Homestead Blog Hop 512

Some days…

There are days when life just seems overwhelming.

As a mom, daughter, wife, homesteader, homemaker, home builder, off gridder, cat mom, and gardener, writer, employee of Greg’s business, YouTuber, blogger…well, you could see how that list alone is a recipe for something boiling over.

Also, menopauser, which is just the icing on the cake that’s trying to stay balanced, but keeps swaying this way and that. It’s a lot some days.

Do you know how I get through these days?

By trying to find ways to control everything that cannot be controlled. By feeling like it’s all been dumped on me, and I have to unwind the tangled yarn mess.

That’s what I do. A recipe for overwhelm.

So…the best way to deal with that is to check out. Find a distraction. I’m good at that. But the stuff is there when I’m done, and I’m reminded that I’ve wasted more time.

In this mess, when I must go full throttle all day every day, I don’t feel like I can pause. No time for that. Not to rest, not to deal with the things on the table, just keep going.

So there’s a balance. One I’ve yet to achieve.

Somewhere between hitting it hard and hitting the pillow, there is balance help.

Balance may be a myth in our time, but learning to take time to rest is not a myth. It’s a must.

I’ve seen this very week how God sends help. I don’t know how, but He’s shown at least in three different instances how He has an answer of peace in the chaos. The people didn’t even know of their impact, but God led them.

I’m seeking God today. He is good. He cares.

He will help me in everything that’s in my control, and with that which is not.

He will do it for you too.

Laurie

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop!

Homestead Blog Hop will take place every Wednesday and is for all things homesteading: real food recipes, farm animals, crafts, DIY, how-to’s, gardening, anything from-scratch, natural home/health, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, natural remedies, essential oils, & more! Basically anything related to homesteading.

Meet Your Hosts!

Follow Their Blogs

Natasha – Houseful of Nicholes (Facebook | Pinterest | Twitter | Instagram)

Laurie – Ridge Haven Homestead (Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram)

Liz – The Cape Coop (Facebook | Pinterest | Twitter | Instagram)

Kelly – Simple Life Mom (Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram)

FEATURED POSTS from the Last Homestead Blog Hop

Each week we take turns choosing three posts to feature. Each post will be shared on all social media platforms by all of the hosts! Here are the features from Last Week’s Hop:

1. Tools to Make Gardening Easier from Simple Living Counrty Girl

2. Easy French Dip Sliders from Homemade on a Weeknight

3. 5 Minute Twine Pumpkins from Creatively Beth

Congrats! Feel free to grab the featured on button for your post.

Just right click and ‘save image as…‘

Guidelines for this Get-Together:

1. Click on the “Add your Link” Button below and add a great image of your project or recipe. Make sure you link to the page of your family friendly post – not the main page of your blog.
2. Link up to three posts each week.
3. Try to visit at least a few other blogs at the party. Be sure to leave a comment to let them know you stopped by.
4. Link your post back to the Homestead Blog Hop. If the hop isn’t linked to your post then you cannot be featured. All featured posts will be shared on all hosts’ social media channels.
5. Please link up posts that you haven’t linked to the hop before. You are welcome to link old posts from your blog.
6. By joining the party, you are giving the hosts permission to use one photo from your post with a link back to your site if it is selected as one of next week’s Features.
7. This is a family-friendly link up meant to inspire and motivate the homesteader in all of us.

Let the Party Begin!

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Follow all your hosts on Pinterest and send me a message that you’d like to be added to our Homestead Blog Hop group board. The only rule is to only add posts that you’ve also added here.