Thursday, January 19, 2012

Simplicity

Do you ever long for a more "simplistic" lifestyle? I know life was more difficult a long time ago, and I know people worked a lot harder, but there is something so inviting about living a lifestyle of years gone by. Tending a garden, raising animals, collecting eggs, making my own clothes, cooking meals for a large family. I'm sure it seems much more romantic than it really is. I'm sure that lifestyle is actually a lot of hard work and early mornings. So what is it that's so appealing to me?! What is is that draws me to that era? Maybe it's the lack of technology, the way people used to be so "neighborly", the thought of sitting by a fire at night reading a good book or sewing by hand.
I picked up this book a few weeks ago while browsing Barnes & Noble, and it only fueled my desire for this type of lifestyle.


Now I want chickens, and a garden. I want to learn how to can food. I want to let my Mom buy a goat and keep it on our land like she has been wanting to do since we moved here. I want to finally finish that quilt I started a year ago. I want to desire less stuff, and focus more on the little things. I want to eat out less and cook more. I want to teach my children to love the simple things in life.

* Last night, while this post was sitting in drafts, my husband said to me, "so, does this book actually teach you how to take care of chickens, or do I need to do some research" :) I love that man for pursuing these crazy dreams with me.

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12 comments:

  1. oh, alison! i long for this kind of environment. for sure. some days i just want to toss all our stuff in the back yard and move somewhere even more remote... and just live. you know? if you get chickens (and a goat!) be sure to tell us about it. we're for sure getting a garden going this year. it'll be small, but hey, it's a start!

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  2. My husband and I desire a similar lifestyle. Only I don't ever want to kill the farm animals. He said if we get the animals we get to eat them. I'm afraid I'd get too attached. :/

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  3. fun!! my sister kept ducks for a year or so. :)

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  4. We have chickens... just 4 and it is really easy, until you want to go visit family for the holidays and can't find any one to watch your chickens! I LOVE finding the fresh eggs in the coop. Right now they probably need new shavings in their coop, but I don't want to be out in the cold long enough to do the work... soon!!
    I'm thinking of trying a SMALL garden this year, but I'm not a fan of getting my hands dirty, haha! :)

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  5. So does the book actually teach you how to raise chickens!? =) I think I may need to go out and grab this book! Love the idea of it (and maybe will actually pick a thing or 2 to do!)

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  6. ahhhh i so feel ya. whenever we watch movies from the olden days for some reason i long to live in that time! it just looks so fulfilling! so much less silly crap to deal with.

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  8. Stephanie took the words from my fingertips by saying "So much less silly crap to deal with"!

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  9. YES! I completely loveeee this post! And I love the "so much less silly crap to deal with" comment!

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  11. That is very much a goal of mine in life as well. Now off to see if they have that in iBooks (bwhahaha) sorry, I just realized how contradictory that was. In my defense though, most of my reading gets done at 3am while breastfeeding my 10 month old and rocking her back to sleep sooooooo, it's easier that way.

    I say YES to the goat, and pretty flippin' sweet on your hubby's willingness.

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  12. That lifestyle appeals to me too!! And you should totally get a goat and some chickens ;)

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