So close!

It has been a while since I have ventured to the blog. So many things have happened in that time span. Th.e littles have almost finished a school year. The puppies are all in their new homes and cute as can be! We are in our new temporary home and as much as I regretted picking this one, it is cozy and warm as the snow falls. There is still cleaning to do at the last rental but all the major stuff is either gone or at least disassembled and ready to go.

It is strange to say this but I'm going to miss the Haystack house. I haven't lived there for very long but my daughter has for five years. My granddaughter learned to walk in that house, we have had almost all of number 10's birthdays in that house. It was the most centrally located to everyone unlike the yellow house on the plains.

I went this morning to dust the cobwebs that lurk in all the vaulted ceilings, like it or not, as I knocked them down I thought of this place. The ceilings here are even higher in some places. I can only imagine how bad they will be here once we have our house built!

I have days that I really miss my home, my chickens, my trees and the seven acres of sand that was home. Then I remember how blessed I am that it happened when it did! We have been challenged with something each month since and each challenge makes it harder to hold back the tears. But hold back I do, not sure why. Maybe it's because I am incredibly stubborn, or just thankful for the blessing that was the fire.

The memories of the fun will live on... not just in my mind, on Google too!