1/10/2023 in Journal

I’ve been doing some property looking online. I’m getting a bit antsy in the city. It’s been since the end of august since we’ve been at my SIL’s and I’m ready to find our new home. I just want a biodiverse piece of land. It seems almost impossible to find the one that checks all the boxes. I don’t want to go too far from family either but land is half the price once we start looking 4+ hours away.

One of the things I struggle with here is cleanliness of the home. I’m a strict no shoes in the house gal. I can’t stand having any kind of dirt or crumbs on my feet when I walk around. But my SIL will walk outside where her chickens shit everywhere and then she will walk in and wear her shoes through the house. She even lets all 13 of her chickens into the house. She lets them sit on her furniture.

It makes me want to scream. Lol. I have carpet shampooed the couch twice since being here and the big space rug too. We don’t have a carpet shampooer so I did it by hand with a Spotbot.

I’ve gotten the floors clean enough to where the kids don’t have black feet anymore though. I was having to wash my sons feet a couple times a day in the bathroom sink.

Oh, and her dog literally pees and poops all over. She hates it too but nothing gets done. I suggested a washable dog diaper since the dog is old. The dog pees on any and all rugs. It poops in the kids room and pees on their toys and clothes sometimes. We keep our room door closed because the dog peed and pooped in there too. When the chickens come inside they poop too. She just picks it up with a dry paper towel 😶‍🌫️

I’m just looking forward to having my clean space. I’m not OCD or anything, I have my clutter too but at least it doesn’t have chicken poop on it or smell like dog pee. 😬

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On another note, I’m knitting newborn socks and a sweater for my husband’s cousin who is having their first baby. It’s a girl.

Also, I just learned how to shoot a compound bow. My FIL runs an archery club and put a bow together for me. I’ve gone shooting twice now and it’s pretty great. I’m able to consistently hit a bullseye and he told me I’m ready to shoot at the indoor league.

Gun show is coming up this weekend too. I’m looking for a better fitting, more comfortable holster for my handgun and a .22 rifle for squirrel hunting.

Okay, I gonna look for a book to read myself to sleep now. Bye all.