I know I haven't gotten around to showing you how absolutely amazing our land is, but today we have another topic to discuss.
We have already rented our moving truck! What fun! We thought about it for months and we have decided to rent our own truck and pack everything ourselves and he will drive with his Jeep in tow behind. It will be 1200 miles, so we are renting a 16' truck.
Thanks to my hubby I have become so much less attached to "stuff" over the last 10 years. Sure there are things that we have to keep like photos, baby items and general keepsakes, however we really don't need most of what we have. I have also learned that the bigger your house is the more stuff you have. It's just basic math. So in an effort to have a much less cluttered life, make our move easier and live simpler we have decided to reduce our "stuff."
We have already donated over $2,500 worth of "stuff" to our local GoodWill and we are ready to start selling. We have started a Tumblr account for our sales. This way everything that we are selling is in one general location and we can easily update when something is sold. We will be selling until about 2-3 weeks before our move date in May. After that everything left will go to GoodWill and Habitat for Humanity.
So without further ado, here is our new Tumblr account...
I hope you enjoy this new online moving sale we started. Contact us if you have any questions. We are thinking about keeping the Tumblr site up after our move too to sell any excess we have while building our homestead.
Lots of love,
Candi
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Monday, October 13, 2014
About Us
Josh and I met in 2005 and soon began our family. We have 2 very active boys and a little princess. They mean the world to us and we enjoy spending as much time as possible with them.
Although Jos was a Navy brat, he did most of his growing up in South Louisiana like me. We both have seen the effects that living in "Cancer Alley" has done to us. We have serious allergies and so much more. We knew that we needed to get out of Louisiana as fast as we could to prevent our children suffering the same fate.
We struggle to find organics and anything remotely healthy here. Most of the south doesn't seem to care about their health in the slightest. Wellness is not a culture, it's sickness. There are doctors and hospitals getting rich on every corner. Vitamins and holistic health is frowned upon here.
It was 2009, the year our daughter was born that we decided we needed a plan. Where would we go? What will our new life be like we wondered. Josh and I are extremely different people. We have a hard time agreeing on things at times.
We came up with a 5 year plan that was rather simple. Own at least 5 acres of land with a mountain view and camp out on it. The deadline was Josh's 35th birthday. I can tell you that we have already completed this goal and we are working on our new 5 year plan now. You can read about our first trip to our little slice of heaven SOON!
After 2.5 years of searching for property, we were frustrated. We looked in Missouri, Tennessee, California, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Oregon, Wyoming and Arkansas. None meet our criteria. Finally we wondered why didn't we look in Colorado?
But with hard work and determination we settled on a location, the Rocky Mountains! Not just any spot in the Rocky Mountains though. We chose the San Luis Valley in particular. He wanted to see the sunrise or set over the mountains, but living up on the mountain itself was not a requirement for him. He just wanted to be close enough so he could drive there within an hour. I fell in love with the desert in Arizona years ago and I wanted something close to that. I also love the flat land in Louisiana because I get motion sickness rather easily to be honest.
Please follow us on our journey from South Louisiana to our little Rocky Mountain Homestead.
Although Jos was a Navy brat, he did most of his growing up in South Louisiana like me. We both have seen the effects that living in "Cancer Alley" has done to us. We have serious allergies and so much more. We knew that we needed to get out of Louisiana as fast as we could to prevent our children suffering the same fate.
We struggle to find organics and anything remotely healthy here. Most of the south doesn't seem to care about their health in the slightest. Wellness is not a culture, it's sickness. There are doctors and hospitals getting rich on every corner. Vitamins and holistic health is frowned upon here.
It was 2009, the year our daughter was born that we decided we needed a plan. Where would we go? What will our new life be like we wondered. Josh and I are extremely different people. We have a hard time agreeing on things at times.
We came up with a 5 year plan that was rather simple. Own at least 5 acres of land with a mountain view and camp out on it. The deadline was Josh's 35th birthday. I can tell you that we have already completed this goal and we are working on our new 5 year plan now. You can read about our first trip to our little slice of heaven SOON!
After 2.5 years of searching for property, we were frustrated. We looked in Missouri, Tennessee, California, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Oregon, Wyoming and Arkansas. None meet our criteria. Finally we wondered why didn't we look in Colorado?
But with hard work and determination we settled on a location, the Rocky Mountains! Not just any spot in the Rocky Mountains though. We chose the San Luis Valley in particular. He wanted to see the sunrise or set over the mountains, but living up on the mountain itself was not a requirement for him. He just wanted to be close enough so he could drive there within an hour. I fell in love with the desert in Arizona years ago and I wanted something close to that. I also love the flat land in Louisiana because I get motion sickness rather easily to be honest.
Please follow us on our journey from South Louisiana to our little Rocky Mountain Homestead.
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