Hello everyone! Let me introduce myself so you can learn a little about me. My name is Chelsea, and I am the voice behind Semi Homestead Life (SHL). I figured I’d give you a little background information about who I am and why I am even here, as well as welcome you all here!
I live in rural Illinois with my high school sweetheart husband and our two kids. We have one teenage boy and one teenage girl. Both kids attend public school and are very active in sports and other school activities. They are overall great kids and have big hearts. But, they are also your typical teenagers with their share of challenges!
I am a part-time work-at-home writer and graphic designer. I love writing and doing what I do for a job. However, I wanted a space where I could be a bit more in control of the content I share as well as a place to post my pictures and semi homesteading journey.
My Goals For SHL – All About Me
SHL will hopefully be my creative outlet. I have always loved to write and feel much more comfortable in front of a blank page or screen than I do in front of a camera lens or on a stage. Whether that is helping you learn about a homesteading topic I’ve experienced or tried or whether that will be writing about some mundane everyday topic going on in my life, it’ll all be included.
I hope it will be a place to show off some of my favorite photos, a way for me to share my gardening wins and losses, or to pass along my favorite recipes. Please keep in mind that all of the photos that you see here on the website as well as on my Instagram page are taken by me. They might not all be of professional quality but they are all still part of my journey!
I even hope to provide you with some fun printable graphic design PDFs or crochet patterns eventually. (What can I say, I’m a jack of many trades!) (Oh, and I also really like parentheses, as you will soon notice!)
Being Realistic And True
Basically, my goal for SHL is to be a place where I can be honest about the positives and negatives of attempting a semi homesteading life while being realistic about living in today’s world.
I want to show you that homesteading (or simply being a parent) doesn’t have to be perfect. It’s dirty, it’s messy, and sometimes it’s plan hard. But most of the time, it’s wonderful and rewarding and worth the effort. I hope to be upfront and realistic about the entire process and not aim for being “Instagram worthy” (at least not all of the time, lol).
If you would like to hear more about me and the history of my life and what brought me to aim for living a semi homestead life, please check out “Let Me Introduce Myself.”
I hope you enjoy checking out SHL and can leave entertained with a few tips along the way to help make your life easier or more fulfilling. (Or, maybe you’ll at least realize that your crazy life is completely normal!)
Please feel free to shoot me a message if you have any questions. Also drop me a note if you have anything you’d like me to write about. I look forward to getting to know you all!
Until next time, thanks for stopping by!
– Chelsea