Little House on the Prairie

One of my favorite shows growing up was Little House on the Prairie. I have a daughter who is so similar to me that it is amazing. I just knew she would love the show also so we finally got the first disc from Netflix and everyone in my family loved it. We found that we really could identify with the show too, after all we are a little house on the prairie. Actually I'm not sure if our house is bigger or if theirs if bigger. However we have electricity and running water. I have to say I love the comforts of our modern age.

Freezing

Every day when we wake up our water if frozen. It takes about 2 hours to get our water running. We have done what we can to try to fix the problem, but it is so cold that the measures we have taken aren't good enough, so we still have to thaw our water lines every day. We are really hoping to get our wood stove into our cabin this weekend so that we have heat in our home more often. We originally thought we could use propane heaters, but we can't leave them on all the time and it is really expensive as we have to refill our tanks a couple of times a week. Hopefully we can get the parts we need for our stove to install it.

Perspective

My children have a lot to teach me. Most recently it was about perspective. My four year old son was racing about our small home that is just under 400 square feet. I asked him to stop running around because the house wasn't big enough to run around in. He rebutted my argument and proclaimed that I had built a big house and there was plenty of room to run around.

I love my son, I have been feeling the weight of living in a small space with my large family, but he reminded me that perspective was valuable to our comfort. To my beautiful little boy, our tiny home is a grand mansion. I love my family.

Gratitude and Thanksgiving

I could use a swift kick in the pants when it comes to being thankful most days. I have a beautiful family and I belong to God's true church. I am so thankful for all the countless blessings that I have in my life. Unfortunately it is easy to get caught in thinking about what I don't have instead of what I do have. I wanted to take a minute to express my gratitude for the sunshine we got on Thanksgiving day. We had very little sunshine leading up to and after Thanksgiving here, but on that day we had enough sunshine for me to use my slow cooker to cook our Thanksgiving meal. I am so very grateful for that blessing. I am also grateful for our tiny house. It is something that I am super grateful for while at the same time I struggle because I would love to live in a bigger house. I am however grateful for all we have been able to do with our tiny house and especially grateful that Heavenly Father has given us the beautiful experiences we have had here.