I am pretty sure that at this point in my life I have (and mind you, begrudgingly done so, it seems) reached a place where I am able to find things to be thankful for each day. Today as we enjoy a beautiful cabin in the Blue Ridge, Georgia, united as a family, preparing incredible [...]
In the grand scheme of things Twitter doesn’t matter to me. In fact, neither does Facebook. Yes, both have provided me with contact to old friends, introductions to new ones and plenty of conversations that have made my days of graphic designer grindstone cubicle-dwelling more bearable. But when I am at home with Pan and [...]
Each day I get to work early in an effort to begin working early. But alas, most days begin with a much begrudged cup of lukewarm coffee, some NPR streaming on the iTunes and a breeze through the ‘ol RSS feed. I say a breeze. With somewhere just at 400 blogs being followed my feed [...]
Pan and I have fallen in love with canning and preserving food in general. With our 3-season garden (including lettuce that began sprouting this past weekend) we have managed to add so much to our pantry. From strawberry jam and apple butter to collard greens and green beans right on over to salsa and stewed [...]
After reading about the I quickly decided I needed to make one of my own. The summer season was winding down and I knew I wasn’t over my newly found lettuce addiction. I need to grow well into the autumn and even winter. Time for a simple hoop house. Part of all my homestead construction [...]
avatar the movie to download As the title of this post reads, thankfulness shouldn’t require practice. Sometimes though I have to remind myself of all the wonderful things in my life that I should be – and AM – thankful for. Inspired by Laura at Heavenly Homemakersas well as the Crunchy Christian Mom I decided [...]
