When you were little and told to go into your room to clean, it never failed: a new found toy that had gotten lost under a bed or a book that you loved to read would be found under a pile of clothes. You would get lost in fun times and memories and before you knew it, work had stopped and your mother busted in on you not doing what you were supposed to do. I have been piling on more responsibilities with should haves and need to’s that I felt like I was climbing a ladder with So Farmish at the top that I could never get to. Although it was always on my mind, and I was creating memories and stories to write about later, by the time I had a moment to myself, I used that time to regroup mentally and physically until it was time to get back to work again.
I think that feeling guilty for letting something go by the wayside is a common human trait. It’s the guilt that can lead to avoidance because you know after neglecting something so long, it has grown unwieldy, messy and sometimes smelly and you would just rather not do it and throw it all away. Ha! I can’t throw away my laundry, garden or blog so I must storm in and pick up with a spring cleaning!
What I love to do before I spring clean is get all my supplies in order before I start (another form of procrastinating). You can’t start until your tools are in order, right? So here I go, updating my blog (do you like the new colors? what do you think about the new front page image?) and making a list of all the new things that I want to tell you about. We have new babies! A new buckling was born last month, new baby chicks were hatched last week and yesterday, we brought home 3 piglets that will summer with us until they go to freezer camp. I want to incorporate articles of interview of people living the life we can all appreciate, growing food and raising animals that we aspire to someday. I want to share recipes of delicious food to enjoy with your whole family and neighbors. There are so many stories I want to tell you and now is the time to start. Open your windows, shake out the rugs and sweep out the old because it’s a whole new world out there.
