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High Protein Salmon Cakes
Our family loves salmon. Amazingly, it is one of the very few meat items that our son will eat. One day when visiting my in-laws, we were treated to some salmon cakes made with quinoa. We loved them!...
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Recycled Convenience
I have been taking note of the prices of the serving size packages of yogurt and other foods that we enjoy. It is ridiculous to see how pricey most of these can be. About 2 weeks ago, I stopped at a...
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Choices in Off-Grid Cooking
Each year, we set up what we refer to as our summer kitchen. A portion of the porch is converted into a sheltered cooking area. Having this allows us to cook without heating up the home. We spend a lot...
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Re-purposing Sweatshirts Idea
One of the challenges that we run into with our son is keeping him clean when eating or drinking. He is 5 years old, has Classic Autism, and is considered low functioning. He is unable to feed himself,...
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Recycled Containers in the Pantry
I wanted to share a simple and frugal idea. I saw a great idea on TV while spending a few days with a dear friend a couple of months ago. They showed a family who used 2-liter soda bottles for storing...
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Simplifying Your Life….Really?
I have been reading blogs lately and a question has come to mind. In many of the simple living themed blogs (sadly, mine included) I see a pattern. We start out with the goal in mind of simplifying our...
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Simple Patchwork Afghan
I found a wonderful link that I wanted to share with you. It is for a patchwork style afghan for the Warm Up America project. Warm up America is a volunteer project where you crochet or knit 7×9 inch...
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Spring Clean-up
Well, it has been that time of year again. Now that the weather has settled down, we have been busy with spring clean-up. Our poor yards needed a major cleaning after all the rains. Unfortunately, the...
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Equipment Maintenance
I don’t know why, but it seems as though mechanical repairs always seems to take place in batches. Case in point, our lawn tractor battery needed replaced. We went out and bought a new battery in the...
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Coiled Baskets
I have been teaching Little Miss how to make coasters out of coiled clothesline covered in yarn. She is using red, white, and blue yarn to make patriotic ones for July 4th. The process is the same as...
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Loving Summer
This summer has been a very mild one. Last year, we were already in the triple digits by June. This year, we have only had 1 day in the triple digits. The average temp has only be in the 80′s. I...
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Oatmeal-Raisin Griddle Cakes
This morning, the kids were preparing to spend the day with their Grandparents. Usually on these mornings, they are too wound up to sit and eat a hearty breakfast. So, I tried something to get them...
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Sickness and Homesteading
No matter what your lifestyle, having the flu is never fun. Having the flu as a homesteader is definitely not a pleasant experience. Prior to our off-grid lifestyle, I would have put the makings for a...
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No-Sew Fleece Blanket
I love fleece blankets. I learned years ago that sleeping between two layers of fleece in the winter can keep you much warmer than using regular bed sheets. The blankets are a wonderful throw to keep...
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Returning to My Heart
About three years ago, you wouldn’t have caught me wearing a pair of jeans. The closest to it was maybe the leggings that I wore under my long skirts to keep warm in winter or the sleep pants that I...
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Homemade Air Fresheners
I typically buy the little gel pellet style air fresheners from Dollar Tree. These pellets come in a jar with a vented lid. As the gel pellets dry out, they shrink until becoming hard little beads....
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Learning To Crochet Idea
I have been playing around with trying new stitch patterns trying to decide which one I want to use to make an Infinity Cowl. I am a very visual person. I have to see a nice size swatch to get a true...
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Common Sense Diet
It seems lately that I keep seeing posts on the social networks about one diet or another. Fad diets have always been around. I have found though that if you follow common sense, many diet issues can...
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Monthly Grocery Shopping
A few years ago, we would do a once a month grocery shopping trip. It was great. I would plan out the menu for the entire month and write out the grocery list accordingly. Life happened and we got...
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Unexpected Blessings
Yesterday, I had a surplus of milkso shared it with our neighbors who are retired and raising two grandchildren. This family is very dear to us. We feel blessed to be considered a part of their family....
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