Our Mountain Homestead - In Progress
My New Life
05:00, Thursday, March 22, 2007
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Hi Everyone. I don't know anyone here yet, but I'd love to make some friends in this kind of community! I am the mother of three beautiful little girls, and have been homeschooling from the beginning (about two and a half years). I love to grow my own vegetables in the summer, as well as other gardening - flowers, fruit trees, etc.
In just the last month I've really changed my life around. I've been discovering, slowly for some time now, that all the food we eat seems to be a complete waste of space. What isn't actually harmful (which is hard enough to find), isn't healthful either. So, I've started grinding my own wheat, and baking my own bread, using whole grain pasta, and brown rice, and as much fresh produce as I can get my hands on until my little crop comes in this summer. I'm cooking dinner from scratch every night, and all of a sudden, I'm finding myself in the kitchen all the time. This is quite a big step for me, as I have never been fond of cooking, and have mostly relied on instant foods to feed my family before now. I know, BAD! Well, as I found myself being bombarded with all this information, I could see there was only one thing to be done. So I prayed that if God wanted me to spend my life cooking and baking, he needed to give me a real passion for it, or it would never last! Well, boy-oh-boy!! Did he! My husband and children are thrilled with the results, as am I, and looking forward to where this new lifestyle will take us! I'm even beginning to think about keeping chickens, and such, although I doubt the neighbors would approve! :o)
Well, there's my intro- forgive me, this is my first ever blog attempt, so...
Thanks, Jen
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