Good morning Fam!

In the last blog, we did a massive update on what we have been up to since we have ghosted. During that blog I had explained how we have been cleaning up and selling items we no longer needed. Well this past year, we made one last effort to raise rabbits but sadly realized this was just not something we can do anymore.

Like I have said before POTS and Cyclical Vomiting have really been flaring like crazy and we are at a point of needing to pair down on what we have on our plate. One of the biggest struggles has been animals. We have lots of dogs and they take the majority of our time when it comes to what we can give to animals in general. So the outdoor animals were not becoming practical. So we had a massive space open that we were not using.

With that, we actually came up with the idea that we should change it into our outdoor kitchen space. So we cleared out the ground and took down the cages. Then for the time being, we moved over a stove, our processing table and our smoker. Right now they are all just chilling in there but we have more plans to come!

It will start with putting down stone and leveling out the entire space. Then we will be adding power to this space so we can use the stove as well. Lastly we need to organize everything. We currently have a big canner but with that, we just need to get one more burner and then we can also can outdoors.

The benefits of this plan is that we will keep the heat out of the house and I can try to keep indoors as cool as possible. Then we also can just process outdoors while the kids play outside. I am trying to find ways to keep myself outdoors and mobile so I am hoping this is an option. There is a roof over the space and it is under a tree. So with that combo, I am hoping we will be able to keep me cool for a little while.

Its a small change but we have high hopes this will be a big benefit for our family!!