Michelle--It was not the "homesteading" per se, but our particular circumstance. Hubby has got major attentional "issues" and requires the psychic presence of some one nearby to be able to focus and complete tasks. It drove me nuts. We lived in a very isolated area. We lived very primitively--much more so than most "homesteaders." We also worked together wildcrafting, making and selling medicinal herbs, teas, potpourris, and drums at arts & crafts shows.

I learned alot from that experience, and don't regret trying it, but I have few fond memories of it. Life just seemed very, very, hard.
Hubby, on the other hand, loved it. He should have been a fur trapper in the Rockies in the 1820's.

Janie