I plan to “retire” most of my belongings. In other words, I’ll completely wear them out along with their usefulness before I replace them. If you are looking for how to become financially independent, maintaining what you have and completely using up what you’ve already paid for is one way to get there. Years ago, before [...]
Today’s “Surviving Off Off-Grid: Decolonizing the Industrial Mind” giveaway will begin with a frank discussion about debt. Our modern industrial age has created a society of debt slaves. Access to easy money and credit flies in the face of hard work and delayed gratification. Yet, most of us forget that free money has a very [...]
Back in the day, we used to be a “Chuckie Cheese” kind of family. That’s just what you did when a child’s birthday came around, right? GO somewhere to have a party, spend lots of money, completely overstimulate yourself and your children and collapse at home when it was over. We certainly knew of no [...]
Tell me if this happens to you….all of a sudden in a week’s time, like 4 things break and/or need immediate repair. Am I the only one? This week, we had a outdoor pipe split, the ‘check’ valve on our plumbing go bad (and leak!) and the washer wouldn’t spin. They all required immediate attention! [...]
World War II has been the subject of late in our homeschool. May not sound all that interesting, but stay with me. I took away some critical points in how we could/should be living our lives. Have we ever learned how to live? I was struck by a number of attributes and principles that Americans lived [...]
I’m not into “Extreme” anything. The word “extreme” radiates pain through my body. From my personal experience, extremities in life eventually hurt people and relationships, which cannot be replaced with a coupon. However, the words “frugal”, “simplicity” and “balance” are much more appealing to me. At the end of the day, I feel that I’ll [...]
Meredith Today, after an Open House for Bereket at school, we stopped by the park to play. The temperature was about 74 degrees with low humidity, absolutely wonderful! I happened to have my camera so I took a few shots of my kiddos playing. Bereket Isaac Ephy Mer is the most wonderful little mother’s helper…so humble and selfless. [...]
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