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October 5, 2015
Prep Monday—What You Need or What You Want?
I’ve been struggling with this for the last few weeks—at least—and I’ve come to a few conclusions. Very few, I might say. But here’s my advice: You CAN do everything you need to do on a homestead by hand, toiling 12 or more hours a day, just like our ancestors. Who died at age 50. […]
October 2, 2015
Fan Friday—Shootings
I was out and about yesterday and happened to check Facebook mid-afternoon, when I saw a post about the Oregon college shooting. There wasn’t much online at that point, but stories trickled in over the rest of the day. Horrific, yes. Very sad, yes. But the damn gun didn’t fire itself. The crazy dude did […]
September 30, 2015
Work Wednesday—Camping!
I did not work this weekend. It was kind of nice, but of course, I won’t be working this upcoming weekend either—more on that next Wednesday—at least, not the farm kind of work. Now that I’ve totally overused the word “work,” let’s move on to the fun part: Camping! Every year for the past eight […]
September 25, 2015
Fan Friday—Health and Food
Whenever I think about my health, I naturally start thinking about food. I didn’t always—as the scale will tell you. Of course, if the scale tells you one single damn thing, I’ll have to kill you. Both of you. I try to eat right, although I’m not obsessive. If I have a choice, I’ll skip […]
September 23, 2015
Work Wednesday—I Call BS
If you ever hear anyone say, “I love to paint! I can afford to hire someone to paint my house, but I’d rather do it myself!” run far, run fast. That is a load of hooey. You can tell we spent the weekend painting. Mostly. Got up early on Saturday and pulled the irrigation system […]
September 21, 2015
Prep Monday—Finances
Prepping costs money, no doubt about it. But it doesn’t have to cost very much. For instance, purchasing a case of water bottles is around $2-3; and that’s at least enough water for one person for four and a half days. Wouldn’t that be worth it? Who couldn’t afford a couple extra dollars at one […]
September 18, 2015
Fan Friday—Upcoming Events
Thought I’d let you all know what’s happening this fall, and where you can find me—stop in and say hello if you get a chance! On October 2, I’ll be heading down to Fayetteville, Arkansas for the TrueLit Festival. I’ll be speaking on a panel on Saturday, and taking pitches in the afternoon. Saturday, October […]
September 16, 2015
Work Wednesday—Finally Finished
Well, no one prepping is ever really “finished,” but our food prep is done. For now. As I was going through the grocery ads today, I realized that there does indeed come a stopping point, and we’ve reached it. For instance, there’s a big ten items for ten dollars sale this week, and there is […]
September 14, 2015
Prep Monday—Uncertainty
Do you go or stay? Prepare or slack off? Watch the market obsessively or check now and again? What does that mean, anyway? I’m no expert on the stock market, although once when it fell to me to choose a few mutual funds for investment, they did really well. Probably dumb luck, even though I […]
September 11, 2015
Fan Friday—9/11
We were getting ready to go to our first client’s home for the day. The TV was on and our youngest was playing on the bedroom floor. The older kids were at school. My husband called out, “Hey, what’s going on? Looks like a plane just hit a building in New York!” I came out […]
