Blessings From Home

Just Thinking

I've been thinking (stand back, there may be smoke coming out of my ears). You know when you lay in bed thinking so much about so many things that you can't sleep. Well, last night was one of those nights. I was up until 1am just laying there thinking.

So many things are changing in our lives, big changes. We just bought a car, going from 2 cars to 1.

We'll be moving within the next 3 months, to where is not for certain yet, but we know we'll be moving, our rent is just too high.  We're fairly sure that we'll be able to move into that little farmhouse out by my family's land, but it's going to need some work before we can move in. We'll be talking to the old friend of the family's who owns the house this week sometime to discuss the whole thing. Right now, the house is pretty messy and in need of a good cleaning and also just some fixing up...patching, painting, tightening a few loose screws, etc.

Also, if we move in there, the kids will all have to share a room. The house is quite small and we will have to downsize considerably in all areas of our home. All this sounds like almost too much, but the truth is we want it. We want to move into a smaller house so that we can all be closer, and we want to downsize, so that we can live a simpler life. And we want to live out in the country and raise farm animals and wake to the roosters crowing in the morning. We want to work hard to live as much of a self sustaining life as we can.

I keep hearing things like a recession is coming and tough times ahead, and I believe that it's true. And it scares me. I know that I have the Lord on my side and I'm not scared at that part, what scares me is that I'm not prepared enough for the if and when hard times do hit, and what we'll do until the Lord comes again.

Deanna got me thinking yesterday about stockpiling and what we should spend our tax refund on. Now, I'm not in need of a backhoe anytime soon, but the need to stock up on food and put our money towards things that will help us sustain ourselves, such as seeds for growing, on fencing needs so that we can have more farm animals for milk and meat. These are all things that I'm going to be looking towards doing this year. I want to be prepared for whatever comes our way.

We'll be paying a small rent for a while, but nothing compared to what we're paying now. In fact, it will probably only be 1/3 of what we're paying now. How nice that will be!

Something else on my mind is that, although I've been homeschooling my oldest son for this whole school year, I'm a little nervous at the prospect of HSing more than one child. I see so many of you homeschooling 4-5 at a time, and I just can't imagine how you do it. I'm sure it's a lot like having another baby, you don't know how you'll do it, but when the time comes you just do it.

I have so many thoughts and goals in mind for myself and my family and I realize it's time to really start working towards those goals, in whatever way I can.

That's enough mumbling from me. I could probably keep typing all day about my goals and dreams, but it's time to start making them happen.

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{ 06:46, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 } { Posted by homesteadinthemaking }

Wow, Sara, you are pondering so many issues. I would just suggest praying and let God guide your steps. We too, are desiring a smaller home, downsizing, and land. However, if that is not what God desires then we want Him to close that door.
Blessings,
Trixi