Happy 6th Birthday American Homestead Blog!

Today marks the 6th birthday of the American Homestead

blog and it is also my birthday but I'm older than 6!

I have been a bad blogger this year, in fact, I have only

posted 12 times in the whole year.  It seemed like blogging

was falling by the wayside but lately I am happy to see many

bloggers returning from long breaks.  So hopefully with the

New Year I will try to blog more often.  I do have so many

stories I would love to tell, things about my travels, the 

things I make, the things I eat, the things I collect, etc.

I do post everyday on Instagram:  @americanhomestead1

There are rumors that there may be some new technology

coming my way for my birthday so hopefully that will make

blogging a bit easier.  I take so many photos with my phone

these days, there are so many pieces of equipment it can be

hard to get them to work together in an easy way.

This blog started just as I was about to go on a big adventure

and that is still going on.  I travel a lot!  And I love it.  I have

traveled to 7 foreign countries this year, 6 of them are new

to me.  I leave next week to set sail to South America and I

will visit five new countries on my world list.

What is my World List you may ask?  Well, there are a few

milestones that travelers like to meet.  One is to

circumnavigate the globe, I've done that twice.  Another

milestone is to visit 100 countries ~ I'm working on that!

I am almost halfway to my goal.

So please stay tuned to see what the New Year brings.

I hope everyone enjoys the upcoming holidays no

matter what holiday you may celebrate.  Just be happy!

All the best,

~ Ellen