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March 21, 2016
Prep Monday—Prepping and Moving and Losing My Mind
Oh, my. This has been an exercise in patience, which I sorely lack. A brief recap: Almost exactly a year ago, we closed on a piece of property in southern Missouri. Thirty-five acres. We spent countless hours/days/weeks doing various projects around the farm, including a complete remodel of the 900-square-foot house. We also emptied a […]
March 4, 2016
Fan Friday—Social Media and Other No-nos
Admittedly, these are some of MY pet peeves; doing these things doesn’t mean you’ll lose all your “friends,” not even me. But they sure are annoying: “Talking,” or typing, on the page of a deceased person. Especially when your comments are directed to them. Seriously, peeps, they aren’t watching or reading, let alone going to […]
March 1, 2016
Prep Monday—TWD Again
After no TV for a few days at the farm, which is perfectly fine most of the time, we got home to renew our feverish Walking Dead marathon. And I still can’t help thinking that these guys are so very clueless so much of the time. We’re in season five now, so it’s been a […]
February 26, 2016
Fan Friday—Rich vs. Poor
I was reading a discussion the other day about healthcare, and how Sanders’ plan relies on a $15 per hour minimum wage. Now, I haven’t really been involved in a political discussions, although if you can’t tell, I’m a conservative. Always have been. To me, that means we don’t adjust the budget after the money […]
February 24, 2016
Work Wednesday—What a Weekend!
If you live here in Missouri, you know we had 75-degree temps this past weekend. Boy, did we take advantage of that: lots of work on the campsite, and you may remember that there were these three weird doghouses lined up near the yard—those are gone, too. My husband just had to play with his […]
February 22, 2016
Prep Monday—The Walking Dead
While we’re all pretty sure that zombies aren’t real—nothing’s impossible, right?—a lot of people still like to watch the undead in movies or TV shows. Me, I’m not a fan of gore for its own sake; oh, I’ll watch horror movies, a lot of them, but I really don’t like a steady hour or so […]
February 17, 2016
Work Wednesday—The Boring Part
Well, it’s not exactly boring for me because I’m super-organized and I have a plan, but the next few weeks might be a little yawn inducing here on the ol’ blog. That’s because, one, I do have a business to run and so I spend a lot of time working at my desk; and two, […]
February 15, 2016
Prep Monday—More Basics, Like Clothing
I covered food and water storage a few weeks ago, and today I’m going to give you a list of more basics to start prepping: Skill sets Clothing Heat Communication Transportation Medical supplies/medicine Entertainment Defense Let’s start with clothing. See, a lot of people think of downsizing and plan to live off-grid or homestead or […]
February 12, 2016
Fan Friday—Awareness
What is with all the “do this to raise awareness of” insert-cause-of-choice? Wear red, wear pink, turn your porchlight blue, et cetera, et cetera. Type “amen,” “like and/or share,” if you “hate” something. Change your profile pic to— These things are silly. There, I said it. Come on, we are ALL AWARE of cancer, heart […]
February 10, 2016
Work Wednesday—The Rest of the Farm
I’ve kept you all entertained, or something, the last ten months, with the house remodel. I’m happy to say that we’ve reached the end! Almost. We’re still mulling over the bathroom, particularly the shower, which means we haven’t yet tiled the floor. Or finished the baseboards or doorframe in there. And the dungeon, aka the […]
