Welcome Home..... (?)

For the last four months we have been living in upstate New York, on property that has been in my husband's family since the 1700s. My husband worked to restore three late 1800s buildings while the girls and I homeschooled and worked and acted as laborers, cleaning up the sites.

What a privilege. The property was beautiful, and it was a pleasure and an honor to be able to be a part of helping to ensure the buildings will stand for another 100 years. It is an adventure that we will never forget as well as the fulfillment of my husband's childhood dream: being able to work on buildings that have been a part of his life since he was eight months.

Returning home was--well--complicated.

We were able to get the wood stove going without a problem, but then, when we turned on the water, pipes burst, the hot water heater developed a leak, the snow blower stopped working, and the washer stopped working.

1 March brought hope in the form of the pig which we had purchased when we were up in New York, so our freezers are full to bursting.

With the bounty of last year's garden and the pig, we will be able to eat well...