We recently took our first backpacking trip as a family. Before we had children, my husband and I backpacked as often as we could, usually making at least two or three trips into the woods per summer. After the babies started coming it just seemed too overwhelming for me. Imagine carrying all of your normal […]
Last week we had a few days in the mid-upper sixties and today our thermometer topped out at 102 degrees. It’s located on the shady side of our house. We don’t have any air conditioning. Even so, it wasn’t until late afternoon that the house started to feel a little too warm for comfort. We’ve […]
Read More My Favorite Tips For Dealing With The HeatFolks, there is an amazing product available NOW, that you need on your homestead! It’s a bowl, a drinking glass, and a coffee mug all in one. It comes in a variety of sizes making it great for storing leftovers. It fits right into your lunch box. It will go from the freezer to the […]
Read More A Superior VessellDear Uninhibited Young Person, I know conventional wisdom and about a million facebook e-cards have taught you that it doesn’t matter what others think of you. And that is true. Unless you want to get a job. I promise you, when you go to a job interview it will matter very much what the interviewer […]
Read More The Hard TruthUpdate: Would you believe I wrote this post last spring and there are still one or two items on the list that we haven’t accomplished? Which is why I never published it. Well…it’s the time of year when I ramp up thinking of all things money and job-quit-y, so I’m back at trying to cut […]
Read More Decisive Action…put off by only one short year.Should we shield our children from death? I’m not sure I know the “correct” answer to this question. We have chosen to be gently honest with our children when a death occurs. We usually tell them that the person or animal who died went to Jesus. We’ve never had an old dog “go to live […]
Read More Should we Shield our Children From Death?Guess who has two thumbs and just woke up all her neighbors to come make sure her house wasn’t on fire, because her smoke alarm smelled smoke from outside? Yep. I feel pretty dumb. BUT, let me give you the back story. About five years ago I woke up around one AM and stumbled into […]
Read More Lessons From a House Fire and A False AlarmThose of you who follow me on Facebook already heard the meatiest part of this story, but I thought it might be helpful if I filled in some details for anyone who might be in a similar situation. A few weeks back I noticed a chicken ranging around the yard with a bloody, stringy, poopy, […]
Read More Caring For An Egg Bound and Prolapsed ChickenFollow me over to The Survival Mom where I’ve written a guest post about what my family has learned from the times we’ve been unprepared.
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