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I am a homeschooling mom living in suburbia. We have grand plans to move to the country, but of course things have to fall into place first and there is no telling when that will happen. For now, we are trying to live more simply and depend less on the outside world for everyday living. I...

I will be disbudding any kids who aren't headed for the butcher. I think it's somewhat different than docking or cropping. Those things are done for cosmetic reasons mainly, while disbudding is done to keep harm from being done to the animal or others in the future. I have a friend who rasied...

We will probably be learning about WWII in the next year or so. I would be interested to hear what you learned is taught differently here.

When do you start your school year? We are always "in school". Because we are very loose homeschoolers, we don't have a specific start and end date. We are very much about life-learning, and of course that never stops. Is this your first year? This is our third year. What are your goals...

I know it's just a joke, but I think it's sad that there are some people who would actually do something like that just because someone disagrees with them.

Yeah, that's the thing about living in a society. It is absolutely impossible to make everyone happy. Work toward and support the things you believe in, vote for candidates who align with your beliefs most closely. That's about all we can do in such a large and complex society. No matter how...

I have a GREAT recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds, but it is on my broken computer!!! Have to see if I can find it online somewhere.... This looks like the recipe I use, but I can't be 100% sure: Ingredients Makes 1 cup Seeds from one medium pumpkin 5 tablespoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4...

I am soooo jealous! We are still having hot days here. I can't wait to get some cooler weather.

My husband's uncle drops by all the time to visit. Sometimes I don't care, but others, I really wish he would call first. My husband has a interesting family all around. His Mom's side is full of fairly nice people that I get along with reasonably well, and some better than that. His Dad's...

When I was growing up, my dad and brothers always got moose and caribou. I miss those days, they were so tasty. I've never had deer.

That was on the Kenai, my favorite fishing spot!

Here is a recent picture of my husband, boys, and the dogs: And a not-so-recent picture of me (about 2yrs ago)... couldn't find a newer one that I could put up right now:

Scotty, I totally understand what you are saying. I am also not a Christian, but I also think it's silly to say "holiday" tree or some other such nonesense. It's still a Christmas tree for goodness sake... changing the name doesn't change what it is, so why not just leave well enough alone? I...

I am also in the suburbs. We have a decent backyard for this area of Southern California, but I still think it's pretty small given that I grew up in Alaska where the yards were much bigger. We have chickens, a plot that is soon to become a garden, fruit trees to be planted soon, and goats...

Chickn, we are getting two mini-mancha does (well, one doeling), already bred to a mini-mancha buck; for $450. We mainly want them for milk, but if we are unable to find buyers for the kids, we will butcher them. I am planning to breed to a mini-mancha buck anytime we might be wanting to...

I vote for charcol as well. If you can't find it elsewhere, you can always get it at a pet store in the fish tank section. Spread it out on a cookie sheet to get the most surface to air contact.

So we are getting a couple goats in about a month, just have to get everything set up here before we go get them. Because we are getting them for dairy, we will of course have kids around every once in a while. We will probably try to sell them, but if we don't get any buyers, we will be...

A local homeschool co-op just started here this year. We went to the little summer session they had and enjoyed it very much. So much, in fact, that we signed up and I am teaching two classes! It is a great thing for us. Very laid-back, lots of fun, and only once a week. My boys are taking...

I have made the artisan bread in one of the above posts. I used white flour and it came out with a kind of sourdough taste that my husband loved. The only thing is that I needed to let it bake a little longer than the recipe calls for because mine was still a bit doughy in the middle (though I...

Guess I'm lucky to live in So. California in some ways. It's always pool season here. I was able to buy a big jug of it for about $5. Enough to keep me in laundry soap for about 2 years, lol.