Two Weddings And A First Communion

As we celebrate Bean-Sprouts first birthday, what have been the big events and changes this year?

• We got an allotment


• We got two chickens


• My baby sister got married to one of my best friends


• We got a bigger allotment


• I helped dad sort out mum's stuff and sell his house


• I joined the allotment committee


• Another of my best friends got married to a really nice woman


• My eldest son made his first holy communion


• I went on a beekeeping course, and hope to get some bees soon


• We changed our car for a greener model

It's not been a year of earth-shattering events, but the main change has been the change of direction that prompted us to start this blog. I realised that all my life I had daydreamed about owning a smallholding and living off the land, even though I had never talked about it or even acknowledged it to myself. The TV series It's Not Easy Being Green made me acknowledge that dream and bring it into the open. I found out that my husband, Ed, shares the same dream, and so we started working together to make it a reality. I'm really happy about the practical steps we have already made towards that dream, and I'm excited about what the future holds.