Home again.

We came home on a friday, a sunny almost warm day in february, it felt like spring.
Perfect - we are looking forward to gardening and mucking outside.
Well, mucking we are. Since then, a minimum of 8 inches of snow has fallen. We are snowed in almost exactly like we were when we left on dec. 26!

It is strange being home. We are here physically but not mentally. Our mentality is now to slow down, enjoy the day, do things together as a family and not be pressured by schedules and "must do's".
We've ripped out a wall in our house. There's a lot more light in here now. The floor's next. We are also finishing the kitchen, slowly but surely. This house is incredibly big. Well, we've lived out of a van for a couple of months, of course the house is big!
Hindsight is 20/20 the saying goes, and in hindsight we shoulda, coulda, woulda stayed another month but having this big house and small farm comes with responsibilities that you just can't shove onto someone else's shoulders. That's something to think about for our next trip. And this snow of course is hard to get used to...I'm still wearing flipflops!

By the way, we are also not throwing toiletpaper down the potty but into the wastebasket, like in Mexico. Our septic field will thank us.
We are eating a lot of fresh fruits, fruity shakes with yoghurt, and fresh veggies and salsas. Our stomachs will thank us for that.
Our t.v. doesn't work anymore (everything's gone digital) so we are playing games, reading books, I've picked up weaving again and playing with clay (making beads). By the woodstove. It is all very peaceful and I hope we can keep this peace, love and happiness with us, and share it with our friends - when we can dig ourselves out of the snow of course!
Thanks for travelling with us, I hope you enjoyed our trip as much as we did.
Thank you for your comments and e-mails, and we'll see you on our next trip!
Live life and learn - happy lifelearning!