Lately I think I have been missing a huge chunk of my heart and it is because I want a huge chunk or maybe 5-10 acres of land to build a home on that has a garden, chickens, maybe even a few cows....for those of you I grew up with YES I just said cows! haha
My parents did dabble in the gardening world for a while and we had awesome fresh canned veggies and some of my most favorite memories are going out to the valley to tend to the garden...now for me that meant eating all the green beans and snap peas while my parents weeded and watered and harvested what was left after us kids had gone through the garden haha but those are the best memories, some that I would love for my kiddos to have.
How cool would it be to have a huge garden like this! yes lots of work but think of the yummy goodness that would come out of it! Letting the kids go out and pick the beans of the stock or pull the carrots out of the ground? I think its cool so I am sure the kids would LOVE it! The therapy to get lost in a place like this would be so amazing! Not to mention the health benefits from eating fresh food.
I want chickens....have you ever gone a length of time eating fresh eggs and then tried to eat a store bought egg! YUCK. Fresh eggs not only come in awesome colors but they taste so so so much better! My dream is to have a large enough place to let them free range and coop up at night and someday I will have it! I just wish I could get a few in my back yard now...three is allowed and I don't see why not! We don't see eye to eye in our home though :) someday ill win the battle!
There is just something so peaceful about open spaces! Fields and forest as far as you can see....I relax just thinking about having tea on the deck in the morning or sitting it he dark listening to the night. No street lights to block your view of the stars and no road noise to drown out the frogs and crickets.
Now I do realize life is not always perfect and the main problem most of us have is we are to busy thinking we don't have the life we wanted to really enjoy the life we live. But I also strongly believe that if you don't make yourself happy most often you will be forgotten because the only person who can truly make what you want happen is you. Fight for what you want and don't give up on the dreams you have because one day god will lead you to the dreams you may not even know you have yet! Life doesn't always turn out the way you want it to but it always turns out the way it is supposed too.
until next time my friends
