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June 14th, 2008

Oh dear, I didn't realize so much time had elapsed since I last updated this. Oops! Well we have quite the head way, which if you have been looking through my pictures you have seen. We have been building up walls. Today we finished a small section in the spare room and another small section in the utility room.

During the past few weeks we finished other sections in the spare room, bathroom (which is done!!!) and the closet. We still have quite a bit left to do though, of course. We have had quite the time trying to get metal lathe to put up around the outside to help keep our bales in place. Then there is the staple gun...I don't even know where to begin. Mostly because I was not present when it was first purchased. Mom and Sarah purchased two different ones to see which worked better and then we would return the other. Well one we discovered was an electrical one. We don't have electricity out there. So no good for us. The other one wouldn't staple, not a good thing in a staple gun. So we went to Maryville and returned them and got a new one. It worked for a little bit, then got jammed. So we went to St. Joe to try our luck there. We got one, but when we got home we couldn't get the staple chamber open. So no good. So mom ordered on online and we forgot to take it out to the property today, so we don't know much about it yet. We foolishly hope for the best. Working on the homestead has become great fun now that we have two kittens out there (did I mention yet that we got Buster a little companion whom we named Khova? Pictures forthcoming... SO CUTE!!!)

Today we also pulled little green worms with horns on their heads off of our tomato plants. It was fun and they Buster ate a few, we killed the rest. I love the homestead and can not wait till we can move out there. Life will be great. We will be able to have complete privacy, kittens to attend us, beauty around us, sun shining, trees to view, and our lives to live as we please. I am really not liking apartment life anymore. Give me the Homestead!!