Beginnings: Holiday Season, Family and Combining Households

Posted on November 29, 2008
Filed Under Homesteading |

Yesterday marked the start of the 2008 Holiday season. Black Friday got off to a horrifying start with 3 deaths and at least 4 other injuries. I have never been one to shop on Black Friday but I am beginning to believe that we need to change the tradition. This is the second year in a row where there have been people mobbed at a store opening. There is something wrong with sales that encourage this kind of behavior.

This weekend is a family weekend. My daughter is coming from Seattle with her son and fiance and two small horses to look for a house here. Her fiance will be stationed not far away starting in February. With both of my daughters on the West Coast, I have missed them immensely. We put off our Thanksgiving celebration until Sunday when they could join us.

A few months ago, I made the decision to move in with Randy. I have known him for about a year and had been spending more time on his farm than at home. Two may not be able to live more cheaply than one but two together can live cheaper than two separately. I don’t want to make it sound like a financial decision totally but finances was part of it for both of us.

It is wonderful to have someone to share both the good and the bad. This holiday season we are going to be enjoying both of our families and have even eeked out enough to buy Christmas presents for the kids and grandkids. I am so thankful that he is a part of my life.

I believe that you are going to see some changes in Oh My Aching Debts over the next few months. I have been struggling both with my focus on it with all the changes in my life and on what direction I want it to go. I think since homesteading is such a large part of our lives, it will probably focus more on that.

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Comments

3 Responses to “Beginnings: Holiday Season, Family and Combining Households”

Grace (6 comments.) on December 2nd, 2008 12:10 pm

Big decision!! I hope it all works out for you and Randy.

Does this mean you’re putting your plans to become a foster parent on hold?
cindys on December 3rd, 2008 9:13 am

Grace, yes, it means that I will put being a foster parent on hold. It is something that I still feel moved to do but I don’t know that it is a fair thing to do in a new relationship. In time, it may be something that we consider doing.
Bouncing Back Betty (11 comments.) on December 3rd, 2008 11:11 am

Sounds to me like a plan! I love your posts on homesteading and I can’t wait to read about your “new” lifestyle.