08/12/2026
Absolutely everything about this. 💜 how are we doing surviving this latest heat wave?
The internet tells you that people in sundresses are out collecting eggs from their chicken coops with chandeliers hanging above them, and HOLY TITS… that is fake. 😂
Absolutely no one is out here living like that off camera.
Or maybe they are and I'm just a hot mess.
People romanticize homesteading, and I'll admit it… maybe I've done it a time or two on my page.
Because there ARE beautiful parts.
There really, really are.
But don't stop reading here because trust me…
It's so worth it.
But hot damn, is it WORK.
JUST THIS WEEK:
• I spent $800 on horse feed, all for it to be accidentally dumped because the bag broke.
• I chased horses around the pasture without a bra (because I had to take it off to use it as a halter, because I forgot the halter’s at the barn 🤣) on because I was trying to get them caught before it hit 100 degrees. I slipped in the mud, cussed at the horses, and eventually had my son catch them for me because he is better at this than I am. He’s two. 😂
• I fixed fence because the goats decided the fence was merely a suggestion.
• I've preserved over 180 jars of food for the winter because my garden is OVERFLOWING. Like, overwhelmingly overflowing.
• I chopped wood for the stove so we have heat this winter. So. Much. Damn. Wood.
And that's just ONE WEEK.
There are dirty hands, broken fences, animal s**t, expensive feed bills, sore backs, sweat, mud, exhaustion, early mornings, late nights, and approximately 47 moments a week where I wonder why I chose this life.
This isn't a lifestyle where you just wander around barefoot in a linen dress picking tomatoes for a pretty Instagram picture.
But it should be romanticized somewhere, but let’s get it right:
There is something incredibly beautiful about this life.
There is something about knowing where your food came from.
About filling your pantry with food you grew and preserved yourself.
About your kids growing up knowing how to work, care for animals, get dirty, grow food, and contribute.
About looking at a freezer full of meat, a pantry full of jars, a stack of firewood, and knowing…
We did that.
I'll show you the pretty parts.
I'll show you the gardens and the jars and the animals and the homemade bread.
But I'll also tell you when I'm standing in a pasture with no bra on, covered in mud, screaming at a goat.
Because that's homesteading too.
