The journey of a thousand miles, begins with a single step!

Once in awhile, you are given the opportunity to share your knowledge with others.  During those times, you share information even if you are not an expert.  This sharing could help make someones day, help someone grow, or even inspire them to reach beyond their own current knowledge to embrace something new.

This is what our family has decided to do with our new web site, Face book page and this blog.  Although, I am typically the main computer person in our family, we will all be sharing stories along our journey.  R.-the reside farmer who grew up with farming and livestock, works outside of home and juggles work, kids, and personal hobbies.  Sal-the former "city girl" as R. calls me.  Mom, wife, teacher for our kids, home business owner and becoming knowledgeable of the farm life.  J. - our oldest.  Learning the farm life, growing into a remarkable young man, our reside "animal whisperer," and great big brother.  C.-our youngest.  Growing up as a farm girl, daddy's sidekick, adores her big brother, full of energy, and no fear of trying anything.  Our little family has embarked on a path that is definitely outside the modern norm.  Everything from food self-sufficiency to home schooling, to relying on natural health aids, independent thinking, and treating each other with respect...from oldest to youngest.  We are firm believers in in including our kids in almost every aspect of our lives.

Our family goals were established once we got into our new home.  Raise and grow the majority of our food, have a home that is family focused, teach our kids so that they can become productive members of society, allow independent thinking so that we can all make and learn to make the most common sense decisions possible, and to take the focus off what society thinks is best and turn it to what is best for our family.  We tend to think outside the proverbial box and travel a path that is not the norm in today's society.  We find obstacles and trials along every path, but use them as learning experiences and a means of determining who our true friends are.

As we set out along our journey, we are constantly learning.  It's during these learning stages that I want to share what we are learning with those that have embraced our family even though we do things differently.  Each day, on our Face book page, I will be sharing information that I find and have found to help us along the way.  Everyday will have a different theme.  We hope that some shard of information we share will help inspire others to live an intended life.  Here is our themes!
Monday's - Mainstay Mondays - Information to help maintain your homes and lives. Everything from groceries, to quick first aid, to organization, etc.
Tuesday's - Teaching Tuesdays - Inspiration, topics that we are teaching our kids, etc.
Wednesday's - Word! - Since the average vocabulary has shrank from around 50,000 words to just above 25,000....Every Wednesday we'll post 5 words that we are teaching our kids.
Thursday's - Thursday Thrifts - We'll share ideas on how to save money!
Friday's - Farm Favorites Friday - We'll share cute pictures of our farm animals, new recipes, and other amazing farm favorites.
Saturday's - Saturday Randoms - Saturday's I will share random thoughts, ideas, etc.  Usually ones that do not fit into any other category!
Sunday's - Sunday Shares - We will share our favorite blogs, websites and Face book pages.

Welcome to our journey!  We hope you enjoy the ride as much as we are!
~Sal