The life of an animal obsessed, homesteading, hot mess wife & mama.
Hi friends, my name is Dallas.I’m 24. A daughter. A partner to my high school sweetheart of 9 years. A mother. A friend. An animal enthusiast. And more often than not, a hot mess. Though I do need to clarify: I’m not the ‘super cute and put together, but I’m wearing a messy bun and an over sized T-shirt today’ kind of hot mess. Oh no. I’m the: - ‘sometimes I wear pjs while doing barn chores’ - ‘let’s start 12 different tasks today but not complete a single one’ - ‘*pulls from bra* WHERE did this hay come from??’ and - ‘looks like it’s time to reheat that same ONE cup of coffee in the microwave (even though I forget it’s in there again before it dings)’ kind of hot mess. But truthfully, it’s all light hearted and in good fun. The reality (at least, my reality) is that this is my life. It can be crazy, messy, overwhelming, scattered and sometimes down right comical, but at the end of every day, without fail, everyone (humans and animals alike) has been fed, loved on and can sleep safely at night. In todays fast and uncertain world, there’s nothing more I could ask for. My earliest memories all have one common denominator.You guessed it. Animals. (Or maybe you didn’t, but that’s okay too). They never ceased to amaze me. There was not an Animal Planet show I didn’t watch. Perhaps even twice. Every Veterinarian Show. Every Nature or Zoo Documentary. And all of the rescue stories and ASPCA/Animal Cops series in between. I was fixated as a child. Truthfully, I am still fixated (ironically, ‘The Zoo: San Diego’ on Discovery+ is playing in the background as I write this). It was one of those things that I really had no explanation for; there was no point in time I can recall “that’s when my love for animals began”. Nothing. It’s as if it was simply hardwired into my brain and once I was old enough to acknowledge it’s presence, it’s quite literally been my life since. March of 2012My family made a move, that forever changed our lives. We left the town and surrounding cities I’d grown up in, as well as everyone we knew and found ourselves on 8 acres in a little western themed town known as Sisters Oregon. My love, appreciation and interest in animals only escalated with our new home. We quickly secured existing fencing and built chicken coops and rabbit hutches to start. I think I may have lived on Craigslist and YouTube for a short time… bouncing back and fourth between viewing local animals for sale and researching everything I needed to know about their care. It wasn’t long until I’d found my niche and was living a life I truly felt called to. It was just a few years after we settled here, that my maternal grandparents sold their house and built onto the Sweet Cloverdale home to relish their retirement with family. Since the birth of our daughter in 2017, we have been living as a village, with a total of four generations of family on the property. As of 2022I am a full time farm mama, homemaking, homeschooling and homesteading. I oversee all of the animals and breeding programs, single handedly process any of the animals raised to nourish our family, can the food we grow and actively gather and forage any herbs or plants that can be used to make teas, salves and more - all with a tiny human by my side! I am so happy you’re here and can’t wait to share more of my life with you!
0 Comments
|
AuthorDallas took an interest in animals and farm living at a very young age. Now, she lives with four generations of her family, alongside her high school sweetheart and young daughter, on an 8 aces homestead in Sisters Oregon. She ethically raises a variety of animals for Companionship, Show and to nourish her families bodies. Dallas writes about being a farm mom, an animal caretaker/educator & trying to live a sustainable lifestyle.
Categories
All
|