About Tricia

I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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all i want for Christmas

By on December 5, 2011 in Misc
I meant to share this last week but so many things got in the way and if I could ask for a favor, I promise to reciprocate.  My husband was notified a few weeks ago that after 15 years of working for the same company, his position will no longer exist as of the 27th of this month.  We have raised our family while he has worked there and there are so many decisions to make right now.
We have been blessed with other offers but they all consist of making a move and the thought of leaving our home, our Moss Flower Farm, friends, our church community and the beauty that surrounds us is just heart breaking.
Could I ask for your prayers and I will in turn of course pray for you also.
Right now, there is so much I want but none of can be purchased at a store.
I want 
to know where we will live
what the immediate future holds for our family
if I will get to plant my spring garden
if this will be our last Christmas here

will we have to be apart if he has to move while we settle our home issue
to know if I can start the kitchen redo
most of all I want to feel settled again.
All I do know is that where Poppa is, there is my heart.  And in his heart is my home.
  
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round the fire

By on December 4, 2011 in Do something Saturday, Kids

 Cool and cold evenings are here finally!  This means it is bonfire time.  During the cold months we are out stoking up a fire whenever we get a chance.   Tonight the weather was perfect.  It started out cool enough to need long sleeves but by the end of the night all the girls were pointing our freezing toes towards the fire.
We roasted hotdogs, ate baked beans and chips.  We ended up with a few belly aches in the pursuit of the perfectly roasted marshmallow.  The kids were all blackened with soot and plenty dirty by the end of the night.  It was a wonderful night full of laughs and singing and a few charades.  These are the nights that I hope they will remember and thankfully we have had so many of them.  I am so thankful for this little space in which to capture all of these moments on our path as a family.
What did you do this weekend.  Come back Monday, I will be posting the tutorial on how to make the crocheted Santa Lucia crown which is the same way we make our advent and Christmas wreaths.
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