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I don’t know about your house, but summer is well underway in our house. Summer means that the kids have more free time, and I usually have more free time. When my kids were younger, I spent a lot of time doing readalouds with them. Here are some of our […]
Can you believe it’s summer already? Next Monday is already Memorial Day – the unofficial start of summer. Is it just me or does every year seem to go faster than the year before? I’m sure this summer will be no different. When my kids are small, I tried fo […]
When I started this article it was going to be “Five Things to Create Space for This Summer,” but as I wrote, I realized there was something that I needed to write about first. Oh, I can hear ya now. “Karen, while there may be value in having time to […]
We are all busy people. Despite all of our time-saving gadgets, our days fill to overflowing so quickly. We all want to keep up with our prepping tasks, but there are aspects to preparedness that just take time, and there’s no way around them. Sometimes all it takes is us […]
I get a great deal of joy from being outside. One of my most fond memories of my late high school years was sitting outside on the porch swing, with my mother, rocking together and talking for hours, two to three evenings a week. Our time outside wasn’t often interrupted […]
Do you consider yourself to be someone who is into preparedness? Are you striving to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle? Are you dabbling or are you all in? No matter which one you find yourself fitting into better, there are six downfalls that I notice are common among most people […]
The most important statement I have ever heard was, “If you won’t eat it, don’t grow it!” Growing things you like to eat and/or your family likes to eat can be rewarding. Imagine going to your garden, picking your veggies and serving them to your family for dinner. The benefits […]
Knowing where you want to go is incredibly important. But you still can’t get to where you want to go if you have no idea where you are now. More than that, using the tools at our disposal – including a budget can put us in a better financial situation. […]
It’s February. It won’t be long before we are eyeing our thermostats and wondering when it might be time to switch them from heat to cool. On that day when the overwhelming number of people flip that switch, I can bet that more than just a few of them turn […]
I know it’s just February. I also know it feels probably feels like we jut had Christmas, but I want to talk about Christmas for just a moment. Each of us handles Christmas differently. Usually, I’ve started purchasing my Christmas gifts already, but there have been some unexpected expenses this […]
