Long story short - I was a week late getting the email to remind me to pay the web hosting. Clearly, I don't check email very often. #oops #bloggerfail Which means I lost everything. I called everyone I could think of. Nobody could help with recovering any of it. I tried to re-up my .com…
Top 5 Tips for Managing Clothes in a Tiny House that anyone can use
Clothing. Collecting. Washing. Folding. Some of us even manage to put it away occasionally. Somehow this thing is second only to ‘paper’ in the “never ending self-growing piles”. With no idea how, it gets there until it becomes so much it overtakes. While always grateful and thankful for every article gifted or purchased, we have…
New Beginings
After a long break, I am back to blogging. Boy does it feel good to be writing again! The last few years have been quite a whirlwind. A lot of personal growth has and continues to occur, and even more learning. When it all first started to explode (or implode depending on your perception), I…
What Parenting Books Don’t Tell You
Parenting books are stupid. Just going to put that out there. With all of their good advice on surviving their raising with the intent to (hopefully) not raise complete heathens scarred for life that turn around and raise more scarred heathens, they leave out the biggest part, the hardest part. Your job as a parent…
We are all Demi
Admitting I am weak when face to face with my demons is not a weakness, it is strength and power.
The Texas Adventure that started it all
The Texas Adventure that started it all Our Texas Adventure was kinda a big deal for us. We actually made 2 trips to Texas. The first was spur of the moment, turned 6 week long soul seeking hiatus. The second trip about a year later was slightly more planned and lasted 6 months. Slightly as…
First Year Update
First Year Update The year has not quite gone as planned. Who am I kidding? Nothing has gone even remotely close to our general plan. I could go on and on – I’ll spare yall the details and just give highlights. By September, we had managed to get the house “live-ably dry”. Is that even…
A mini backstory
A Mini Backstory https://web.archive.org/web/20160323220652im_/http://togethersimply.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1996Crew1.jpg We are the crazy couple in the middle row We are really your typical American family. Well mostly. To start with, Mr. Man and I are high school sweethearts. We married early (1998), started a family early. We have been blessed with 6 children. In 2005, having just had our third…
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
Peek a Boo
I know, I know. It’s been a year since I’ve posted anything. Yes, we are alive and kickin still! Chuggin along slowly doing this homestead thing. Long story short, it was one hell of a year but by His Grace, we made it! Remember how things were beginning to spiral last year… well it all…