Every year we buy a state park pass with the intent of enjoying evenings and weekends at Range Pond with the dogs, dipping our toes in the icy ocean waters or hiking along the waterfalls in the mountains. Every year we promise ourselves that we’ll travel more with our park pass, and every August we look back on the diminishing summer thinking, “why did we spend so much time on the house and not enough time in the parks?” Owning a house with a bit of land has always been a dream for me. Home renovations and mini-farming ventures have really become a hobby that Sarah and I can share together. We enjoy it. Unfortunately our hobby has taken over life as we know it. We work all day, come home, eat something quickly, and spend the rest of the daylight hours working on the house. We have put aside our times of leisure and have lost nearly all of our socialization so that we can dedicate all of our spare time to wood, tools, screws, and drywall. What is it called when a hobby encompasses your entire being? Oh right, obsession.
Hello Home Owner’s Anonymous. My name is Nikki, and this is Sarah. We are addicted to renovation.
You may have noticed that this is my first post in a VERY long time. It was not because we haven’t been doing anything…we have been doing far too much. This summer we added two new farming ventures, took the next step into homesteading, built a new structure on our property, and turned our house into a construction site. Summers in Maine tend to be short. It’s imperative that we start our projects early and finish them before the weather changes. There is simply no time to sit and write about what we’ve accomplished. So be prepared to see a lot in the next few weeks.
Busy Women, Building 