I haven't really talked a lot about it; I was afraid that the deal might fall apart. But, we have been working over the past two months or so on buying our little farm in the country.

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Well, we signed the papers yesterday!! It has been a stressful and, quite frankly, infuriating journey (remind me to tell you the story!), but we are now the proud owners of a house big enough to to comfortably house our 4 rabble rousers sitting on 12 fenced in acres with a big red barn, a pond, a couple of sheds (one of which might end up being a chicken coop), and plenty of room for all kinds of activities!

Getting Down To Business

When I started this Steemit blog, I fully intended to dive right into my family's journey toward self-sufficiency, documenting the process as we learned how to do things like raise chickens. Obviously, we were delayed. It took way longer to sell our house than I ever imagined it would. In the meantime, I have learned a lot about the Steemit platform, and I have even found a little bit of success writing about things that I find interesting in science and nature. It has been a blast, and I don't plan on abandoning that type of content. Instead, much like the tree on the 2018 Steem Silver Round(pre-order now!), as I grow on Steemit, I feel like I should branch out into new areas of content.

So, in the future, you can expect MORE content, MORE variety, and a WHOLE LOT of me screwing things up as I try to learn how to build stuff and raise animals. It should be a jolly good time, so stick around and become a part of the journey toward...

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