The Hunnicutt Homestead

Back Again (and with Electricity)

Fall is here!  I am loving the cool weather which lends to foggy mornings.  The grey fog smokily winds through the colored leaves in the forest that surrounds our fields.  It makes for a very eery and romantic view.  Then the golden orange sun seeps into the sky, slowly burning away the lazy greyness, leaving the ground wet with dew.

I'm always dressed in my warmest pj's and have a cup of tea in hand on these mornings, until I'm awake enough to get the troops in order for school.  Of course by that time, the romance of the cool morning is gone and it is time for order, work and quick thinking.  I'm glad God made caffeine.

While the kids are in school I have been working on several things in addition to the typical daily household work and farm projects.  First, I've been preparing and teaching a women's bible study.  Second I've been learning Russian again.  I say again because I had to set it aside for so long that I'm having to start over.  It is so true that you lose it if you don't use it.

Third, I've been researching starting a business in imports and exports, thanks to the encouragement of my mother.  I'm excited about this as I have always loved learning languages, learning about other places, peoples and cultures.  This is an area that I think I would enjoy immensely and can see taking my children in the future to widen their perspectives on the world. 

Fourth, I am picking up my writing again.  I've been able to do a bit more research regarding working historical fact into my fiction.  History has so much information that is better than anything you can dream up on your own.  It provides wonderful fodder for stories, characters and plots.  My children loves for me to tell stories about old days, about ancestors, their lineage, what people used to do, how they used to live and what kind of trouble they were in.  I remember loving the same things as a child.

I'm still selling books on Amazon, still playing with photography, trying to learn how to sew properly, still looking for homes for our gazillion cats and kittens, still beekeeping, canning, painting and taking care of chickens and dogs, trying to find time to exercise.  One thing that is great about living in the country and being a stay at home mom is that my life is certainly NEVER dull, nor is it idle!