1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, which is changing me very deeply
2. And Nourishing Homestead by Ben Hewitt
3. A bit of wishful planning, as we hang out in our apartment and drive long distances to houses that aren’t quite right
4. But praying for the miracle of the right one to come along
5. We’ve met so many cool people (nice family who homeschool, who are moving to Idaho) and some hilarious characters (I thought hoarding was rare, seems like 3 out of 5 homes we see have disturbing amounts of stockpiled goods)
6. Ava wants a blue house, I hope she gets it
7. Knowing what we want
8. Having the strength to say, this isn’t it, instead of trying to make it work
9. Signs from the universe
10. This messy, beautiful search