This post contains affiliate links. It’s 5:30 pm on a regular Wednesday evening. You are driving home after chauffeuring everyone around for their evening swim, tae kwon do, and soccer practices when your son pipes up from the backseat, “Mom, what’s for dinner? I’m Starving!” At first, you kind of go into a little panic…
Do you have a bucket list? Do you know what a homesteading bucket list is? A bucket list is defined as ” a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime”. Our homesteading bucket list is where I organize homesteading skills I want to learn and homesteading…
When I first shared this post, I was referencing a few days in our area that were hit with a bit of a blizzard. But I think after all that happened in 2020 and even into 2021, we can all agree that it is super important to be prepared for emergencies and disasters of all…
Do you often feel like the only disorganized mom/wife/homesteader out there? Do you feel like you are running around like a squirrel in traffic trying to remember ALL THE THINGS. Is your home and homestead a disaster just like you? I’d like to help you today by sharing some things that have helped me to…
One of the best ways to warm up on a cold and rainy or wintery day is with a warm bowl of homemade soup. One of the easiest soup recipes I love to make is Hamburger Soup. This hamburger soup recipe also gets bonus points for using frugal ingredients like ground beef and canned tomatoes…
I am linked up at The Nesting Place 2013 Christmas Tour of Homes so for anyone joining me from there, Welcome! It’s that time of year again, Christmas home tour time! I’ll be honest and say this is not a Perfect home tour in fact its anything but, (moving six people into a smaller house takes awhile…
During my Christmas Home tour I showed a few pics of the mini makeover I did on our master bedroom, but I figured I should show a better before and after 🙂 So this is where we were last time we checked in, in the master bedroom, I had done a bit of picture hanging…
Last week I was telling you I went a little paint crazy so today I’m going to share the other room I went paint crazy on. Well maybe not crazy but refreshing. This kitchen is going to take awhile to get to my “ideal kitchen” as  I’m working with a very limited budget, but I…
This is a re-post (from my old blog) from a couple years ago but is still relevant now. The walls are still white, but there has been some rearranging which I will share with you all soon. I have been on a bit of a painting spree around here and one of my favorite projects…
One of my favorite things about following blogs is when the blogger shares a typical day in their life. I mean, who wouldn’t love to be a fly on the wall in someone else’s life sometimes? So I thought it might be fun to share a typical day in my life. My life is pretty…