It happens to me every year...at about this same time. I thrive on fresh air and working outside, and I just don't get outside enough in the winter. I gather eggs and work in the greenhouse, but what I really long for, is a chance to mow the lawn...plant and weed the garden...see my tulips and peonies bloom...see my kids play outside for hours and come inside covered in dirt and smiles...ride with David in the evening to check all of his fields...have a BBQ along with fresh stuff from the garden and eat outside on the deck...have a hot dog roast...go four wheeling in the hills...
I know, I know. It's really only a matter of time, but I really get anxious this time of year. I always start to rethink myself and what is important to me...what I can do to make my life more fufilling...what things I can cut out of my life that just don't matter. I guess the winter makes me search inwards more...and try to make sense of my life and what I can do to be a better mother and wife...and a better person. I'm tired of thinking and rethinking...I want to escape outdoors and just live. Please spring...don't be too late this year!
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Posted by: down jackets | December 23, 2012 at 07:43 AM
Ah, covered in dirt and smiles- that's the best! Well said. I visit your blog here and there as you're lifestyle is so on the other side of the fence as mine, but I love all the pictures and insight to life on a farm with little ones under foot.
Posted by: Julie | March 30, 2011 at 08:55 PM
I love reading your blog and you have inspired me to grow a garden this year with my little ones. Everything is planned out and ready to go, and I cannot wait to see their little faces as we watch our vegetables grow.
I too, am anticipating sring. After a long and dark winter I cannot wait to see the first signs of life and a new beginning.
Posted by: Ana | March 10, 2011 at 11:46 AM
OK Dana...you inspired me to dig deeper into my stuff and declutter more! Hauled off four bags today! Thanks so much for your kind words!
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Posted by: SherelleChristensen | March 09, 2011 at 07:28 PM
You found tulips and daylillies???? SO JEALOUS!!!
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Posted by: SherelleChristensen | March 09, 2011 at 07:27 PM
I am so glad to hear youre loving Lightroom! Well hope for spring...keep your fingers crossed!
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Posted by: SherelleChristensen | March 09, 2011 at 07:18 PM
p.s. those are some stellar chicken boots!
Posted by: stephanie | March 09, 2011 at 11:37 AM
i really enjoy your blog and i'm so glad i 'met' you via the web. i am loving lightroom. =) your family is beautiful and talented!! wow, that girl can play the fiddle! we are a big music loving family and i'm inspired to enroll my girls in music classes soon. i'm looking forward to warmer weather too...hopefully soon here in illinois. i'm getting chickens (for the first time) in april. looking forward to that adventure!
Posted by: stephanie | March 09, 2011 at 11:14 AM
these are the worse months, the weather gets really old there huh! love the new look! i've been wanting to do the same, but i don't want to dedicate the time!
Posted by: alicia king | March 08, 2011 at 11:45 PM
Good news :) I found my tulips and daylillies poking up out of the ground yesterday afternoon :) Not sure the 14 year old appreciated the big dance around the yard with his crazy mom, but I am sooo excited, even more snow doesn't make me mad :)
Posted by: Tina | March 08, 2011 at 09:01 AM
Oh my gosh! I so agree! I'm so tired of winter, snow and cold! I can't even see my grass and we are expecting more snow! Please, no... :(
I think it's cabin fever. I've been cleaning things out like a crazy woman. I've donated a dozen bags of clothing and household items to charity and am enjoying having less "stuff"... I guess winter has been good for something! :)
I am still working on ways to further simplify my life and in doing so I think that will help me really enjoy Spring and Summer when it finally arrives.
I enjoy your blog so much. I know it's difficult to keep up with it... but your glimpses of your farm and animals and GREENHOUSE are just wonderful. I dream of having a greenhouse... Minnesota winters are so rough.
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Dana | March 08, 2011 at 08:11 AM
I'm with ya sister! Seriously, bring it on! I feel like I'm WAY more productive in the spring/summer! I was seriously getting the winter blues, but a little sunshine here and there is helping! p.s. I think our horses are due here in about 3 weeks.
Posted by: Tiffany Sargent | March 07, 2011 at 09:56 PM
Love the comment from Wendy! How cute! You did an amazing job with the blog redesign!! I think this winter has been extremely long...here in Upstate NY...we are really tired of winter. We got another foot the day before yesterday and possibly more to come this weekend. Enough already! Bring on the spring!!!
Posted by: JeanneP | March 07, 2011 at 08:46 PM
Love your new blog look. Your posts always inspire me. I think I want to be Sherelle when I grow up.
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Posted by: Wendy Peatross | March 07, 2011 at 06:47 PM