Do you like your coffee black? How about your beans?

This week I feel, my husband and I took a dive in the water head first together. We officially both resigned our "corporate" jobs. It is funny how your view on life changes. My goal coming out of university was to get a good paying job as a geologist, get recognized for my hard work and get promoted. I don't think I can be further away from that now.

In my prep work for business value adding ideas, I have been trying some ideas. Mainly because my husband is very good at reading attentively and I do not have the attention span at the moment to finish a book. Instead, this weekend I tried to roast my own coffee beans. They are drinkable and they are definitely roasted. I even took pictures for this blog, like the professionals so I could share my excellent work to the world. Well I have pictures and in addition I had an angry baby who I woke up too early from her nap and a grumpy hungry husband who thought I was making lunch while he napped with the baby! But this will not stop me, I will try again this weekend and every weekend until I get a cup of coffee that I am happy to share with my friends.

I am so procrastinating on the book list I said I would post since two blogs ago because I actually don't know where we packed them and I do not know all of the authors by memory. When I do find them they will be listed nice and neatly :) 

One step closer to Germany!

Yesterday I put in my resignation in at work! One step closer to our life change. It is an exciting and scary feeling at the same time. Part of me is relieved that my corporate time is coming to an end and the other part is freaked out about the unknown ahead. 

All the planning in moving overseas is stressful but not my first time. However last time I had a job and a company to help me with the move. Also, moving to Germany or any country that you do not speak the language will be tough. 

Our rental house is getting sparser and sparser as we often joke that we would be unaware if we have been robbed when we walk in. Everyday is closer to our move date and closer to our new life path. If there was ever a fork in the road this is certainly a change in our direction. 

As preparation to get our minds into farming and starting our own business we read a few books...Well to be honest my husband read more than me but I am trying to catch up. One of the most influential farmers we came across in our research is Joel Salatin (http://www.polyfacefarms.com). This guy deserves a whole blog topic on his own and in some future one, I will. 

That is it for now, I will provide a book list soon!