Starting Afresh

Once upon a time I had a little blog......... well I actually had two.  Time has passed and I feel like I need to start afresh.  Combine my two into one, kind of.  Starting afresh after almost 7 years have passed by.  Our lives have changed, we have changed. 

So much has happened in our lives that I feel the urge to just start again.  I don't even know if people still read blogs all that much any more???   Oh well it doesn't matter.  I want a little space in the internet universe where I can document our lives just a little bit, a space where I can keep record of my attempts at a more simple way of life.  I think I am having a midlife crisis of sorts, I have the need to live more simply, to purge our lives of possessions and things that require time and effort to upkeep and in the process keep us from living the life we want to live.  An urge to go back to doing alot more home cooking like I used to do prior to starting our own business.

We have had so much going on over the past 7 years we have uprooted our lives and moved states which required us to sell our house and then purchase another one interstate, we have each lost a parent very soon after our move, our kids have grown with only one still a "child" at the age of 17, we started a business which I worked at solo for a year then hubby was made redundant and joined me in the business.  This continued on for 5 years with many ups and downs along the way.  Just recently hubby has got himself a new job and I am now working at our business on my own.  This has left me very unsettled and while the money is okay, it is quite hard work on a continual basis when doing it on my own.  For the moment at least I need to continue on with it, but in my heart I know that long term it won't be achievable.

We are trying to get all the bits and pieces done that need doing around the house so that I can reduce my workload.  I want to downsize our possessions, cook from scratch as much as possible and return to a simpler life. 

Here, in my little piece of blog land you will find recipes, snippets of life and our journey to simplicity.  I hope you can join me on our trip!!