This post was originally published last year, but food prices are even higher today so I thought it timely. Like many of you, we have had to cut back on our grocery budget. Also like many of you, we have two growing boys who seem to be bottomless pits. Another struggle is the fact that…
Last week we had a rainy day that lent itself to learning a skill that I have avoided for quite some time – cheese making. I had planned to spend this past winter learning all sorts of useful skills that I lack, but apparently I never got to it. So a rainy spring day seemed…
Just last week I was thinking about how we have gotten into a breakfast rut and how, frankly, it didn’t really bother me. The last few months we have rotated three breakfasts – oatmeal porridge, smoothies, and eggs. (I always make eggs or meat for myself.) Then one morning when I asked "Eggs for breakfast?"…
I started reading blogs back before our oldest son was born. In researching things like homesteading, homemaking, cooking, traditional foods, and more I kept coming across these websites called “blogs”. So one day I decided it would be fun to start one of my own. Before ending up in this space I started three blogs…
