We've received no word yet on the position he interviewed for this last week.  They did tell him though, that it could be anywhere from several days up to three weeks, although they doubted it would be three weeks. 

Please keep us, especially my dh, in your prayers.  He is continuing to send out resumes while he waits. 

~Blessings to you all, Kathy

Please pray!  This is definitely a legitimate interview tomorrow.  It will still be retail, but beggars can't be choosers, as the old saying goes.  It would be a different type of store that he'd be running.  We are all going, so we can do something afterwards.  We've all been so cooped-up here, we are all getting stir-crazy!  

~Thanks!

Yesterday my dh lost his job of 7 years.  He was the store manager for a building supply company.  We have no idea what we are going to do. 

Your prayers are greatly appreciated.

~Kathy

I do pray everyone had truly blessed Christmas and a joyous start to the new year! 

I am so excited to find out a dear internet friend has started blogging!  She took and internet break approx. 2.5 yrs ago and she has been greatly missed by many. 

I will try to check in more regularly over here, as I do have a few friends over here and do miss you all!

~Kathy

It has been a long time since I have dropped by over here, but I wanted to be sure and say hello to all of my friends here.  I update my new blog more regularly, but not as much as I'd like to.  Life just gets so busy! 

We are enjoying the wondrous Autumn that has come.  The temperatures are so mild!  We have not had any rain in the last couple of weeks.  The pictures in this entry are from the last time it rained here.  It certainly cooled things off for us!

I dh hope you are enjoying this wonderful season!  If you stop by here, or my new blog, please leave a comment if you can.  I do so love hearing from everyone that drops by!

~Kathy

I pretty much have moved over to my other blog, but I do keep this one up, to keep track of my friends over here on HomesteadBlogger.  It's just such a lovely place, I don't want to totally leave it.

We have been busy here at home, but still haven't been able to get a garden started, or get the animals we wanted.  We did add two more dogs though, so now we are up to six!  It was cheaper than the two miniature donkeys my dd wants.  We will get them, but for now, we must wait.

I hope everyone is doing well, and if you happen to drop by here, leave me a quick note, if you can.  Also, you can see my other post, about my other blog, and feel free to stop by anytime. 

I am seriously thinking about moving all of my blogs to here:

Another Day

I have a two week free trial, so if by the end of that I still like it, that is where you will find me all of the time.  I am still trying to figure out a lot of things, so when you go over there, please bear with me. 

Thanks! 

We are still not really getting into the plans we had for this property.  It seems that this first year here has been fraught with more problems than we had anticipated. 

We had initially wanted to plant a garden, get a couple of miniature donkeys for the children and possibly get some guineas, but you know how it goes, "best layed plans" and all. 

I may plant a much more scaled-back version of the garden we had wanted, just so we can see how it goes this spring and summer.  The minature donkeys and guineas are going to have to wait until next year.  There's no way we can do them right now.

The biggest problem we have had here, since moving in, has been septic tank problems.  We have had to have it pumped twice now, and after the second pumping, we installed a clean-out tube, just past the tank, so if we get a blockage in that line, we can get to it.  We augered-out the line, while the tank was still empty, as we found HUGE tree roots all down the line.  We have also put down a root killer into that pipe.  In this area, if you want to replace your septic system, you have to go with the new aerobic systems, to the tune of $5000, and that is with any company you go with out here.  They are all the same price.  Well, we don't have that kind of change sitting around here, so we will continue maintaining the old system.  It is doing better now, but still kind of slow.  We figure, at about $100 a pop, if we have to pump it once a year, that is a lot of pumping we would have to do to reach $5000 spent.  So, for now, that is what we are doing.  We are hoping not to have to pump for quite a while now.

My stove and dishwasher both up and died on me too, shortly after we moved in.  They were the original appliances with the place, and NOT in good condition at all.  The stove was a fire waiting to happen.  The dishwasher had a crack in the tub and was leaking water everywhere, plus most things did not work on it, including the soap dispenser.  So, they have both been replaced.  Our refrigerator also died on us, but was resurected by the repairman, and it was still under warranty, HOORAY!  We even got back a large portion of the money we lost on the food that spoiled. 

Well, that is all the updates on the little homestead for now.  I'll check back in soon, so that you can hear something a little more fun from me! 

I can't believe I haven't posted anything on here since last September!  I don't have time right now, but I will try to come back and post something later this evening.  You can also visit my other blog if you would like.  I do try to update that one a little more.  I also have this one too, if you would like to visit there also.  Yes, I know, I spread myself too thin, LOL! 

Be back later today!