Congratulations to Debbie Beckman! I’ll be emailing you shortly. Thanks to everyone who entered. I’m going to be taking a break from the contests for a little while to focus on selling off some of the stuff we’ve accumulated already. Hope you’re having a great weekend! P.S. Sorry for the delay in posting this. I’ve […]

Alright, I intended to post these yesterday…but well, there just wasn’t time. So you get them as a dose of Friday fun instead! These were all shot during the Saturday night parade here in our village. It’s always a great time and there was a really nice turnout this year. Way more teens than ever […]

Morning friends! I am still SO tired after all the visitors and excitement we had last week. First we had people here during the week…with a new baby! Excitement!! And then over the weekend we had more people here. Plus fireworks on Monday night which caused me to crawl right up into mom’s lap for […]

Last week, I had the pleasure of learning about a cute little sort of self-sufficiency novel which is not only meant to help you learn about life on a homestead, but also be entertaining. It’s not The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency (nor does it attempt to be). Instead, it’s something you can read for enjoyment […]

This year our Lantern Fest celebration was a bit more subdued than in other years. We didn’t have as many people visiting and we just weren’t as excited as usual about the festivities leading up to the weekend…but we did still manage to have a lot of fun. And it’s nice to take it more […]