The Emotional Side of Selling Your Family Home: A Sweet Goodbye, A Brave New Beginning
I’ll be the first to say it—selling your family home can feel like breaking up with an old friend. Not the dramatic, flip-the-table kind of breakup, but the soft, tearful “you’ll always be a part of me” kind. Because homes? They’re not just walls and shingles. They’re memory keepers. They hold belly laughs in the […]
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🌻 The Hidden Blessings (and Costs) of Moving from Suburbia to a Homestead
🌻 The Hidden Blessings (and Costs) of Moving from Suburbia to a Homestead Because peace, purpose, and poultry are worth every penny So you’ve been bitten by the homestead bug, huh?You’re daydreaming about goats in the morning mist, fresh eggs in your apron, and trading your 9-to-5 for a more grounded, meaningful life. First of […]
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🫖 Spill the Tea: What’s Really Going On in the Market This May?
Hey y’all!Let’s take a break from baking cookies, wrangling chickens, and dodging Legos barefoot (just me?) to sit down for a good ol’ fashioned chat about what’s REALLY happening in the real estate market this month. Go ahead, grab your favorite drink—mine’s sweet tea with a lemon wedge and a whole lotta caffeine—and let’s spill […]
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The ABCs of Real Estate – Chickens, Cookies & Closings Style
Hey y’all! I’m Sam—homeschooling mama, chicken wrangler, cookie baker, and your go-to gal for all things real estate. Whether you’re a first-time homebuyer, a curious seller, or just like learning things alphabetically (hey, no judgment), I’ve whipped up a simple, fun breakdown of the ABCs of real estate. Let’s turn the confusing into the cluckin’ […]
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Faith, Family, and Fried Eggs: How We Keep Our Priorities (Mostly) in Order
✝️ Faith, Family, and Fried Eggs: How We Keep Our Priorities (Mostly) in Order by Samantha at ChickensCookiesClosings Let me just start by saying: if you think fried eggs don’t belong in a blog about priorities, you’ve clearly never tried gathering eggs in your robe at 6am with a five-year-old asking why chickens don’t wear […]
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🌾 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Homestead (And Why I’d Still Do It Again)
🌾 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Homestead (And Why I’d Still Do It Again) Hey y’all, Samantha here – your resident real estate girl with chicken feathers on her boots and flour on her apron. Between showings, sourdough, and Silkies, I’ve learned a thing or two about living the homestead life. Spoiler […]
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Kid-Friendly House Hunting Tips: How to Make Closings Less Crazy with a 5-Year-Old in Tow
Kid-Friendly House Hunting Tips: How to Make Closings Less Crazy with a 5-Year-Old in Tow by Samantha @ Chickens.Cookies.Closings Let’s be real: house hunting is already a rollercoaster. Now add a 5-year-old to the mix, and you’ve basically got yourself a three-ring circus… but with a mortgage at the end! As a homeschooling, cookie-baking, chicken-loving […]
Read More🐓 From Coop to Kitchen: Farm Fresh Eggs & How to Use Every One
🐓 From Coop to Kitchen: Farm Fresh Eggs & How to Use Every One Hey there, y’all! Samantha here from Chickens, Cookies & Closings—your favorite apron-wearing, egg-collecting, contract-closing, cookie-baking homestead mama. Whether I’m helping folks find their dream home or helping Reba (our Rhode Island Red) find the perfect straw nest, one thing’s for sure: […]
Read More📚 Kitchen Confidence: How to Teach Kids to Cook Without Losing Your Sanity
📚 Kitchen Confidence: How to Teach Kids to Cook Without Losing Your Sanity Hey, friend! I see you there, standing in your flour-dusted kitchen, eye twitching ever-so-slightly as your five-year-old enthusiastically “measures” flour with the precision of a confetti cannon. First of all—deep breath. Second of all—you’re doing amazing, sweetie. Here at ChickensCookiesClosings, we believe […]
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