The kids and I made a quick trip to Oregon this last weekend (read: left Friday, got home Monday) to welcome home my baby brother from his mission in Colombia! It was so fun to see him, and it was the first time in 3 1/2 years that all my brothers and I were together. It was wonderful, and well worth the looooooooong car ride.
Anyhow, as I was driving back to Utah I fell in love with the mountains just west of LaGrande - so big and wide and solitary...as I continued home I noticed how bright the stars are in northern Utah, and how peaceful it was. Here's what I'd really like: 100 acres in the mountainous woods, away from everyone and all the busyness and noise that is all around me. A small house, some chickens, a cow, some horses and lots of room. Maybe I've been watching "The Waltons" and reading "By the Shores of Silver Lake" too much, but doesn't that sound lovely? Just me and my family and the big night sky, surrounded by nature. I could get used to that!
I know that will never happen - we are needed elsewhere - but I think I've figured out a way to get a piece of that solitude in my life: instead of having a big house (which I've NEVER wanted), I'll have 2 small houses. One near wherever Stephen ends up working, and one in my woods, with no one near me. I'll spend at least a month a year in my solitary retreat, and be the better for it!
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Sounds like a good idea to me. Maybe if you find the acreage we can split it with you. I don't think a cow and chickens would be very possible though if you only go there one month out of the year.
ooh that sounds nice!! Maybe we could all chip in on it and each take a month or two out of the year...or if I could just get Dan into the idea of camping...
I love your logic. I'm so jealous you got to go back to beautiful Oregon. I love that pass (is it the blue mtns. or steen mtns. or something?) west of LaGrande too. How was your brother's homecoming?
Yes, the Blues. They are pretty beautiful! I'm not looking forward to driving through them in the winter, tho!
I've been wanting to come up with a name for your diapering business but I'm having trouble, but I'm so excited for you! Fuzzy Features? I'll keep thinking, I promise.
Still coming up in a few weeks? Excited to see you? Love from all of us!
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