A NEW POST!

Okay, so I haven't posted since December 5th. I kept thinking about it, but plans have changed a bit since then and I was considering if I should continue on this blog, or start a while new one, and if so, what am I gonna write about?? Well, I recently had a small epiphany (wow, I spelled that right even!). But first I'll start with some of my thought processes over the last few months and how I got to from where I was, to where I am:

So last I wrote, we had been planning on getting a 5th wheel trailer and moving into it full time, until I found out that I was pregnant with twins.

We sold the red beast of a F550 4 door truck, and bought a white LIFTED beast of a Ford Excursion. So a 5th wheel is really out of any thought processes for at least a couple years. But we can still tow a decent sized trailer with the Excursion. It's about equivalent to an F250. However, because of the twins, we don't think we'll be doing that as soon as we would previously have liked.

I am due the 4th of July with twin girls, Thing 1 and Thing 2 as they are currently being called. From pretty much everything I've read, the first year is rather difficult and then it gets a bit more "normal". So I have decided that moving around during that first year is more than I want to deal with. Also, making the boys deal with a new space (the trailer), little play area, and the possibility of leaving pretty much everything that they're currently comfortable with so close to two new siblings seems like a recipe for not fun times and some serious upset-ness. I would like the boys to have as much support as the can during what will be an interesting transition.

Since Dallas is still going to be getting deployed, likely not long after the babies are born, we knew I was going to need some additional support for myself and the boys. While member of the Church are awesome about helping when there is a need, I knew that my need was going to be long lasting and extensive. I started looking for someone who would be willing to move in with us and help out with the kids and household duties when I couldn't do them. I wanted some consistency for myself and my kids, especially for the kids.

After a while of no luck (we can't pay almost anything), I talked with one of my young women from our old Nebraska City ward (one of the best wards, EVER!). She was nanny-ing in Casa Grande, about an hour and a half from here. She said that another of the girls was looking into being a nanny. I talked to her, and she suggested I talk to Heather. And Heather agreed to come out!! Woo-hoo!! She is ideal in so many ways. Her father was in the Air Force, so she has a pretty good handle on the whole military thing, plus she can get on base. She was home-schooled for a number of years, which is something I'd like to work at starting with Austin. Her mom had fraternal twins when she was 6 years old, so she has some exposure to the fun of twin infants. AND she's just plain awesome!

So, getting on the road full time was really ruled out for the present. This, and the fact that I can barely move as my belly gets bigger and bigger, have made me think more about making this house into the type of home I want to live in. A large part of the reason we were looking at moving into a trailer was to simplify our lives and our home. Well, twins kinda threw an adorable wrench in the trailer plan, but I can still make my home more simple and more in tune with the lifestyle that I want to live. Which is really the epiphany that I wrote about at the beginning. I may not be able to make the major changes like getting on the road (right now, though it is still in the plans for later), I can make some of the minor changes that will end up making the major changes easier.

This was exacerbated when I posted on Facebook about how I love giving advice (shocking, I know) on natural living. I had a couple people ask me about it and what it means to me. I've sent a couple messages to a friend who wants to do more, and started thinking that that's what my blog should be about. About all the little aspect that make up the life I want to live. Natural living, crafts that matter to me, my home and most of all my family. So, there will be a change of focus in what I blog, but hopefully that will mean that I actually blog. Though it still might seem a bit random to the casual reader, hopefully it will become a place where I can put all the stray threads of my life and weave something beautiful from it.

I will be posting some of the information that I messaged my friend as a start. I hope you enjoy the new emphasis.