The Mobile Home Woman | Our journey from urban homesteading to rural homesteading at Windhaven farm…

Maggie’s Signs…

Posted on May 7, 2013 by MobymomMay 7, 2013

So proud of Maggie… her new company is doing well. She’s had a couple really wonderful clients that are keeping her busy! It’s a nice slow build, just enough to make a little extra cash for the cause, but not too overwhelming that we’re in a panic to build supplies and stock. It’s perfect right now! She recently did some great signs for a charity golf outing and they were on TV! How fun is that! It was nice to be able to help out as well, as she was able to make them at a reduced rate to help out with the charity…

She’s working on some samples for trucks and cars… and of course various signs and such. It was fun to do this old fashioned gumball machine, too!

She got a job to do some signage for our local livestock auction… it was fun to make up the signs and cut out little goats and roosters and such. And it’s really fun to see them up at the auction when we go and walk around to shop! I think it’s a wonderful thing for her to see her work up and getting noticed.

She’s also done a couple signs for a notary and for trucking companies. I think she’s got a hit here. I’m sure it will keep growing and become a decent income maker for her. It’s something she really likes to do, and it’s a valuable resource for folks. I don’t think there is a sign maker for miles and miles around our homestead. She will be able to help out local folks and of course friends and family! She is working on a collection of decals to be able to sell online as well. Pretty nifty… I’m just so proud of my daughters and their companies. They both work so hard at being the best they can and to help serve others with their skills and products. I think they will be able to take care of me when I get old! haha…. perfect!!!

Of course, the best part was the first two big checks that Maggie earned from her efforts! She was so pleased… She told me that she was so happy to be actually earning real money for the family. Awww… that is fun. She is very happy for sure to have found something that could make a great career! She’s good at making signs!!!

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Spring rains…

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MobymomMay 6, 2013

Not too long ago… we had our first big spring rain fall and flood! We had over 2 inches fall in a day… boy, it made a bit of a mess. We were lucky though, our wonderful big farmer neighbor installed new drainage tile around the property to help with his fields and ultimately, helped us a lot. If it had been before that, we would have a lot more flooding. The ground was still pretty chilly and the rain was just not soaking in fast enough. We were mostly worried about the sheep and lambs, as that barn is prone to spring flooding from time to time. (First year, a lot… second year, some… and thankfully, now this third spring? The barn stayed dry!!!) It’s working!

I was surprised at how much the wheelbarrow was full! It was a lot of rain!

You can see our ditch creek in action! That thing does work well. We need to clean it out a bit, make it a bit deeper in places where the leaves and debris has accumulated some.

This is Lake Weedpatch… (haha) it’s where all the water from the ditch creek ends up! I had wanted to consider building a pond back here, but after talking to our neighbor, the farmer, he says it would probably not be a good idea. The ground is way too marshy and swampy and he thinks without proper lining and all, it will just end up a big mud hole. I think I will take his advice to heed. He’s been living here most of his life and working the ground. He knows the area. And it sounds expensive to build a good pond. I think that will have to wait for later.

The good thing is that Lake Weedpatch was gone within a day or so. We just had tooo much water in too little of time… It’s all lovely now!

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When life gives you yarn…

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MobymomMay 6, 2013

About a week or so ago, I stumbled upon the mother lode of yarn at a thrift store! Over 40 skeins of the stuff!!! All different, mostly. And get this… for a whopping $10. 25 cents a skein. And some of it was very nice, fancy artsy yarn that I plan to use in my weaving! I could hardly believe it. Talk about winning the yarn lottery! There was even a huge roll of actual weaving warp string! How cool is that???

Some of this fancy stuff will go nicely into some rugs and weavings!!! Can’t wait… won’t it be delicious with black warp and some of these fancy bits???

Well, I figured with all that yarn in smallish amounts, it was about time for me to learn how to finally make granny squares! I’ve been trying for about six months now and just couldn’t seem to get it. And finally, after a bunch of YouTube videos and a couple websites and just a whole lot of trying and a little bit of cursing… (yeah, sorry… it was hard for me to learn!) I finally GOT IT!!! Yahooo!!! So I celebrated by making a super huge one… haha…. I think that will be the center piece of my scrappy granny square throw! And then I’m going to make a bunch of normalish sized ones to go all around it. I’m such a happy little crochetin’ fool! It’s fun to learn a new skill!

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