Are we living our dream?

[Medicine Woman]

Continued from once upon a time. So my dream became a nightmare for a while and eventually I got back on track. Married a farmer who doesn’t exactly do everything exactly like me but still manages to make it work and is king of the dumpster dive. I did have to go to work full time because of certain complicated family obligations but I was on such a good roll. I was almost totally done with all debts and then I could have eased into retirement planning but here came Hurricane Ida.
I still want freedom from debt, utilities, grocery stores to an extent but Ida has tested me greatly. This is kinda my intro but I will follow up with my game plan for making that lemonade with all those lemons I was sent.

 

[Medicine Woman]

Excuse my mess. I had 5 cracker cans that I have been keeping my dry goods in but I got tired of opening them to find the rice, cornmeal, flour and such. I bought one can of spray paint and a silver permanent marker. I cut the corners of an index card rounded to use as a stencil for my labels. DH helped me with a little art work.

 

[murphysranch]

I don't know you well, but I'm frankly horrified at what you've been accomplishing while carrying all this pain and cancer around as you plow thru life.

Soft gentle hugs and even more gentle pat pat pats on your back, from me to you.

 

[Medicine Woman]

My MRI and CT scan revealed no new growth on my spinal column so I’m probably fine for removal of the hardware that is holding me together. And I was examined by another dentist who is in love with my 32 teeth and says I can keep them and start bone density treatments rather than have my wisdom teeth removed so he is now my favorite dentist. I don’t feel like having another surgery every week.
I have been going clean up in the orchard several times a week. Sometimes I can’t do much but I am getting stronger and the orchard is getting prettier.
My sister called me today and asked if DH could bring her to the cardiologist and I called her a little while ago and apparently they are eating out. Makes me happy that he took her to her appointment and to eat at a moment’s notice. She only has one child who, herself has 4 kids….some of which are very small.
I want to go to the orchard but I think we going to the movies because we have multiple girls birthdays

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Who or what is flylady?

I looked it up, lol. She's somebody who tries to tell you how to clean house, lol. I don't like her one bit!

 

[baymule]

Your family loves you and it doesn’t get much better than that. You have devoted your whole life to caring for others. Now God says it’s your turn for others to care for you. It’s hard to accept after a lifetime of service to others. Big hugs.

 

[farmerjan]

Prayers for the radiation doing it's job and not too much problems for you to handle. The inactivity drove me nuts after the knee replacements with all the pain, so I can understand the frustration of not being able "to do"....
Keep up your spirits... you are on the "getting better side" of it....

 

[Medicine Woman]

Omg. I am sorry for your loss. But I hope you don’t regret your decision. It’s just been 2 months and I wouldn’t want you to forfeit your lifestyle and later regret it. Is there not a way to downsize the chores to make it manageable? Like for me...well I am a nurse and my coworkers have questioned me about my farm. I told them I make my living as a nurse and then the farm pretty much supports itself and only feeds me but if I had to choose I would farm because if I can’t work in the future as a nurse the farm is bread, meat, vegetables, fruit, cabins, warmth, water, herbs....basically everything I need. If I don’t have my land then I’ll be just as dependent on the money economy as everyone else. I just don’t believe in hasty decisions. I hope you have a good plan because I remember communicating with you in the past and people like us just don’t see things like most people.
If I were left alone with too much land to manage and no farmer to lease to or sharecrop with and by all means selling as a working farm was in my best interest I really think I would sell it for the most possible money and then go RVing. Downsize and go places, while I still use some of my skills. I do have a used RV and Nature has already forced me to downsize but still with the land. But I trust you know what is best for you.

 

[baymule]

We moved here because our daughter and family was here. They moved to Odessa for better jobs, then moved to Corpus Christi this past summer. I had already been telling my husband that we ought to move a couple hours south to be closer to family. This is not a new rash decision. Without the love of my life, I have no family anywhere near. Moving to my son’s rent house on 2 acres will give me time to figure out where I want to be. I’m not giving up farming, keeping 12ewes and my ram. Plus my LGDs. I’m a firm believer in that when the time is right, God will show me where I need to be. I just know I don’t belong here anymore. Thank you for your love and concern.

 

[baymule]

Did Ida blow a lot of the fruit off the trees?

Calling Sasquatch! Does he ever get any answers? He'd best be careful, if not well versed in Sasquatch, he might call up an amorous female looking for a mate!