep me busy and then when I get home the real work awaits me. Its easy to feel overwhelmed but today the sun came out and I just couldn't do it anymore. I called Brent (my partner) and made him skip out of work early (excuse used: stomach cramps, always works). We grabbed some sandwiches from Kenny and Zukes and raced home. I ignored the piles, smells, nuts and took the boat down to the local dock. The lovely thing about living in St. Johns is that the dock is about 5 minutes away! We piled in one of the dogs, the food and our sunglasses and set for the river.

We are new to boating. So when we go out if always feels like an adventure. I always a little encouraged when the motor turns over on only the 3rd try and it only took two attempts to back it down the ramp! Once we were on the water I felt all my stresses leave for a hot minute as I took a moment and enjoyed the blessing my life is. Don't get me wrong it is far from perfect but I am thankful for a partner who is willing to take risks, to live in an area so freakin' gorgeous and enough rain throughout the year to make me feel like the sun (at 75 degrees) is manna from Heaven. We eventually found a deserted beach like area, ditched the boat and spent a couple hours just sitting/playing with the dog and enjoying life.

Now back home I see that both couches are covered in dog hair, the dishes in the sink need to be washed...etc....etc...etc....though today was an important reminder that the important things in life are taking moments to just enjoy, to be stress free and thankful.

Anyone else have any fun weekend plans?

In the Beginning.

I finally got the courage to start a blog....I was always envious of others who so humbly shared their successes and failures. Who shared wisdom and stories. I cannot promise what I have to share or that it will be always be exciting but this blog will account for a young 20 something trying to survive in this world of "want" with a dream of "simple".

So to start us off I am going to share a failure that happened to me. Today I had to cull a chicken. The sweet austerlop was only a pullet and sadly had been attacked by our Rhode Island Red. There was nothing poetic about it or earth shattering but I do feel like it was life changing. For me.

I have dabbled in the urban farming for the past year and as of yet had done none of the "dirty work" that is involved with farming. I secretly felt false and fake. Scared that when the moment came I would chicken out...no pun intended. Though I did what had to do. It was difficult, and unjust but that is the world at times. The after effects are still forming and brewing in my backyard I do not know if this invasion of the real world will radically change my safe place but I do take comfort in the fact that it now feels real. This is not a fad for me. This is my life. I sometimes have to get dirty, make mistakes and then take care of those mistakes and for me in my double lot in NoPo I have fully committed to this lifestyle and while I say this with a sad heart I am ready for this journey and invite you to learn/love/cry with me as it evolves.

Lacy