It’s the busy season again! Time to shop and buy things for the family and get them the things we think they would enjoy. It’s time to receive cards and be embarrassed that once again we are too busy with our little immediate flock to get cards out to those who live far away, both friend and family. It’s time to wrap things and hide things and plan and prepare for the things we repeat year after year, but put a different spin on each time, to maintain tradition, and to keep it interesting. We are setting the traditions of our family with the things we do and hope they will grow older with ideas for what to do with their own young ones.
The kids are down to one week of school left. Winter starts in a week and a half. The worst of winter is usually January and February, getting too cold to bear outside for very long. Those are the months that are the hardest to keep the house warm, and sometimes ice forms on the insides of the windows, so we leave the window coverings closed, and although it means the house is darker inside, it is much warmer, too. One day we will get new windows, and hopefully solve that problem once and for all. But the old house needs so many things. Flooring, windows, a couple of doors, carpets, a new septic system, and a couple of jacks in the basement, to name but a few. We’d also like to change the fireplace insert to a woodstove style one to help heat the house a little more efficiently. And then there are the outside things to do with fencing, landscaping, a bit of electricity to a few necessary places, finish the driveway, sort new pens out for the goats and such, and a decent dog run. There is a lot to do! Once the place is up to scruff, then we could work on the improvements!
So close to the end of Autumn. I am very excited for this Spring. Things will be a changing!