This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. The first Monday homemaking notes of 2023! The weather outside is // As I look outside my window // We have had a relatively mild January so far, which is a bummer for my […]
This post is a combination of March and April, since I missed it last month. Is there any better time to focus on frugality than in a pandemic?! APRIL’S FRUGAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS My Goal: Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. And if you have to spend money, do it with […]
January was a great month for me in the kitchen: very little sugar and a lot of healthy eating. And bread. Lots and lots of homemade bread. Week 27 (cont.): Monday, January 1: chili with cornbread waffles in the waffle maker Tuesday, January 2: drunken slow cooker beef carbonnade stew (minus the drunken part – […]
JANUARY’S FRUGAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS My Goal: Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. And if you have to spend money, do it with intention. + I had two unopened bags of flour tortillas in the pantry that I knew we weren’t going to use soon. Turns out tortillas are very freezer […]
+ My son had a broken button on his collared shirt. I removed the broken one, replaced it with the last button (which won’t be seen since the shirt will be tucked in) and voila! Ready to wear. + Mark made a brisket and, after removing a lot of the fat, decided to try his […]
In the past few years, intermittent fasting seems to have become a health fad, but I really think it reflects more of our great-grandparents’ eating patterns. I’ve affectionately started calling it “The Farmer’s Way of Eating” because it really compliments the lifestyle. Imagine your great-great-grandfather: He wakes up at dawn, enjoys a cup of black […]
It’s easy to be nostalgic and have rose-colored glasses for agrarian life. Everyone who finds out that we’re homesteading/farming will always say, “Oh man, that sounds like such a simple life.” Maybe I would have said the same a few years ago. But now? I have to shake my head and laugh. 2022 didn’t feel […]
JANUARY’S FRUGAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS My Goal: Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. And if you have to spend money, do it with intention. + I had two unopened bags of flour tortillas in the pantry that I knew we weren’t going to use soon. Turns out tortillas are very freezer […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. #68. UNSETTLED GROUND by Claire Fuller // ★★★☆☆ (amazon // bookshop // better world books) Hmm, this book is difficult to rate. It’s a melancholy, character-driven novel about codependency, poverty, and loss. The […]
A new series about little thoughts and things to share. I hope you’ll share your thoughts and latest finds with me too! + I’ve been in planning mode this week! My goal was to lay out six months worth of homestead tasks and I’m almost there. (I used one of my kids’ 19″x24″ Bristol boards […]
A new series about little thoughts and things to share. I hope you’ll share your thoughts and latest finds with me too! + Since my last post, I’ve been thinking a lot about traditions and how to expand these little practices all throughout the year. In January, we always celebrate Epiphany with a house blessing, […]
My first home project of Summer 2021 is to tackle the basement. Dare I call it my secret shame? We keep toys and instruments and all the random things we don’t know what to do with down there…and it drives me crazy. But I have a vision! I would love to have it work both […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. January: the month of new goals and fresh starts! I love a good book that explores someone’s year-long adventure and what they learned along the way. Here are nine books on my radar, […]
FIVE THINGS I LOVED slowing down Christmas music playing on repeat on the record player the beauty of candles in each window getting through a bitterly cold snap without losing power a beautiful and simple Christmas THREE LESSONS I LEARNED You’re not supposed to put your wet hair up with an elastic. // I stumbled […]