The Kidney Edition1I totally had a 7QT for last week all set to upload. Obviously it never made it. My body had different intentions it decided to not share with my mind. Here I was bein’ a boss – on top of my game after the Christmas season. Plans set, posts done – and BAM! …
7 Quick Takes – 1/10/2014
1 Wow that is strange to type out! Here when I was just getting used to it being 2013. I have finally figured out why it is so hard to get in the habit of writing the new year. In school, for 13 years, I had to write the date on every paper, 8 subjects a…
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2014 Goal List
My focus for the year is to get the house finished and the homestead up and running. I had thought about making debt payoff the focus. While that is certainly a valid choice, I think this year would be best spent getting the sufficiency aspect rolling, making the debt payoff easier later in the year/in…
A different approach to 2014
Well yall, it’s that time of year again. Hope yall had wonderful holidays with much love and much yummy food. And maybe a day or two of rest mixed in as well. 😉 Now that it’s all over, have you noticed how quickly the next season began? The posting of resolutions, goals, focuses for the…
The Goals 2014
The goals are easy. Er, at least, sound that way. A little self sufficient home. Not much to it, right? Lets break it down. The house Building We are putting a lot into insulation inside and out. Windows are always a weakness. R25 walls are great except when you put an R2 hole in it…
From our house to yours –
We hope you have a Blessed and Merry Christmas!!Happy Birthday Jesus!!
Driveway… again…
Remember this from the spring. Oh yea, then this.Yea, forget all of that. I was going to post pictures, but this:Just doesn't do it justice like this:Yea. That. Over 5" of rain in 24 hours... Good thing - our previous fixes did work, just temporarily. It's back to the drawing board we go.
7 QT – 12/20/2013
1My birthday was Thursday. Wha-what! Yup, the big 33. I find it funny that so many people were (jokingly) putting me back in my 20’s. When I turned 30 that was funny – that was a rough turning of the calendar leaving my 20’s. Now… now I rather enjoy being in my 30’s. My 20’s…
Our Simple Christmas
How do you downsize to a tiny Christmas easily? Well for us, I’m going to put it bluntly. Have a really crappy “God saved it” kind of Christmas. By “really crappy” I mean “no presents what so ever, bills stacked up, no money to get butter to go with our bread, beans and rice and…