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new beginnings 2016 - The Year of Chaos and Turmoil 2017 - The Year of Healing and Progress I cannot think of a better way to sum up this transition. The new year brought in a new era. In January I moved back into the farmhouse and began building an official relationship with Scott (which includes getting to know his three children, plot twist for those of you who don't know me in real life!) Our friendship had been built on honesty and self reflection, which created a perfect foundation for a relationship. I'm struggling with how much and in what ways to share information about this subject, not wanting to give away every personal detail of my life, yet also longing to express the realness, the deepness, the honesty that exists between us. "Little white lies" and frankly, big fat lies as well, are a natural and accepted part of our society, and we don't want that. But more about that later. official photo February brought an intense new fri...

sisters are foreva I was so focused on losing the rabbits the other day that I didn't share more about the fun parts of the weekend. I failed to point out that yes, my birthday is on February 14, Valentine's Day. It's good and bad. I grew up hearing, "Oh, a Valentine's baby!" every time I had to give that information to someone. When I was younger (think middle school) I was home schooled and obviously didn't have a booming social life. I didn't have my first boyfriend until eighth grade. Back then I always felt my birthday was ruined by my loneliness. Once I reached high school I entered a steady relationship and haven't spent one birthday/valentines single since. Honestly, I could care less about Valentine's, it's my birthday, and that's that. Which is how we all felt hanging out Friday night. My sister's fiance had to work, so we went to his restaurant to eat dinner so she could see him. We love Deacon, he's a great ...

Jonathan and I celebrated our six year anniversary on New Years Eve and today I received my gift in the mail from him (well I ordered it, but it was his gift to me.) I got him a wall mount for our new tv, which you can see he is using in the background. He got me this beautiful mosquito netting canopy for our bed. I absolutely adore it. It looks very pretty with the new tree of life woven bed spread Penny gave us for Christmas. Thank you sweetheart! Until next time, Angela Kelly

not a very flattering hair do. On the drive home from wedding dress shopping tonight I was thinking about my life now-a-days, here with Jonathan. It started with thoughts of my mental state back in the "dark ages", compared to now. Throughout middle school, high school, my brief stint in college, and the few years afterwards, I struggled agonizingly with depression and anxiety. I was very reserved, kept everything bottled up inside, had little to no self confidence, cried and mutilated myself versus confronting people with my words and emotions. It took me years and hitting my personal rock bottom (I believe everybody has their own, and they are all different) to get help. A few years of therapy, some mild antidepressants, and a lot of personal life decisions have led me down a path of calm, love, sometimes anger and fear, but now expressed in healthy ways (like art, or screaming.) Moving back to my parents place in the country was the first big step. It gave us a brea...

      I don't talk about Jonathan very often in this space. It's funny, because he is a major part of nearly every post I write. He is always there, beside me, working, farming, building, driving, stressing and daydreaming. We are a freak of nature among couples, probably among people in general, but hey. We went through countless long nights to get to where we are now. So many lies and fights and tears. Months spent in the arms of others. What makes us unusual is how strong we are now for going through it together. For loving and forgiving and growing up. For making sacrifices and decisions to make our relationship better. Stronger. Now what we have is days beside each other, smiling, happy, loved. I can't remember the last time we fought. When I'm falling down into the pit in my head he pulls me back out. Every single minute of every single day of my life is amazing because I get to share it with my partner in everything, my soul mate.  I love you ...

 On Tuesday we checked out a local hot spot called Hanks. It appeared to be a quaint country restaurant from the outside but inside the country vibes of natural wood and old tools combined unexpectedly with bright steel planks and cables suspended across the restaurant. It was beautifully decorated, with fast friendly staff, and the food was delicious. Definitely one to check out.     Amazing. Until next time, Angela Kelly

That's how life has felt lately, like a storm of anger and frustration. Thankfully things have turned around this last week, and life is sunny again. It's cold outside, and thanks to my distaste for winter weather (thank you, seasonal depression) farm projects have been relatively non-existent, except caring for the rabbits, who have settled into the farm quite nicely. I am still working on our master plan, which I cannot wait to share when it's finished.  Christmas and New Years were a blur with everything going on, but we still enjoyed ourselves (in doses). We spent time with both of our families, and ate entirely too much good food. New Years was also our anniversary, it has been an incredible three years sweetheart. We didn't do anything too fancy, but we did enjoy dinner, a few drinks with my sister (if that doesn't show you how important she is to us) and a couple of good movies. We did have the weekend off together to cuddle and do mushy couple stuff...

Sorry for the absence fine followers, what a busy few weeks it has been. We are moved and settled into our new home on the farm, enjoying the work and scenery, as well as the company of our hosts, Daniel and Emily, and our fellow intern and roommate, Alex. Our last week at home was busy with packing and spending as much time as possible with our dear friends and families. We miss them terribly already. And now, what I know you're all waiting for- pictures! Here's the (many many) highlights of our last week at home in the 540 and our first week here in the 804 (that's right, I'm speaking in area codes- sue me.) Part 1: You say goodbye... Penny threw us a very nice going away party before we left. Good times with friends and family all gathered together to say goodbye. We also had dinner with my family on the mountain, where Amy and I painted roses an...