First Days
To be honest, I’m not sure what to write here today. There’s too much to share and too little I’ve processed fully, so I’ll just give you some highlights, if that’s okay. 
1. All the animals and humans are here on the new farm. It took a miraculous effort on Philip’s part, but by 1am on Thursday night, we were all tucked in, safe and sound. Philip had to do his best Cirque du Soleil moves to get behind the water heater under our staircase at the old house to get Charlotte, who then promptly climbed into the wall by using her claws on a cinderblock chimney. Eventually, we caught her, and Philip hand-carried all the chickens from the coop to the carriers and then the reverse so get everyone settled. Add to that the need to lift a 100-lb Great Pyrenees into the Subaru and carry 6 goats to their house on the truck . . . Plus, he rode with a pooping and screaming Emily the cat for the full 90 minute drive. We can safely say that Philip did more than his share of animal transport.
For the record, I did do a dive in mud and poop to catch Acorn and load her up. That pretty much is all my part.
2. We have unpacked about 3/5 of our belongings, and we have the living room, bedroom, and half of the reading room set up. It’s kind of amazing how much stuff we had crammed into a 757 square foot house, but now that we’re here – in almost 1900 square feet – we are S P R E A D I N G out.
I have especially reveled in the fact that I can put all the food in the pantry without having to stack it, but I will admit just a tad bit of stress at having to decide where things go. I don’t own a lot of shoes because the choices stress me out, and apparently, the same can be said for cabinetry.
Also, we have a dishwasher. 🙂
3. We met the postmaster at our post office. Her name is Kay, and she’s adorable. The post office is about the size of our master bathroom, so I’ve considered inviting her over to stretch at lunch. We’ve waved at the neighbor who has his cows on our land, and we hope to meet everyone in town sometime soon. (Note – “town” consists of 183 people.)
At this exact moment, Philip is working on the reading room – moving crafting supplies up to my temporary office, which will become our craft/guest room in time. Soon, we’ll get the bookshelves situated and begin unloading the bulk of our boxes – filled, of course, with my books.
And by Wednesday, when our first houseguest arrives – Sarah!!! – we’ll have the guest room ready with our new split boxspring – necessary because the regular one wouldn’t go up the 200-year-old stair case – and her very own, brand-new towels.
It’s coming together, and already, beyond anything we have done, it is home.
Do come visit soon.