Yesterday we got our first egg! One of our ladies finally decided to start pulling her weight and has given us 2 eggs so far (one yesterday and one today). Now we just need her friends to get with the program, too, before AC follows through on her threat to turn them into dinner. This past weekend was very “homesteady.” It was exactly what I expected homestead life to feel like: productive! Last Friday, we…
It’s been a busy few days on A|C Acres and we’re loving life. We’ve had a ton of rain lately so everything is a bit waterlogged and we’re waiting for it to dry out before we start any big projects. But that didn’t stop us from venturing out to pick up 4 Golden Comet pullets late Friday afternoon. They all look alike so we haven’t given them names; only one has any distinguishing feature and…
Last night was…eventful. I was sitting on the porch at 8:30p when I got an emergency alert on my phone about a tornado warning and advising me to seek shelter. I checked out the map and we were on the far right side of the endangered area; the valley didn’t look too doom and gloom so I decided to wait a bit to see if it blew right over us. In the meantime, I started…
Short version: On Monday morning, we closed on our property! Give us a few months to settle in and build some things out, then we’re open for visitors 😉 Long version: Last week, AC drove back to Louisiana for her nephew’s 8th grade graduation. I opted to sit that one out because we’d already made that drive twice in the last 4 months so I was tapped out. Not only did AC get some good…
We’ve been building up to this moment for over a year and it’s finally here! Buckle up, y’all–we’re under contract on our homestead property and it’s gonna be a fun ride! Our new home is in the tiny little town of Marble, NC, in between Murphy and Andrews, and about 2 hours from Chattanooga (we’re the yellow star in the map below). We’ll be about equidistant from my sister’s family, and my parents, brother and…
It’s been a good week y’all! I’ve gone from Boston to Austin and, though I’m pretty tired, I’ve had a lot of fun. My brother, Miles (also known to some of his high school Spanish students and cross country runners as Mr. Master Senor Coach Bryan) accomplished an amazing feat and ran the Boston Marathon this past Monday. Miles didn’t become a serious runner until he lived with me in Austin back in 2014 and…
Hi all! We’ve been at my parents’ in the piedmont of South Carolina for about a month now. When we first landed, we did absolutely nothing for a solid 3 days. We were exhausted and just needed some time to recuperate. Once we were recharged, it was back to the house hunt, with a lot of basketball and a bit of fun sprinkled in here and there! Mom’s tiny little alma mater, Presbyterian College, made…
It feels weird to be writing this, but the travel portion of our adventure has finally come to a close. It’s a bittersweet ending because we learned so much and had a ton of fun, but we’re also ready for the next phase: putting all those learnings to use on our own homestead. We have many, many people to thank for supporting us throughout our trip–too many people to list in this post so, whether…
We spent last week with my sister, brother-in-law, and two nephews in Chattanooga and my heart is full. Your’s would be, too, if you had a whole week of this goodness: Miles will be 3 in April and is currently potty training, which provided some top notch entertainment! We pulled into the driveway to see him practicing his aim on their retaining wall. Then, after we unloaded our (second) cooler full of elk meat into…
Howdy friends! We’ve had a busy two weeks in Texas and Louisiana. We kicked off our time in Austin with a weekend at Sasha’s house in the hill country near Lake Travis. Stacey joined us on Saturday and we spent time catching up, eating delicious food (thanks, Chef Graham!), and playing with Sasha’s puppies. On Sunday, we relocated to Jen’s place in our old stomping grounds of north Austin. Jen is AC’s “Austin Mom” and…