This Week at the Farm
Hi there!
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! I took a little much needed break and feel quite refreshed! But I also missed y’all!
I’m going to be trying something different going into this year. Weekly Farm Updates will only be sent out to subscribers and will not be permanent posts on the blog. I love the idea of getting more personal and giving a quick update of what’s going on and coming up, but also feel that after the fact they don’t make much sense to anyone who might stumble across on the blog itself 😉 So each week I’ll send one out and it will be posted until the following week when the new one will replace it.
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A New Year!
I love the feeling of a new year and the hope that comes with it! And I was especially happy to see 2020 go lol! Typically I do a whole New Year resolution or ‘word of the year’ post, but this year just didn’t call for that. Not that I don’t have any goals written down for different aspects of my life. I’ll just be presenting them differently this year.
I’ll do this as I share much more about my (and Ed’s) health journey, projects/renovations, the garden, farm babes and farm life. I’ll be sharing them as I work on, practice, and cross them off 🙂 We have so many fun things to look forward to this year and we hope you’ll enjoy them all with us!
Let’s Catch Up!
We finally rented a dumpster to go through all the outbuildings! I’ll be sharing the progress we made along with some cool things we found soon!
Doors and Windows
I finally figured out how I’ll be refinishing all of our interior doors! I used a door in our living room to experiment on and LOVE the outcome! I can’t wait to share it along with an awesome window discovery I made!
Flooring
We’ll be starting to install our new kitchen flooring this weekend! I’ll be sharing what we chose and our plans for it tomorrow!
Upstairs Loft
I also started working on the next upstairs bedroom, which we refer to as the loft for now. I’ll continue to work on it on the side of the flooring project and I’ll be sharing that room soon too!
Puppy
Yep you read that right! After months of researching livestock guardian animals and deciding what would be the best fit for our farm I put a deposit on a Great Pyrenees puppy this week! We’ll be welcoming him to our farm family at the end of February! A dedicated post about him, the breed, and LGDs coming soon!
This Week at the Farm
And that about sums up this week at the farm! I truly hope your new year is off to an awesome start and I’m so grateful to have you here along with this next leg of our journey! So much love from us and the farm babes!
Thanks for stopping by the blog!

10 Comments
Guerrina
Happy New Year! I think a temporary post makes much more sense.
I don’t usually do resolutions or words, but since Nov/Dec I keep coming back to the word “perspective” and how that lens can clarify or distort. Also, keep thinking of how emotions overpower common sense and even truth. So seeking facts becomes primary which keeps perspective in line which keeps emotions level. Fun stuff!
Amanda
Such wise words! That is something I’m going to take with me into this year! Thank you for sharing!
Toni
I really appreciate this. I hope you’ll share pictures here too as I recently went off FB And IG and yet yours was one blog I wanted to continue to follow. It’s so fun to see your home and little farm evolve!! Happy New Year!
Amanda
I completely understand. Social media can be a lot. Also I feel so honored and grateful that you’re here though! I’ll definitely will share more pics with each post usually a lot more than on IG! ❤️
Debra Pickenpaugh
Best of luck in the new year! Love following your page and your sweet little farm.
Terri
Amanda, I love your blog and am amazed at how hard you work and how much you accomplish. Of course, you have a wonderful helper, too!
It makes my day to see you taking care of your sweet babies and how much they all obviously love you. That is a great lesson–it is the consistent time spent in caring that matters most.
I was also born and raised in SI– and still here–ha!
Amanda
Hey there! This completely made my day! I definitely love what I’m doing but couldn’t do it without Ed ❤️
They babies are my joy! They are so loved and it’s not just by me 😉 Thank you for loving them and sharing in our excitement with us!
Have a wonderful day!
Ps How fun that you’re local!
Myra
I can’t wait to see what all you and Ed have planned for this year. Happy New Year!
Teresa
Looking forward to seeing what you guys have planned! Yes please keep the pictures coming! I’m only prescribed to a few blogs & that’s it for me! I’m hoping & praying this year is better for all of us & the key for me is to be positive & think positive! Set goals & keep our minds healthy & busy w/things that bring us joy!! Life is truly what we make it!
Debra Pickenpaugh
Best of luck in the new year! Love following your page and your sweet little farm.