Hi friends - thank you for watching❤ I encourage you to start sharing your OWN story even if you feel like you're life isn't perfect or that you haven't found your own "happy ending" yet, because everything you've been through so far - even if you're not exactly where you want to be - contains immense power to help someone else who's just a few steps behind you on the journey home. As a reminder, I write an occasional free e-mail newsletter to keep in touch in-between videos and posts. You can sign up to receive it here: grumblefarm.myflodesk.com/email-signup LOVE YOU 🫶
Thank you for letting us in. I know it may not be convenient living in the space, but what I see is a happy home for 4 pugs (#JonasForever #ChloeForever) and their people. Home is the ones we love, the space is just a container. Ivy''s rope collection is HUGE! I'm glad she has options. And Fern's snuffle mat has to be extremely important for treats. I really love the barn door. I dream of having barn doors in my next home. Sophie is such an adorable little pupper. Her enthusiasm is contagious. It makes me want to find treasures and run to deliver them to people I care about. Maybe not run though. And maybe not leaves. Back to the drawing board. LOL. Thank you for the vlog from your cozy, happy home! 💙
Four pugs 😭 I love whenever they're "included" as if they're still with me, because they are! I literally created a graphic that I turned into a sticker a couple of years ago that said "Home is where the PUGS ARE" - it was inspired by my near constant back-and-forth between BC and Alberta and the ensuing identity crisis it spawned, lol. Ivy's rope collection is effing massive now, thanks to Karen for sending so many for her birthday!!! it's so funny - out of the entire pile, she's chosen the yellow one. AND ONLY THE YELLOW ONE!! Like what the heck?!?! The barn door feature here in the guest home is actually adorable. Sometimes, just because the space is so incredibly small, I do wish we had an actual door that separated one space from the other so Jesse and I had a LIIIITTLE more privacy, but as an interior design feature, I do absolutely love the way it looks! One of my fantasies is to design, build, and decorate a barndimonium, so.... lololol Your comments about Sophie are hilarious. "Back to the drawing board" made me crack up 😂
Love how you are so open and ready to be vulnerable, it’s inspirational 🩷 Keep on showing up as your authentic self! You live in such a beautiful area and the little shack is so cozy 😊 I know it is so difficult to go from your dream cabin to this different space and feel like you’re starting from square one! It’s ok to be in your feels about it for sure. But I know that you will find yourself back in your dream cabin 🩷. I truly believe we are fated to go through these different trails and tribulations for a purpose 🩷 I used to be homeless for a period when I was growing up and I was so happy when I finally worked enough to get my own space. But it taught me to be strong and it gave me so much appreciation for the roof over my head and other basics. Be proud of your strength and resilience 🩷This chapter is just another part of your adventure 🩷
Hi Brandy, I just wanted to say that I started following you a few years ago because of the senior pugs, but even after my pug Chico crossed the rainbow bridge, I couldn’t stop following you because you’re such an amazing person and a great storyteller. I love watching your vlogs, and I hope your channel reaches even more people soon because the content here is fantastic! I’m really enjoying this new phase where you share more about your story. I’m not sure if it’s something you’d like to do, but maybe you could make some videos about your journey on TH-cam-talking about content creation, equipment, editing, monetization... I think this kind of video can break out of the bubble and reach a wider audience to discover your channel. I’ve found some great channels this way, and they mixed sharing their TH-cam journey with their own content.
Hi!! This is so kind - and so genuinely affirmative. Thank you! I've been DYING to share about my TH-cam journey so far. Sometimes when I'm vlogging, I talk about little bits and pieces of my experience, but I tend to hold back A LOT thinking "nobody who's watching cares about this". It's so hard to pursue TH-cam and go through what the process puts you through without talking about it, though! I follow a few vloggers who have worked their TH-cam journeys and experiences into their content (and it's these videos that helped me find them as well!) I'm only still just wrapping my head around creating videos to reach "new" people, rather than constantly making them for my already existing audience who have already been following along for years! I LOVE the suggestion and encouragement - I feel like I have SO much to say about it, especially in connection to the whole short form/long form thing. Plus I get so jazzed whenever I connect with someone else who's pursuing creating content for TH-cam because it's a whooooole 'nother ballgame! Ok, now you've got my wheels turning 🧠
Hallelujah! Excellent message, Brandy, good on you. I'm glad to see your home that you share in love with Jesse, Fern, and Ivy. I think that some influencers hide gritty reality, to make everything look perfect, but also, some influencers are actually incredibly privileged, and can curate a beautiful, simple looking life only because of that privilege. What the latter are "selling" is not actually available to average people. Important lessons can be learned from people in less than ideal situations (arguably, they have the best lessons). Merry Christmas to you and Jesse.
Hi Amanda! I think you're totally right about wealthy influencers with the ability to curate their lives in a way that is absolutely unattainable for most people - I think that's mostly what I meant to refer to when talking about it towards the end of this video, rather than those faking or hiding reality. For me, I'm just exhausted from being exposed to lifestyles that seem so incredibly far from my own personal reach, no matter how beautiful or inspirational they're "meant" to be. I think these people have every right to share their passions and their joys and all of the beauty in their lives, but it's so hard for me personally to not get caught up in comparing my own life to theirs and feeling like I'll never have it "as good". I never want to feel like I don't deserve to show up and share my own life and experience, even if I'm not where I want to be or living my own homestead dreams, and feel like I NEVER will sometimes. I love following along with "average" people online who are sharing about their "average" lives - it makes me feel so much more normal, and in good company for where I'm at right now. Anyway - MERRY PUGMAS! 🥰
I am proud of you, Brandy. To be able to get behind something you are embarrassed about is removing the power it has over creating discomfort in your life. Hard to do. Yet so liberating when accomplished. I love your shack in it's own way is just as glorious as your log cabin. I love them both. Waiting for the story of your journey....
"Removing the power it has over creating discomfort in your life" - I LOVE this, and I completely agree! I still have a hard time comparing the shack to the cabin, even after all this time - but it is unique in it's own very, very different way. I've gotta find a way to regurgitate the story that lives in my brain out in these videos - 2025 has got to be the year 👀
@@grumblefarm it will be. Speak it into existence, believe it throughout your being, speak your intentions, follow them, adjust, adapt, achieve. Love and hugs from. Sarah 🐾🐾and Lisa 🦶🦶
I had to move from my 1000 square foot house to a 450 square foot apartment. It was hard in the beginning but now I’m very happy. All those things were just stuff - most of the clothes I never wore. I now have everything I really love. I have pictures on the walls of memories and people. I have friends that I hang out with and walk my dog around the block. Will I miss all that stuff 20 years from now or miss all the people I love.
That is so sweet Yvaine 💙 I'm still struggling deeply with letting go of my "stuff" and having nothing - not even a bed of my own! - but starting over with "nothing" is a big blank canvas to build something new, fresh, and reflective of what you truly love and know makes you happy. Moving from the cabin was a massive purge, and I'm not quite at a place where I feel happy with it because it didn't feel like I did it by choice lol but I'm hoping I'll feel as happy about it as you do now, in the future when I finally do start rebuilding! Than you for sharing!!
Hi friends - thank you for watching❤ I encourage you to start sharing your OWN story even if you feel like you're life isn't perfect or that you haven't found your own "happy ending" yet, because everything you've been through so far - even if you're not exactly where you want to be - contains immense power to help someone else who's just a few steps behind you on the journey home.
As a reminder, I write an occasional free e-mail newsletter to keep in touch in-between videos and posts. You can sign up to receive it here: grumblefarm.myflodesk.com/email-signup
LOVE YOU 🫶
Thank you for letting us in. I know it may not be convenient living in the space, but what I see is a happy home for 4 pugs (#JonasForever #ChloeForever) and their people. Home is the ones we love, the space is just a container. Ivy''s rope collection is HUGE! I'm glad she has options. And Fern's snuffle mat has to be extremely important for treats. I really love the barn door. I dream of having barn doors in my next home. Sophie is such an adorable little pupper. Her enthusiasm is contagious. It makes me want to find treasures and run to deliver them to people I care about. Maybe not run though. And maybe not leaves. Back to the drawing board. LOL. Thank you for the vlog from your cozy, happy home! 💙
Four pugs 😭 I love whenever they're "included" as if they're still with me, because they are! I literally created a graphic that I turned into a sticker a couple of years ago that said "Home is where the PUGS ARE" - it was inspired by my near constant back-and-forth between BC and Alberta and the ensuing identity crisis it spawned, lol.
Ivy's rope collection is effing massive now, thanks to Karen for sending so many for her birthday!!! it's so funny - out of the entire pile, she's chosen the yellow one. AND ONLY THE YELLOW ONE!! Like what the heck?!?!
The barn door feature here in the guest home is actually adorable. Sometimes, just because the space is so incredibly small, I do wish we had an actual door that separated one space from the other so Jesse and I had a LIIIITTLE more privacy, but as an interior design feature, I do absolutely love the way it looks! One of my fantasies is to design, build, and decorate a barndimonium, so.... lololol
Your comments about Sophie are hilarious. "Back to the drawing board" made me crack up 😂
Love how you are so open and ready to be vulnerable, it’s inspirational 🩷 Keep on showing up as your authentic self! You live in such a beautiful area and the little shack is so cozy 😊 I know it is so difficult to go from your dream cabin to this different space and feel like you’re starting from square one! It’s ok to be in your feels about it for sure. But I know that you will find yourself back in your dream cabin 🩷. I truly believe we are fated to go through these different trails and tribulations for a purpose 🩷 I used to be homeless for a period when I was growing up and I was so happy when I finally worked enough to get my own space. But it taught me to be strong and it gave me so much appreciation for the roof over my head and other basics. Be proud of your strength and resilience 🩷This chapter is just another part of your adventure 🩷
Hi Brandy, I just wanted to say that I started following you a few years ago because of the senior pugs, but even after my pug Chico crossed the rainbow bridge, I couldn’t stop following you because you’re such an amazing person and a great storyteller. I love watching your vlogs, and I hope your channel reaches even more people soon because the content here is fantastic! I’m really enjoying this new phase where you share more about your story.
I’m not sure if it’s something you’d like to do, but maybe you could make some videos about your journey on TH-cam-talking about content creation, equipment, editing, monetization... I think this kind of video can break out of the bubble and reach a wider audience to discover your channel. I’ve found some great channels this way, and they mixed sharing their TH-cam journey with their own content.
Hi!! This is so kind - and so genuinely affirmative. Thank you!
I've been DYING to share about my TH-cam journey so far. Sometimes when I'm vlogging, I talk about little bits and pieces of my experience, but I tend to hold back A LOT thinking "nobody who's watching cares about this". It's so hard to pursue TH-cam and go through what the process puts you through without talking about it, though! I follow a few vloggers who have worked their TH-cam journeys and experiences into their content (and it's these videos that helped me find them as well!)
I'm only still just wrapping my head around creating videos to reach "new" people, rather than constantly making them for my already existing audience who have already been following along for years! I LOVE the suggestion and encouragement - I feel like I have SO much to say about it, especially in connection to the whole short form/long form thing. Plus I get so jazzed whenever I connect with someone else who's pursuing creating content for TH-cam because it's a whooooole 'nother ballgame! Ok, now you've got my wheels turning 🧠
Loved this! I'm also a "messy" person, but I think it's messy in a cozy way, I don't mind that!
THIS IS HOW I FEEL!! Jesse, not so much 😆
Hallelujah! Excellent message, Brandy, good on you. I'm glad to see your home that you share in love with Jesse, Fern, and Ivy. I think that some influencers hide gritty reality, to make everything look perfect, but also, some influencers are actually incredibly privileged, and can curate a beautiful, simple looking life only because of that privilege. What the latter are "selling" is not actually available to average people. Important lessons can be learned from people in less than ideal situations (arguably, they have the best lessons). Merry Christmas to you and Jesse.
Hi Amanda! I think you're totally right about wealthy influencers with the ability to curate their lives in a way that is absolutely unattainable for most people - I think that's mostly what I meant to refer to when talking about it towards the end of this video, rather than those faking or hiding reality. For me, I'm just exhausted from being exposed to lifestyles that seem so incredibly far from my own personal reach, no matter how beautiful or inspirational they're "meant" to be. I think these people have every right to share their passions and their joys and all of the beauty in their lives, but it's so hard for me personally to not get caught up in comparing my own life to theirs and feeling like I'll never have it "as good". I never want to feel like I don't deserve to show up and share my own life and experience, even if I'm not where I want to be or living my own homestead dreams, and feel like I NEVER will sometimes. I love following along with "average" people online who are sharing about their "average" lives - it makes me feel so much more normal, and in good company for where I'm at right now.
Anyway - MERRY PUGMAS! 🥰
I am proud of you, Brandy. To be able to get behind something you are embarrassed about is removing the power it has over creating discomfort in your life. Hard to do. Yet so liberating when accomplished. I love your shack in it's own way is just as glorious as your log cabin. I love them both. Waiting for the story of your journey....
"Removing the power it has over creating discomfort in your life" - I LOVE this, and I completely agree! I still have a hard time comparing the shack to the cabin, even after all this time - but it is unique in it's own very, very different way. I've gotta find a way to regurgitate the story that lives in my brain out in these videos - 2025 has got to be the year 👀
@@grumblefarm it will be. Speak it into existence, believe it throughout your being, speak your intentions, follow them, adjust, adapt, achieve. Love and hugs from. Sarah 🐾🐾and Lisa 🦶🦶
I had to move from my 1000 square foot house to a 450 square foot apartment. It was hard in the beginning but now I’m very happy. All those things were just stuff - most of the clothes I never wore. I now have everything I really love. I have pictures on the walls of memories and people. I have friends that I hang out with and walk my dog around the block. Will I miss all that stuff 20 years from now or miss all the people I love.
That is so sweet Yvaine 💙 I'm still struggling deeply with letting go of my "stuff" and having nothing - not even a bed of my own! - but starting over with "nothing" is a big blank canvas to build something new, fresh, and reflective of what you truly love and know makes you happy. Moving from the cabin was a massive purge, and I'm not quite at a place where I feel happy with it because it didn't feel like I did it by choice lol but I'm hoping I'll feel as happy about it as you do now, in the future when I finally do start rebuilding! Than you for sharing!!
Another great vlog from your heart
For better or for worse, it's the only way I know how to create 😅 Thanks Rachel!