Well, after being MIA fro quite some time, I am back.  I doubt if anyone will remember me. But that is okay....sometimes it is nice to fly below the radar. lol

To catch y'all up.  We live in North Central Texas and right now we are in the suburbs...a very upper income suburb.  Although, we don't have the same economic situation as many here do. :)

My DH has been in the same production industry for over 25 years...and had grown quite tired of it and all the variables that go along with it.  We each have had these "wishes (prayers) that we would verbalize...only every so often.  His was...he wanted to get out of the printing business ....and maybe live out of town so our kids could run and play more like we did when we were children.

My wish/prayer is much more precise and dramatic.  I want to move WAY out...and live self sufficently...off our small farm....with an off the grid infrastructure:  you know , grow/raise our own food, have a well of rain catch for water.  Solar/wind/or other source of power.  Use our animals to farm the garden... I want to make most of our clothes.  I want my boys to be self reliant and capable men....I want them to know LESS of the modern world.  I grew up in the 70's and 80's....yes, they were fun and free & oh so unfulfilling.  here my generation is struggling....to "FIND IT" whatever 'it' is.  

I found mine.  In the most unlikely place.  A quiet, shy honorable, responsible, loving man. I found that as much as I love him....a big part of it is what he has shown me.  simple tastes, no need to put on aires, simple honesty.....which is different than just honesty.. Loyalty and fidelity and how to be quiet - together.  That can be the best conversation of all.  Amazing how much gets said when you both are just quiet and being together working or relaxing......volumes are spoken, without uttering a sound.

So now, we are making the leap.  We are leaving our Upwardly Mobile Suburb Highlife for the hills of Texas 75 miles away.  We are moving to RAW land and setting us up a very small family farm.  I think the property we are going to is about 20 miles from the nearest town of any size. and 11 miles down rock/gravel/dirt county roads.  We have mostly rocks, scrub brush and thorny things to clear out.  I am so excited!  It will be a culture shock to the young ones...my older ones will want to have me put in a home lol...my poor Daddy will be sad that I am moving...My siblings will think this is another one of my crazy schemes....and maybe they are right...except this is the ORIGINAL scheme from when I was very young.  It is my lifelong, heartfelt yearning to do this forever.

Please pray for us that we make the choices Heavenly Father has provided for us and that our family will be blessed with more Peace and Tranquility and rediscover Meekness and grow closer and bring up our boys in the manner of goodly parents.  Please also bless those whom we are going to assist and be with will be blessed by our family and our service and that we will make their burden lighter and their world more joyful.

Please pray that our boys embrace the simple and abundent life and learn to love that what God has provided us to be blessed with.

When we start the actual PHYSICAl part of the move and life transformation...I will post photos.  I want to document this trip.

Good to be back everyone!