A Busy Winter

What happens when you write a whole blog post days ago and are just trying to get your computer to work long enough so that you can hit the “post” button, and instead you somehow delete everything you wrote… well, I get pretty annoyed… but you get Sarah, two LARGE glasses of wine deep.

So. The past two months have been a whirlwind. The holidays were crazy, as usual, but this year was a little special… there was a ton of babies (okay, 2)… but yet another one was born, on Christmas (I think I get to meet her this weekend). 

Cozy Holiday Cabin

This year was also extra special because we celebrated my husband’s 30^th trip around the sun! Went up to Tahoe Christmas night and had an absolute blast (can I just say how lucky we are that we live like an hour from the gem? … Tahoe that is… and people travel from half way around the world to see it!) Anyway, the end of 2015 was truly a gem for so many reasons! New Years was festive, but low key… the bestest of friends came to our house to burn our Christmas trees in a fat bon fire in the goat pen. Even the babies stayed up until midnight (and the adults didn’t last much longer).

Happy Birthday Lover

On a more personal note, the winter (so far) has taught me much about myself. (I’ll try to make this short) but, ever since I was a teen I’ve “suffered” from Seasonal Affective Disorder (a.k.a. SAD) which, for me, basically means that I get pretty blue during the winter months. SO this year, I said “no” and had a makeshift ceremony with myself, a few candles and some goals written on a piece of paper. I may or may not have burned the paper and sent it into the ether (that detail is neither here nor there). ANYWAY, since then I’ve been trying my hardest to practice presence, positivity and letting go of the ego (along with some other, more physical/earthly, goals) but whether it be coincidence and/or the power of the mind, I can honestly say that I’ve never felt happier and more in tune with my mind, spirit and body. I’ve also really taken a liking to yoga. I took a class in the fall and since it ended, I’ve committed to practicing almost daily… I’ve noticed a lot of changes in my physical and mental being that I attribute to it and I gotta say, I am absolutely loving it. Which leads me to my yoga room!

So, our spare room (since we moved in a year ago) has basically been storage for everything that we don’t need but can’t let go off. Well, last weekend, I finally let go of some stuff and/or put it to use! The need for a space to practice yoga really but a fire under me and with the help of my husband (and my lil sis who bought me the cutest prayer flags for Christmas), I finally have a yoga room. Not gonna lie, this room has been the least expected, favorite room of the “remodel”. Having this space has really helped me to commit to the daily practice and I am in love!

Panoramic"Before"

Before #1

Before #2

Before #3

And After!

I know, a lot of mirrors... it feels a little vain but at the same time they've helped me significantly with my posture and poses

...aaand Texas' little corner/office area... an inevitability for a yoga room in a 1000 sq. ft. house

On the “homestead” front, we are actually working to give that title something to stand on. Not long ago, we installed some beds for the start of a garden (but that will be it's own separate post, coming soon!) We are so excited to grow some veggies this year, I am already learning so much!

In the goat world, we've decided to hold off on knocking up the girls until fall... the summer heat on a fully pregnant goat mama isn't the easiest on them so we are hopefully going to have Christmas babies! In light of postponing that project back a few months, we've got chickens on our minds.

Willow Gal

Mr. Jones

Lady Sage

We've got so many projects in the queue and I'm hoping to be a little better about posting more often... So far, I am loving documenting this chapter of our lives but time flies when you are having fun!