269. Leaving the farmhouse, what I wish I’d known as a young mom, why we are minimalists, and more Q&A!

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

If you have been following along recently, you know that we sold our beloved farmhouse and are preparing to build our dream home on our new farm property. I’ve received lots of questions about why we bought a temporary home while we build and what our plans are for the future. I’m sharing an update on how the move went and what the next steps are! I’m also sharing encouragement for the younger mom. There are so many things I allowed myself to feel guilty about in my early motherhood, and I want to offer you perspective and permission to let those things go. Join me for this personal update and mini pep talk! In this episode, we cover: Answering some common questions about selling our farmhouse, moving into town, and building on our new property My approach to caring for multiple small children at once without losing my mind Why our recent move was more stressful than I anticipated and how I tackled the chaos What I have learned over the years about managing the items our kids are constantly bringing into the house Getting into the practicals of how I dress my kids to spend ample time outdoors on the coldest of days Freeing you from the guilt that you are not doing enough for your kids The one homemaking task I never tire of My thoughts on keeping up with memories and milestones as a mother of eight kids View full show notes on the blog + watch this episode on YouTube. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that make this show possible! RESOURCES Check out this video for more details about our recent move and future plans Join my Simple Sewing course and my Simple Sourdough course today! Explore all of my course offerings including sourdough, sewing, blogging, and YouTube Grab a copy of my new cookbook Daily Sourdough CONNECT Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | Blog | YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Pinterest Do you have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? A guest you’d like me to interview? Submit your questions and ideas here: bit.ly/SFLquestions.

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0:00.0	It's okay if you don't remember and recall every little things. I don't even know what you're
0:04.3	going to use the information for. And it's just already a lot. Get your simple meals on the table.
0:10.0	Get a load of laundry done a day. Do some maybe like 10, 15 minutes of cleaning per day so you keep up
0:14.7	with it. Read a couple books to the children. And then beyond that, just try not to think that there's
0:20.6	a million more things beyond that
0:23.1	that you need to get done in order to be a good mom.
0:26.0	My name is Lisa, mother of eight and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse
0:30.3	on Boob.
0:30.8	On this podcast, I like to talk about simplifying your life so you can live out your priorities.
0:35.4	I help you learn how to cook from scratch and decorate
0:37.7	on a budget through this podcast and my courses simple sourdough in the simple sewing series. I also help
0:43.8	people reach their goals from home through my business courses, create your blog dream, and YouTube
0:48.1	Success Academy. I will leave links to these resources in the show notes and description box below. Now let's get into the show.
0:57.9	Welcome. these resources in the show notes and description box below. Now let's get into the show. Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. Today I'm going to do another one of my solo
1:02.8	episodes where I take questions and answers. This is the first solo episode here in our
1:09.1	in-between home while we are building our farmhouse on acreage.
1:12.7	I did get lots of questions about why we moved somewhere in-between time.
1:18.9	And I shared a pretty lengthy video over on my main channel, my farmhouse on Boone channel.
1:25.5	Some people said, you spoke way too much. So I probably gave
1:28.4	too lengthy of an explanation as to why. But just one of the really short answers was financially,
1:37.7	we are the type of people who like to do things with cash. I talk about that a lot on here.
1:42.1	And we bought a much less expensive home that we can
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