Comments on Cage Free Family: It's Christmas Once More

I just got back from a week off-line, and yours is...

2009-12-13T17:47:44.943-07:00

I just got back from a week off-line, and yours is one of the few blogs I will bother to catch up with. You're an inspiration :)

We've got 40's Christmas music playing her...

2009-12-13T13:30:40.164-07:00

We've got 40's Christmas music playing here at the shop everyday and I always laugh to myself when "Baby It's Cold Outside" comes on. It's that version we listened to together a few years ago. The part about "What did you put in this drink?" still amuses me.

:)

"the real point is that we are always checkin...

2009-12-12T21:00:50.421-07:00

"the real point is that we are always checking and working toward our ideals."

:)

Hi, I just wanted to say that I love your blog and...

2009-12-11T12:57:06.799-07:00

Hi, I just wanted to say that I love your blog and have been reading for a while. I relate to so much of what you say, trying to simplify and balance everything while taking care of my young children is also my focus...well, along with painting everyday as I am an artist. Lofty goals, but totally worth it. My husband and I are thinking of moving to Santa Fe, we live in Brooklyn, NY now so I love coming to your blog and thinking of New Mexico! Thank you for sharing all that you do here!

Gorgeous tree!

2009-12-11T05:19:50.529-07:00

Gorgeous tree!

Congrats on the new soul joining your family! I am...

2009-12-10T21:06:34.253-07:00

Congrats on the new soul joining your family! I am one of of your quiet readers - have been following your blog from pretty much the start without posting. We have so much in common - my third baby arrived 11/15! (two girls, one boy, eldest is a bright red head) - and I am crazy jealous that you've landed in Taos, NM. But your life is also quite different from my own in terms of simplicity and I look to you for inspiration in adding just a touch of what you do to my small town Wisconsin life. Anyhow, keep up the great writing and congrats again!

PS Your baby's beautiful! The pic didn't ...

2009-12-10T17:55:02.143-07:00

PS Your baby's beautiful! The pic didn't download at first, but when it did, I was enthralled.

I'm here too, reading whenever I see that you&...

2009-12-10T08:57:03.790-07:00

I'm here too, reading whenever I see that you've posted something new. I've read your posts through 4 moves...leaving our home in VA, moving to a small 1 bedroom house with 5 children in UT, moving to rural VA to be with my dad during his last days, and back to where we started from. All the while I've enjoyed reading your adventures and could connect since I was having "simplicity" adventures of my own. I have to say that coming back to where we started was the most difficult of the moves. We came back to all our stuff, and I've spent the past 7 months trying to figure out how to manage it. This has included many trips to the thrift store to drop things off. But the funniest thing is that all of us miss the 1 bedroom house. My kids won't sleep in their rooms because they say they're too big. They prefer to sleep on the couches, and we're all (except my teenager) sleeping on the same floor just like we were when we "had" to. It's a constant fight and I think I'm gaining ground, but I so miss the freedom of time that we had when we had less to deal with.

you have a lovely story and to me, you are so so w...

2009-12-10T01:45:49.703-07:00

you have a lovely story and to me, you are so so waaay down the path towards an unusual and value filled life. Like I probably said before, you are living a parallel universe life for me. It seems so beautifully wild and free. I do wonder how you have any money though. Does your feller work? It must be hard in America without the national health service and all with having to go to hospital and all that. I find the whole money thing such a struggle. Perhaps our housing here in the UK is the expensive thing. Or perhaps we just can't quite get away from the consumerism from living in a city. I don't know. I just wonder how you manage without an income.

ahh...see Aimee you ARE much further along than yo...

2009-12-09T15:43:50.851-07:00

ahh...see Aimee you ARE much further along than you give yourself credit for
In today's society...to HAVE ideals that you truly strive towards daily is a HUGE step!

LOVE your tree...we're an "ol'fashioned" ornaments kinda family too...we probably won't have one this year since we're hitting the Florida caverns for our Yearly camping trip during the Christmas holiday...so I'm just gonna blow up the pic of yours and tape it to the fridge :)

love you
miss you
wish you were closer
but glad you're where you are!

Babs

For some reason I thought you were in Vermont. You...

2009-12-09T15:16:52.899-07:00

For some reason I thought you were in Vermont. You are in NM?? I can't wait to travel there myself.

I am also getting more deeply into Buddhism lately. I noticed your prayer flags. We have some we are going to hang on the awning of our rv. See if you can't find a nearby center to attend. It can help tremendously.

Aimee! I have been meaning to come to your site an...

2009-12-09T11:23:03.290-07:00

Aimee! I have been meaning to come to your site and post for ages now! Congrats on Simone =) she is, of course,beautiful! So proud of you on birthing yourself. That takes quite a woman. We are in Colorado for the winter trying to save as much money as possible before heading to the Pacific Northwest in spring (hopefully,you of course understand how these things work!) I'm very excited as I've always dreamed of the emerald beauty Oregon and Washington. We miss you and the family and Taos. My hope is that by the end of summer we will be at least in the pre-planning stages of building our own earthship. I secretly crave more stability,but also have that nagging voice reminding me how much I will miss this freedom if I give it up. Merry Christmas to you and yours. I'm so glad that this "life less ordinary" on the road brought us to you and your family.
xoxo
Jenn

I haven't posted to you in ages, but I read ev...

2009-12-09T09:20:08.676-07:00

I haven't posted to you in ages, but I read every post. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah and Joyous Yuletide! Simone is very beautiful, and I'm so glad it worked out for you all. Keep posting - we're reading, honest!

i was searching for cage free chicken + central te...

2009-12-09T07:32:42.724-07:00

i was searching for cage free chicken + central texas and found an article about your family -- then through that found your blog. I have enjoyed reading about your adventures. We have taken steps (none as large as yours) toward simplicity -- moving further along as it feels possible. I have to take these things in small steps, or I tend to rebel against myself.

I love reading your posts, and I appreciate your authenticity.

Merry holiday season to you and family, and congrats on the new baby. I had a home water-birth (VBAC), and it was THE spiritual experience of my life.

Your tree is just lovely! It's nice to read a...

2009-12-09T07:01:25.288-07:00

Your tree is just lovely! It's nice to read about the new adventures of your family. :)

I just started reading you. I live in a family of ...

2009-12-09T06:48:31.814-07:00

I just started reading you. I live in a family of five in VT. My kids are a little older, and my experience has been that simplicity gets easier to find as they grow older. You just had a baby! While they seem so beautiful in their simplicity, there's nothing simple in all that juggling. Your time will come...

such a beautiful tree. :)

2009-12-09T06:08:22.433-07:00

such a beautiful tree. :)

Lovely post. So strange to think about snow and bl...

2009-12-09T00:27:09.418-07:00

Lovely post. So strange to think about snow and blizzards (I'm in Australia), but the Christmas spirit is the same.

I'm so happy you have ornaments! I remember y...

2009-12-08T22:35:47.235-07:00

I'm so happy you have ornaments! I remember you talking about your love of the holidays!