Hi all! I’m running my first ever polls over on the sidebar until Friday night. Just trying to get a feel for where my readers are. At first I thought I would do this for future post ideas, but then I thought, well, I actually have lots of projects coming up, and I’m going to […]
Another Quick Post . . . Don’t Forget Exercise!
Exercise? Isn’t that a dirty word? Well, I thought I’d do some yesterday so I borrowed a friend’s yoga video and went to work. Of course I don’t believe in doing the beginner level, surely I’m better than that, right? Well, I pulled some muscle I didn’t even know existed and by the time I […]
New Year’s Resolutions
Don’t forget to add to your goals for the New Year to practice emergency preparation skills! I have it on my list to practice or try something new relating to self reliance at least once a month (hopefully more). Some skills include growing a garden, canning, lighting a fire, build a temporary shelter, pack lunch […]
More Meat
Well, just found out we got another elk, so just go read the cuttin’ up elk, jerky and bottled meat posts again and I’ll be back on in a few days. Anybody with a sharp knife and nothing to do is welcome to come by. Probably start sometime tomorrow . . . Happy Meat! Keep […]
Joys of Rural Living–the Lye Hunt
Living in the sticks has its advantages and disadvantages. The major disadvantage is that you can’t go buy just anything you want. One of the items on my preparedness list is lye. Useful for making soap. I thought surely I’d find some in “town,” so I drove the 45 miles there today and visited all […]
Meat Incoming . . .
Just got a call last night that we’ll have an elk to cut up Wednesday sometime. Now of course my husband has pressing work priorities the following days so won’t be able to help much if at all in the cutting/packing of the meat (this seems to happen a lot–I don’t mind doing it myself, […]