Some days don't go as planned. And when you live with an unseen illness that sometimes acts like an autoimmune disease, some days it just knocks you down. I've learned to listen to my body. Yes, it's frustrating. But if I allow my body to take it easy on the days it's screaming at me, then my body recoups that much faster. Thankfully I am able to work from home as a homemaker/homesteader. Yes, there are still routine things that have to be done, like feeding the rabbits, making meals, general clean-up, but the extra things on my list like deeper cleaning and organizing, extra things in the garden, or even using extra brain power to learn new skills are all things that I can put aside while I let my body rest.
I thought this round of a Lyme flareup would go quickly. After all, my body has already done the hard work of fighting it off once...and after having it for likely 15+ years before it was realized. So shouldn't a simple flareup be a fairly quick and easy fix? Well, yes and no. It's fairly "easy" because I now have routine appointments and we are able to catch it quickly. However, true to it's nature, my body has to take some of the treatments slowly. For this round, that looks like a few extra days of taking 1/3 of the dose I am working up to on my immune-boosting, body detoxing supplement. But that's ok, because I know that I'll get there and that my body is doing what it needs to do, even if it is a little slow doing it...and makes me feel very blah in the process.
I am thankful that I am able to allow myself these slower days and that my family is fully supportive of me during these times. I'm also thankful that I have things I can do while taking it easy, like computer work, crochet, reading. It's very important to find things to do during this time. It makes it so much easier to believe that I'm not being lazy, but that I'm healing. As a mom, that seems to be an extra hard thing to believe.
These days of rest aren’t easy, especially when the world keeps spinning and responsibilities don’t pause. But I’m learning that rest is not a setback—it's part of the journey. It’s a necessary rhythm for healing, especially for those of us with bodies that have fought long battles. If you're in a similar season, please know this: you're not lazy, you're healing. Give yourself permission to pause, to breathe, and to trust that the work you're doing—both seen and unseen—is enough for today. 💛
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Our homestead is still growing, despite us having no land of our own. But we are determined to keep moving forward. We are actively looking for land to call our own. In the meantime, we are doing our best to find ways for our homestead to pay for itself.
We currently have 29 goats, 4 rabbits, 1 beehive, and a garden...and a couple of cows we share with a friend. We have a plan for teaching different classes such as canning, making kombucha, baked goods, apple scrap vinegar, how to crochet, and whatever else we can think of. We will be teaching these locally for in-person classes. But we will also be making these into online courses. So if you aren't local and are interested, stay tuned! Good things are coming!!
I am also, on a local level, making home-baked goods like jumbo muffins and healthy granola bars. These are things I make for my family on a weekly basis, so it makes sense to just up my quantity and sell the extra baked goods.
My guys have also built a variety of things for our homestead, including a bunny tractor, dog feeder (to keep the goats out of the dog food), garden beds, and more. These are items that will be made and sold locally, but we will also be putting together the plans in a pdf form for purchase so that you can build your own.
Trust me when I say that no matter where you live, you can build your homestead one step at a time. We may be doing this whole thing backwards...after all, we still tote everything around in our mini-van, even goats! But we are making our dreams come true, one goat, one homemade muffin, one online course at a time.
Trust me when I say that no matter where you live, you can build your homestead one step at a time. We may be doing this whole thing backwards...after all, we still tote everything around in our mini-van, even goats! But we are making our dreams come true, one goat, one homemade muffin, one online course at a time.
Here's to No-Land Homesteading!
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