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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> What exactly are you saying that I should prepare for ?  Being tired and 
> sweaty?  Being frustrated when a crop doesn't perform ?  I think I can 
> handle all of that Lynn.  Imagine if it were just you and an imaginary 
> husband.  You didn't have to worry about zoning.  Your (imaginary) husband 
> had somewhere else to go, for short or long periods of time if 'he' didn't 
> like the stress.  You had no mortgage.  You had several years of canned 
> and dried foods, and some , maybe not much, but some, assets left.  Would 
> you feel as pressured as you now feel?
If your idea of homesteading is opening a can of beans from your big 
stockpile, I guess that doesn't take much physical labor. That's not my idea 
of homesteading. But you've been writing about building a house, raising 
your own food, etc. I mean 'prepare' as in learn the skills before you need 
them. Can you handle physical work? From things you've written, I got the 
impression that you were more than a little out of shape.  To go from city 
life to homesteading is a major culture shock if you don't prepare.

Lynn Wigglesworth