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Hi I'm Katie! My husband Kyle, daughter Bellamy, and I are currently working on living our off grid dream on 5.5 acres of raw land in Alaska. Follow us on our journey of starting a homestead from scratch!

Homestead Goals For 2019

by KatieBuilding / Family / Goals / Homesteading8 Comments on Homestead Goals For 2019

In keeping with the trend since I started this blog, I wanted to lay out our goals for the homestead over the next year. Even though we spent most of this year away from Alaska, we are excited to return to what we think of as our “real” lives. So here are our homestead goals for 2019!

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Homestead Goals 2018-2019

We had a total of 8 goals we wanted to accomplish in 2018. I will move a few of these over to 2019’s goals as well, like purchasing a fishing permit so we don’t have to go to town for work. Others will be expanded on or completely removed for this coming year. Our goals for 2018 were: Continue reading “Homestead Goals For 2019”

All The Nothing That Happened In 2018

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What to say about 2018, besides this year has kinda sucked.

We had to leave Alaska to handle some business in the lower 48, ended up moving several times (Alaska, Texas, Western Washington and Eastern Washington, then back to Texas. Whew!). We’ve worked several 9-5’s because city life ain’t cheap, dealt with hour long commutes, and lost 2 of our dogs 🙁

We didn’t get any of our goals done because of all the moves. This year feels as though we have been at a standstill with our real lives. Everything has been a waiting game.

Granted, not everything was bad.

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We’re Still Here! (And Sorry For Disappearing!)

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I feel like I need to start this post of with an apology for not writing in so long, but holy cow our lives have kind of snowballed a bit, and the blog has been on the back burner. I do miss writing, and I fully intend on updating things as soon as we are back in Alaska. Still, sorry for not updating sooner!

As for the giant circus that has been our lives…

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An Experience With Floppy Kid Syndrome In Goats

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The blog has been a little slow lately because… I’m still in Texas! I have been waiting to hear back about a remote job (final rounds this week!) that I can do from back home in Alaska. Kyle is holding down the fort at home, our daughter is having tons of fun playing with her cousin, and we’re both enjoying our extended vacation in Texas’s 80 degree winter days! Which brings me to this post, because I’ve learned quite a lot about bottle baby goats in the last few days, and that’s something that translates no matter where I’m at!

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5 Reasons Why Alaska Is Bigger And Better Than Texas

by KatieFamily / Wild Alaska3 Comments on 5 Reasons Why Alaska Is Bigger And Better Than Texas

For the next few weeks I’m visiting family in Texas! While I’m sure Texas is a fine state full of fine people, I hadn’t even been here an hour when I decided I was going to write this post. Of course I had to start my visit off with a bang 😉 So why exactly is Alaska bigger and better than Texas? Continue reading “5 Reasons Why Alaska Is Bigger And Better Than Texas”

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