It's 2021!

It seems that we managed to survive 2020!

It was definitely a year unlike any other I've experienced. 

While it didn't effect me as hard as it did others, I'm grateful for what I did learn over the course of the year. 

Starting in early March of last year we started a garden. Sadly the only thing it really produced was a very small harvest of black beans and more jalapeño peppers than I knew what to do with. Either way, it was an excellent learning experience for me and my family. We definitely learned to plant earlier and to follow the guidelines on packets of seeds. I also learned to plant cat nip in a pallet if you have cats because they will destroy your cat nip by rolling in it like a goober. If it's in the pallet the cat can't reach the bottom of the plant and destroy it. 

I also expanded my bread making skill by learning to make enriched yeast buns and flour tortillas. Tortillas were a hit, the buns weren't. I need to figure out the proper recipe for the buns so I can make them actually taste right. 

To wrap up this cottagecore/homestead thing I've got going on I also got some chickens. A friend of mine breeds silky chickens and gave two of them to Joey since he loved their chickens so much. Long story short he's lost interest, as I expected him to do, and I've now become a chicken lady that Googles chicken enrichment activities. 

I've also enrolled in uni! Starting next week I'll be attending UCF online worsting toward my BA in English Literature. What will I do with this degree? I've no idea. I just felt the need for forward movement, something I haven't really felt since 2014 when I fell ill. 

That is my 2020 in a nutshell. Lots of dirt and soil under my nails, chickens cuddled (yes - I cuddle my chicks), and uni preparations. 

Let's tackle 2021!