HR 3rd Anniversary

Yesterday marked the 3rd anniversary of Homestead Redhead.  It is strange to read the posts from January 2013 and know all of the challenges-and changes-that were ahead of me back then.

Take a look back at my first posts all those years ago (it sure seems like it anyway!)…January 2013 HR.

One of my very favorites posts of all time is Homestead Heritage.  I love thinking about the great grandfather I was never able to meet, but relate to so much.

I can only imagine what the next few years will hold for Homestead Redhead and my continued life journey.

There are such big events in the coming year, I am feeling a bit overwhelmed.

In a few weeks I am leaving my travel nurse position and taking a permanent weekend position back at the first hospital I ever worked in.

In a month, everything will be set to begin construction on our forever farm house.

In a few months, I will be flying to a new state, I am terrified of flying, to have a week long Alaskan adventure and come back as Neil’s wife.

In six months, I am forever saying goodbye to my twenties and taking on a whole new decade.

I have been guilty of always telling myself, “Just get through this and then things will settle down.”  Over the last few years, I am slowly coming to the conclusion (I can be slow sometimes) that maybe things won’t actually settle down for a long time…if ever.  Life is extremely hectic and the years seem to fly by before I can even catch my breath.

Usually quite the optimist, I am finding myself totally surprised at this realization, and even a little saddened.   I don’t want to work all the time, but I have to.  I don’t want to spend the money I worked so hard to earn moving heavy patients, getting yelled at by drug addicts and holding down screaming, spitting children, on credit card payments, medical bills and groceries. 

I want to be free from responsibilities to people, places and things.  I want to wake up and spend the day braiding flowers into my curls on a blanket warm from the sun, gathering freshly laid eggs and riding around a green pasture on beautiful horse with a flowing mane, but I can’t.  Perhaps this is the final whips of youthful dreams evaporating before my ever aging self or perhaps I just needs some time off.

With my gypsy soul bound by the chains of obligation, I will continue to push forward one step at a time.  Maybe one day my gypsy life will outweigh the responsibilities of my current life.  Maybe one day I will have a life that isn’t so utterly exhausting.  “Maybe one day”, is what I am holding onto for dear life.

Until next time…

 

 

 

Exciting Announcement

Neil and I have been working hard on several super exciting adventures.

We are so excited to announce that after exploring a ton of different options for our forever house, we have made a final decision.

Neil and I will be building a lovely, rustic house on the family farm next year.

My parents have been working super hard to get a section of the farm perked, resurveyed and ready for us.

This has always been our dream to end up on the family farm, and we are thrilled life has led us back to this option.

As you all know, we sold our house and close in several short weeks.  We will be living in an apartment while our land is getting prepped and our house is being built.

I have decided to stop traveling in February and take a weekend job back home so I will have more time to dedicate to this endeavor.

Neil and I are beyond excited to begin making our dreams a reality.  We both feel so blessed to share in this adventure with each other and my family.

Our house will sit back in the woods with a quaint creek running behind us we will be able to see from our bedroom.  The pasture and the barn will be our view from the majority of our future windows.

We have met with a builder, put down a deposit and after dedicating a huge amount of effort and time to finding a construction loan, were approved this week.

Here is a preview of our house-the outside will be Autumn greens and browns and cedar posts will replace the white ones.  It has a fabulous wrap around porch we plan on watching many sunrises and sunsets on.  What do you think?

We hope you stay tuned as we start this very exciting journey!

And we may or may not have a few more exciting announcements coming your way…

Until next time…