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RTRChick, oooh, your poor man. I know he must be kicking himself again and again. Better luck next time. I love to eat the deer my hubby brings home. We live on it for about half a year. That and chicken. I agree it's silly to pay for all that processing when we can do it ourselves for...

My poor sister and her kids have already moved half way in. She is really bad at paying bills and hasn't worked toward getting fuel asst. or food stamps. She and the girls basically sleep at their house and live at mine. I know it will be hard to keep her full time as she is a messy nelly but...

I would build a small two room cabin into the ground and make it from recycled wood and local trees as well as sod. The ceilings would be low to keep the house warm enough in the winter. I would have a wood stove that I can also cook on. I would use kerosene lamps at night if I needed them...

Believe it or not I heard on the radio from a hair professional that people don't leave shampoo in long enough to do the job. He said to leave it on for a minute or more so it can work. I tried it and the same day I noticed my scalp didn't itch as much. Now I do that almost every time (if I...

Yeah, I have to agree with the others, she is too young to realize what's off limits yet. Keep your purse out of reach for now and remind visitors to do the same. Some things in purses can be dangerous.

My day starts at midnight since I work from midnight to 8am. work drive home 20 min feed chickens cook and breakfast for my sister and neice help bathe and dress baby sleep at 10am wake up at 5pm check chickens gather eggs clean coop let chickens out to forage cut and split wood with hubby...

Ah Beekissed, I know it's hard for you. I planned my three to be close together so that they would grow up and be out of the house around the same time. The joke was on me though, the longer I was their mother the more I loved it. I feel so proud of my little chicks. They did the same thing...

Quail, you keep being proud of yourself. You are self sufficient and that is all that matters. I know people who don't have water piped into their houses and they actually keep their houses cleaner than mine or some other people I know. Chin up girlie.

You're so sweet, I am glad that you still canned tomatoes with your mom and had a great time. I know what it's like to feel so tired and beat down but want to do something with mommy. As time goes by it seems harder and harder to carve out time for our parents unless we have an obligation to...

Simple Life Wrote: Thats the point here. The thread started out with the question of what people thought about paddling in the schools. I answered that I am against it as I do not hit my children and I certainly would never allow the school to do it. Which is my honest answer. The topic was...

I think that getting animals and planting, canning, gathering has helped my attitude a lot. I have better days all around. I have noticed my pants fit better and I am always happy. Before I tried a new style of life I was always tired and cranky. I sit at work and daydream about what I am...

I am going to sound barbaric but here goes... I spanked my children when they were small, say from the age of 1-6. Only if what they were doing was life threatening like wandering into the street or climbing on the shelves. A perfect example of the opposite parenting technique is my sister...

I still need to clean the chimney, get three more loads of wood, split and stack it. put plexiglass on the windows of my coop and winterize my own house. Oh yeah, organize my cupboards and basement so I can live happily with myself in the wintertime. Organize my quilting and beading material...

I lived on Farina as a kid. I would suggest you cook it, add cocoa and sugar and enjoy this winter.

I canned juneberry jam, salsa and plum jam this week using recipies I got off the internet. I also blanched and cut about a half a pick up truck load of corn and froze it today. Took us six hours but we did it. Whew, hubby went upstairs like a beaten child saying "I'm tired" as I smiled my big...

Great idea about the rack, I think I will try that.:)

This is a hard situation for you but it may be a "project" you can both figure out together. The goal is to make $35,000 as fast as possible. Figure out what skills you have either together or alone. If there are odd jobs you guys can do in your spare time together or alone you have won half...

1. Who is most frugal? I would say that I am because DH doesn't care one way or the other. 2. Has the unbalance caused any issues? Of course we have days when the money situation is on the table. This is how it goes. We argue just a little and he gives in to what I say using his pouty...

Bad energy is right! This is a subject that touches the inner workings of all people. Our basic instinct is to survive and we fight every day to stay alive. Just accept each other as is and get along. We have to stick together to make it in this world. I think that self-sufficient people...

Welcome! It is exciting to find people like myself. I have been interested in how people did things in the "old days" and I finally found my niche. I have fun looking around on this site. Enjoy Sharene