You know who your best friend is. It’s the person that you spend all your time with. It’s the person that you’re careful to guard that relationship, to nurture it. You do things for your best friend that you wouldn’t do for just anyone. You buy gifts for that person if you […]
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Homesteading in the Burbs – One Aspect of Prepping that Looks “Normal”
According to Wikipedia, homesteading is “a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and may also involve small-scale production of textiles, clothing, and craftwork for household use or sale.” Self-sufficiency It’s an important thing to consider when we’re talking about homesteading in the suburbs. […]
Family Sanity Preparedness – Boredom Busters
I’m a mom of five children. And even though we homeschool and we limit our kids time on media – both games and movies, it is amazing how when the electricity goes out summer, winter, or in between, the phrase out of several of my children’s mouths isn’t, “Mom, I’m […]
Do You Believe in Financial Preparedness?
Financial Preparedness and Good Friday Seven and a half years ago I was sitting in church on Good Friday. Dutiful Mom that I was, I had all four of my little ‘ducklings’ in a row (#5 was still in the middle of brewing) because my husband was in front of […]
Homesteading in the Burbs – Creating A Homestead Plan
Have you ever heard of Joel Salatin? He’s the author of books like Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal – War Stories from the Local Food Front, Folks That Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World, The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a […]
Technology Vs. Skills and Basic Equipment
Okay, I’ll admit it. I appreciate my time-saving devices and my stress saving devices! Who wants to have to build a fire in an old outside oven, let the heat and coals sit in it for hours BEFORE you get to bake your bread? Sometimes, the five minutes that it […]
Homesteading in the Burbs – Dream Big, No Matter How Small Your Property
I just finished being interviewed by a reporter for Vice. The subject was on food storage, preparedness, and homesteading. One of the questions that the reporter asked me was something along the lines of do I consider myself a prepper, a homesteader, or a mixture of the two. My answer was […]
Food Storage Through Fermentation – Milk Kefir
I can hear some of you now, “Okay, so I get the general gist of fermentation, but I’ve never heard of kefir! What is it? Why would I want to eat it?” I totally follow you. Before I was introduced to kefir about 12 years ago, I had no idea what […]
20 Unexpected Ways to Save $50 from Your Monthly Budget
I had mentioned in a recent newsletter that I took a trip to Kansas City. Last year I was diagnosed with a gene mutation which causes early onset heart disease. I tend to be a bit ‘crunchy.’ While having a stent (or two or three or four) put in or […]
The Prepared & Organized Vehicle – Putting it All Together with Simplicity and Style
Do you ever feel “frumpy?” Do you know what I mean? You get up, you; throw on an old pair of jeans and a t-shirt. You’re clothed, but you don’t feel classy. You just kind of feel frumpy. A vehicle can be the same way. I wouldn’t necessarily call a […]
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