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This blog is one of the steps we are taking to be more self-sustaining. We’re glad you are along for the ride!
Rachel has been a SAHM and a Humanities Teacher. Chris is a Welder and Fabricator as well as an expert in many of their fields like hydraulics, snow plows, auto mechanics,...We would prefer to live simply and spend every day together.
Our children are 6th grade to early college, as two boys and two girls.
We have gardened, hunted, canned, and created our whole life. We began raising chickens and turkeys last year. After a few close encounters with neighborhood raccoons we finally had a fully secure coop and we have added 18 more chickens, replaced the two turkeys, and have three ducks.
This blog covers all sorts of aspects of our life, but often relate directly to Homesteading.
Book Review of Kings Warrior
The plotline is steady and the dialog and actions believable. There is a lot of foreshadowing, but this helps us to adjust to and believe in the fantasy. There is no unnecessary or stilted dialog, instead it helps us to really understand the characters.
Book Review of The Shadow Curse
I stayed up far too late to finish reading this book because I just had to know what was going to happen next. As a good reader, I had some theories, but the author nicely throws some twists in with the expected. I cannot wait to read the sequel!
6 Of My Favorite To Be Read Challenges for 2021
Sometimes my reading falls in a funk and I go searching for a way to liven it up. Don’t get … More
Money tight for the Holidays? 5 easy ways to save money!
So many people would like extra money and think about working part time jobs for extra cash. But what if … More
Review of our Facetory Package
I became an affiliate for Cratejoy, but I decided I had to try out products before recommending them. Discover 1,000’s … More
What the 2020-21 School Year Really Looks Like (from the eyes of an educator)
Visitors are no longer allowed in schools. Staff and students enter the building by the door closest to their classroom to avoid being in the hallways or “public” spaces any more than necessary. (Before they even arrive, the school buses have assigned seats by families, spaced out as far as possible, or they are dropped off at school in personal vehicles. We’re too rural for most of our families to walk.) When you walk into the school building (through the door closest to where you are going), you must sign in and take your temperature & attest that you have no Covid symptoms.
Pssst, It’s a Secret
Psst, it’s a birthday secret!
Let’s go for a bit of a run…
A few years ago a friend of mine asked me to run a half marathon (13.1 miles) with him. He … More
Autumn Accountability – Our First Year
We’re quickly rushing out of October into November. The calendar may say we’re in the middle of fall, but realistically (as the snow falls every few days) we’re at the end of autumn. Time for our seasonal accountability. Autumn is filled with a lot of tasks that happen every year for us regardless of whether we say we are homesteaders or not.
