Back a couple of months ago (well, more like 4-5 months ago actually), I came across something I really like very very much. It's an oil lamp but not the common kind of nowadays that you'd right-away think of. This lamp burns olive oil or actually any sort of vegetable type oil (but olive oil is the best) instead of the petroleum based commercial ( Read more... )

I'm excited! My new books I've recently ordered have just arrived! ... "Build a Smokehouse", "Building & Using Cold Frames", "Food Drying Techniques", "Eggs & Chickens", "Cold Storage for Fruits & Vegetables", "Build Your Own Underground Root Cellar", and "How to Live Without Electricity and Like IT"! Waited till I was able to get them on sale too ( Read more... )

Had a bit of a rough night sleep-wise again last night. I've apparently gotten into this habit of not being able to *get* to sleep till about 1:00-1:30 AM, sleep for about an hour, wake up around 2:00-2:30 Am and then I'm awake till 5:00-6:00-6:30 AM when I can finally manage to drift off again. I do believe I know why this is because of a pattern ( Read more... )

I found crabgrass growing green for the first time this season today in our yard! YES! Spring is on it's way ( Read more... )

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]. ... Proverbs 18:21 (AMP)

And February's starting off to be the same ( Read more... )

Get back to the priority schedule I used to order my life by ( Read more... )

Some might remember how back in the very beginning of this year I had proclaimed I would have victory this year (2010) over all the series' of the most burdensome and oppressive circumstances I've experienced in my entire life ( Read more... )

Well, Tom and I both missed the first day of deer season completely ... that *has* to be a first! But, at least once Tom got up from sleeping further during the mid-day, he was up and feeling fairly well except for the remaining tiredness and acheyness left over from having such a high fever the evening before (102.9). We spent the rest of the ( Read more... )

Today's the first day of deer season. Just heard from our son ... so far he's only seen a doe, no buck. Still at it though. Hubby didn't go out this morning ... which is like unheard of for him. But he had a high fever last night and didn't feel well at all all day, sleeping most of the day. Came on in an instant; he was fine when he first got up ( Read more... )