i've read a lot lately about happiness, and finding content. life is so busy- and probably will be for a very long time. i find it's hard to be content with so much always going on- and so much on our plates (and minds.)
will and i are always obsessed with the next 'project'. we talk about wanting to move constantly. (just to get a farm.) we're taking on pigs, we want a cow, will wants to grow fish, the greenhouse, maybe guinea fowl, (those are funky- but fun) a duck for the kids for easter, a windmill to supplement energy for our home.... and on and on. seriously. sometimes i wonder if we should just chill and be happy with triple crown lane, our chickens, goats, and murderous dogs. :) you know- like the key to being happy is being content with the current situation.
but it's hard to do.
i have been looking all over for a magazine that just came out (it's brand new) called urban farm- sustainable city living. it's put out by a company that also does hobby farms- which is one of my favorites. so i was really excited to get my hands on this magazine. yesterday i stopped in at ifa, and they had one copy sitting on their rack. thrilled, i purchased it and before i could even read it, will had it and he and some of our friends read through the whole thing. and guess what? now there's more on our list of 'wants' and things we desire to 'take on' than there was before. this magazine was written exactly for people like us.
maybe the key to happiness and content right now is for us to stop researching so much, and just implement the things we've already decided we want to do.
all i know is lately we feel like kids in a candy store and we want to taste one of everything!
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gosh i'm feeling that big-time right now. except right now i can't really do anything i want and i don't even own my own pillow. i did buy some plastic dishes today. that was exciting. i'm trying to just think about how i will never have this experience again (i better not!) and enjoy the little quirks of my life. there are a lot of quirks. today we were swimming at my friend's hotel pool and the pool light shocked us all really badly. we told the hotel and they were pretty unfazed and didn't fix it for a couple hours. only in st kitts. ok, i got off on a tangent...the point is that you better enjoy your life because i am jealous of it and am obsessed with the idea of a farm! have you ever read the kids book "oxcart man"? it was my favorite as a kid and i just bought it for the kids for christmas. jamie and i read it all the time (like to ourselves. no kids around.) because it is AWESOME and it is the life we want. i have to have that life.
I want a farm too. But, I can't even take care of pets ...
LOVE Oxcart Man. One of my very faves.
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