A Dabbling Year in a Blog Post
- At June 19, 2016
- By Morgan Reid
- In Changes, Homesteading, Moving, Self-Discovery
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1st blog post in forever! Man, it felt so good to see the admin dashboard on my screen again.
Well – the reason I’ve been so absent these past few months is the same reason I was this time last year . . . we moved. . . . (again).
We’re almost positive the ringing in our ears is caused by the screeching halt of our ‘moving’ gears. We’re crazy spent.
I so miss the beauty and the bigness of those 5 acres. It was a gorgeous piece of land. While I don’t want to get into everything on a public forum, I’ll share the more personal reasons we decided to head back to ATX. It wasn’t financial (renting in Austin’s a bit more expensive than owning in a county over), and it wasn’t that we didn’t like homesteading – we were mostly dabbling, but I found I did enjoy it.
Read More»Our 1st Year in Austin: Part III – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- At May 12, 2015
- By Morgan Reid
- In Austin, Reflections, Updates
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Part I was about missing Ohio, and Part II talked about why we chose Texas. My entire blog catalogs our past year in Austin, Tx, but this post is a quick snapshot into what Austin has to offer: the good, the bad, and the ugly. *Spoiler Alert!: I thank Nathan about once a week for leading us here.*
Read More»Our 1st Year in Austin: Part 1 – What I Miss about Ohio
- At May 03, 2015
- By Morgan Reid
- In Reflections
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I’m currently writing a couple posts: one on why we chose to move to Texas, and one that’s a reflection of Austin. While Nate and I love it here, I wanted to take some blog space and talk a bit about Ohio = )
Read More»A Hidden Trail
I heard a friend who hosts an RIE playgroup I’m in reference a trail between our homes. So we set out to find it : )
The Sun Came Out!
- At January 16, 2015
- By Morgan Reid
- In Picture Posts
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After a couple weeks of grey and cold – which I did appreciate – the sun showed up and it was GLORIOUS.
I need those rays, man.
My whole spirit, mental health and motivation level are boosted by it. So Nate took a lunch break and we went for a walk and hung out to enjoy this 57* gift (and I took lots of pictures):
Our 1st Thanksgiving in Austin
- At December 14, 2014
- By Morgan Reid
- In Celebrations
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My day started at 2 am. Autumn went into crazy mode with nursing, tossing, and crying out. Poor girl 🙁
By 4am, I gave up on sleep and caught up on blogs while tending to her. I fell asleep again for maybe a half hour when all too soon it was 6:32 in the morning and she was ready for conversation and good food.
Around 9, I tried Maple Candy for the 1st time – Nate picked one up after finding out that I had never tried one; we read from Little House in the Big Woods, and made some food for a gathering at a church we’re hoping will become our home church.
October Recap
- At November 08, 2014
- By Morgan Reid
- In Autumn, Moving
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I’ve really hated not getting to blog as much but this month has been a BLUR.
:: Housing
We found an awesome piece of land, below budget, 10 acres, dirt road, 30 minutes from Austin, awesome kitchen.
Our offer was accepted and, unlike the 1st house we tried for, it pasted inspection! We got amazing financing (a competing company said there was “no way they could be offering that” )and then . . . after a week of asking the listing agent finally sent us the deed restrictions. Besides cattle, horses, and common house pets, no other animals we allowed unless someone “under the age of is a bona-fide 4-H member or a member of the FFA.”
So no chickens. No guineas. No goats.
ON TEN ACRES ON A DIRT ROAD! -_- I couldn’t believe it. (What gives someone the right to say what a person after them can do with the land they own? America??!)
So then it was a rush to find another apartment because our lease was ending and our current place didn’t offer short-term leases. We’re still open to buying a house and didn’t want to be locked in for another year.
Then, packing and moving again. *UGH*
Read More»And They’re Off!
- At May 18, 2014
- By admin
- In Austin, Changes
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[Originally written 4.27.14]
Whoa.
So I’m back to sitting here on the floor, surrounded by boxes and boring white walls, . . . bland beige carpet.
But there’s also a breeze drafting through, sunlight shining in, gorgeous greenery, and o yeah, I’m not freezing.
WE’RE IN AUSTIN!
Woohoo! Finally : D : D : D
Well, it started sinking in around Tuesday/Wednesday that wow – this isn’t just getting ready for vacation. No – you’re takin’ off for good. Returning only for visits.
Girl – are you SURE you’re ready for this?
Like really, for real, let’s get after it?
Could one ever really know that they’re ready for something like this? Such a drastic change? But like I said, regret is worse than rejection and wonder without action kills the soul. Plus, it didn’t hurt that some events that took place the past couple weeks – seriously had me yearning to get out of the situation. Ugh. Too personal for a blog post, but I’m sure you guys have your “ughs” too.
. . .
So the trip down went really well! Autumn had her rough moments but that’s ok – she was a total trooper. O and we almost weren’t allowed on the plane because I grabbed the wrong tickets out of my luggage – they were for San Antonio, forgotten from our trip a few months ago – it was horrible. Fresh tears started working their way up as I pleaded with the ticket lady for mercy. Thankfully, it was a quickly resolved incident (found the right ones in a different pocket . . ) that will only result in a small portion of PTSD when I think about it in the future.
And a special thank you to the woman in the stylish yellow jacket who was also traveling from Akron to Austin (same plane change, as well) who showed so much love to Autumn and patience with us : )
So our movers, Geoff Will Help, were Australian and it was beautiful. They’re accents were like ear-joy.
Him: “Where should I put this?”
Me: Please don’t stop talking.
So there’s still unpacking to do but that’s ok. It’s actually way more fun – recreating, organizing, and analyzing are some of my favor things to do – cause me to feel more fulfilled afterwards instead of drained. It hits a deep part of my Homemaker heart. = )
New things so far:
There’s this awesome company called Eat In Out that lets you order online and delivers from actual restaurants. Nate coud order Mexican (as always) and I got to have my avocado burger – – At the same time! From our living room. Nice.
We took Autumn for her 1st swim! She’s always loved water – total aqua baby – but I was worried about how she might react being surrounded by it like that. She was kind of indifferent to the water but certainly loved watching Daddy come up from under out of nowhere. 😀 Plus, I think her love will come in once she learns she can splash. Biggest goal right now is her being comfortable with the water and signing up for a Infant Swim Class (that’ll teach her how to blow bubbles and float in water).
Loved this water wrap by the way – Keeps her wet-n-slippery little self close to mama and I get to just cuddle and keep her warm without stressing. It’s awesome, mamas! The mesh is fast drying too : )
Well Autumn’s gonna be up from her nap soon so I better get back to making more sense out of this beautiful chaos. No place is perfect, but if the pros outweigh the cons and your family is thriving, that’s a pretty amazing place to call your own.
HOME.
Morgan (loves to Reid)
Wait what?! Can this really be happening?!
- At March 18, 2014
- By admin
- In Changes
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I’m writing this with a 15lb Fall Baby asleep across my lap and HGTV paused on our projector. I cannot believe that we’re moving across the country (North to South, at least) in exactly 49 days.
1500 miles are about to separate me from my North East Ohio security blanket. 49 days away from embarking on a dream that started not even a year into our 4-year marriage.
2 college graduations and a baby later, it’s finally happening. Well, Part 1 of 5, anyway.
Some think we’re foolish.
Others might say “crazy”.
Most are just wondering how it’ll all turn out.
And a few think it’s amazing. They’re the ones rooting for us. Praying on our behalf as we seek a drastically different life: centered on His Kingdom and righteousness.
I’m excited.
I’m terrified.
I can’t wait to get started.
(Well, minus getting back to packing).
Let’s do this.
– Morgan (loves to) Reid.
[Originally written on March 11th, 2014.]