Brian and i are constantly doing things to improve our homestead. A year and a half ago it was an untouched establishment. Now it’s thriving and beautiful. We literally built it from the ground up and made it what it’s grown to be. We’ve dozed parts of it, fenced it, built on it, gardened on it, put livestock on it, and created our own little perfect paradise. We made/are making it exactly what we want it to be. We are almost finished building both entry ways. They look so nice. I’m going to put solar lights on them and plant rose trees on each side that will climb the fence. We have an awesome vegetable garden going on. We have cattle, chickens, and horses. We have a cozy back porch area with bulb/fairy lights hanging around and furniture to chill on. The kids and i plant flowers everywhere that we can. We even have flowers on their swing set. We are about to lay a concrete parking area/side walk from the front porch to the back porch which will create flower beds on the side and back of the house so i will have a big place to plant flowers. Brian is having them pour us a fire pit area with a slab for seating around it too. I’m super excited about that. Our store bought pit seemed like a good idea at first but we definitely need something much bigger. We have so many bonfires with the kids and friends. We actually cook over the fires and use it for heat during the colder seasons so it being little and cute/for looks doesn’t work for us. We need practical. Right now we are finally finishing our barn. Brian, family, and his friends built it by themselves so it’s a work of love (or hate depending on the moment ha). The back side will have stalls for show cattle and the east side will have a welping and raising area for puppies. There will also be a tack/show equipment room and 2 storage lofts for all of my Christmas decor. Lord knows there’s soooo much of that. Our place is seriously our prize. Like, i highly doubt that a person could be any more smitten with where they live. We have such a connection to it all because we created every single part of it solely from our imaginations. We put all of us into it. My papa Jerry would be so happy to see our new cattle here and all of the farm work that we’ve done. I’m not sure if I’ve ever mentioned this on here but my papa knew Brian before i did. Papa and Brian were friends from the time that Brian was in high school. When he found out why i was dating he lit up. He was so happy and their friendship only grew deeper over the last decade. His loss has broken us both. Brian would be doing all of this cattle stuff and barn building with papa as his wing man if papa was still here. I think that’s partly why it’s so special to us. We know he’s smiling down. Ugh and just like that I’m bawling. I miss him so much. It hurts.
Anyways, my point of this post is to say this — you can never go wrong by taking pride in your possessions. Never. Take care of your things. Work on your things. Put your heart and energy into your things. It is so incredibly rewarding to watch your home thrive and grow. We are truly obsessed with our place in the almost pathetic of ways and that’s because we always work at improving it. It’s not a braggy thing, it’s a excitment thing. We love it and think that it’s so perfect.
Whether your home isn’t where you want it to be yet or it’s a giant ass mansion that cost you millions, TAKE PRIDE in it. It’s free to keep things tidy. It’s free to be proud of what you have. It’s free to work at what you can. There’s always going to be ways to make it better. If you can put money into it, awesome. If not, that’s awesome too. Keep it clean if that’s your thing. Keep it well manicured. Keep it your style with what you have on hand. Look into diy projects with natures objects. I’ve smade decor from sticks and yarn. It turned out adorable. You can find things around the house to make. You can also find stuff cheap on local Facebook groups or at yard sales. The jist is to just always be proud of what you have and work to keep it, what ever it may be, top notch. And hey, if messy is what makes your soul happy, get messy. Go messy. Be messy. Do you, boo and be proud doing it.
Our barn and fences will be totally built this week. After that bring on the little farm critters, honey, and let’s make this old McDonald’s farm just like we said that we would! I seriously can’t wait to continue to grow our homestead!
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