tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406081679640735007.post3346069851249435396..comments2023-07-31T11:30:35.019-04:00Comments on Fleecenik Farm: Are we there yet?Fleecenik Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106921810537649303noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406081679640735007.post-84761627586885760102011-04-04T07:01:29.796-04:002011-04-04T07:01:29.796-04:00At the wise old age of, well, nevermind that, I ca...At the wise old age of, well, nevermind that, I can tell you that the simple life we all wish for comes from enjoying the small moments and the little things in life. <br /><br />Homesteading as a simple life? I don't think it works out to be so simple. I think it is hard work and commmittment and effort. You have all three ... but is it really what you're looking for?<br /><br />Your Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03718645722631873821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406081679640735007.post-88347475177667438182011-03-30T16:00:49.242-04:002011-03-30T16:00:49.242-04:00Take a really deep breath. You make me tired and I...Take a really deep breath. You make me tired and I have a full time job with the farm. The difference is...all of my kids have grown up. They keep you so busy. Happily busy. Take care of you.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08257564938538898594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406081679640735007.post-44226346618632051112011-03-27T22:17:57.288-04:002011-03-27T22:17:57.288-04:00Ugh ... all of it, it sounds too uncomfortably fam...Ugh ... all of it, it sounds too uncomfortably familiar, right down to the we have a lot more sap than we expected to have ... than we had this time last year (remember how short the season was last year? over almost as soon as it began seems like). <br /><br />Job responsibilities, homeschooling classes, and homesteading endeavors often collide, and while I don't think my family is quite Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642417312794814066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406081679640735007.post-8038015763916432052011-03-26T22:53:50.682-04:002011-03-26T22:53:50.682-04:00I find that when I start to get stressed, breathin...I find that when I start to get stressed, breathing is the first thing I forget to do--when I pause, I find that I'm holding my breath. Life, for us, has been winding tighter and tighter, lately, too. Thanks for this reminder to reprioritize.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801190508845898744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406081679640735007.post-25759243479093261542011-03-26T15:52:56.054-04:002011-03-26T15:52:56.054-04:00This is a topic that I have to revisit often. I ha...This is a topic that I have to revisit often. I have fibromyalgia and have to pace myself. If I don't, the disorder will do it for me and its much more painful that way. <br />I have had to let things go that might seem important at the time but that don't do very much to enhance my life. If I let the smaller things go, I have room for the more important things and yes-that includes LindaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03624659670781181099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406081679640735007.post-45825739449998990332011-03-26T11:39:31.610-04:002011-03-26T11:39:31.610-04:00You are so right! BREATHE is the answer. I know I...You are so right! BREATHE is the answer. I know I get stressed when unplanned things happen and get me behind and I have so much to do and getting further behind and I think why am I doing this? I say, STOP - BREATHE and get things done as you can and everything that gets done is putting you that much further ahead to your goal. I have to tell myself just think where you would be and what you Allahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232546653792863966noreply@blogger.com