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TanksHill
Super Self-Sufficient
August 18, 2009
Yesterday I smashed my left index finger in a door so typing has been a it troublesome.
I have spent the past week or so getting the kids ready for school. They will be attending the public school across the street from our home for the first time this year. DS who is going into 4th grade is a bit nervous and my DD who is 6 can't wait. The good thing is that several of his classmates from the private school are also starting public this year. With the economy and such private school is just not an option. I look forward to meeting new people who live in our neighborhood and walking to school.
I finished up the last of those heirloom tomatoes. Thank goodness. It's not so exciting doing canning for someone else. I did manage to freeze about 50 lbs for myself to process at a later date. The young man came and picked the sauce and jam up this past weekend. He said he will let me know how it goes. I am glad to be done with it. I had some girlfriends who just did not see the scenario the same as I did. They kinda gave me this whole spiel about how I should be handling the situation to make money for myself. I had to explain to them that my intentions from the beginning were not about money. They just did not get it.
I am thinking abut going to the farmers market and see what I can get along the lines of veggies. I need to get some in the freezer.
Not much happening in my garden. Trying to pull out the spent stuff and figure out what I can replant. I have come to realize that starting my veggies early is great but then they finish early as well. Next year I will need to stagger the plantings.
I picked up the special edition of Mother Earth Newsl last week. I hate spending 6 bucks on a magazine but it looked very interesting. It was the one that covered country Skills and self sufficiency. I wanted to use it as a sort of checklist for what I know and still should be learning. Two things I found very interesting and doable was the root cellar and goats for dairy articles. I was discussing the root cellar with dh and showing him the ideas they had in the magazine. He was very receptive. So I moved on to the goat article. He actually said we sure would save a bunch of money if we could produce our own dairy. Hes going to crack I know it. I have pulled him to the dark side. HE HE!!!!
Ds turned 9 last week. Wow how time flys. We went to diner for his b day and are supposed to have some kind of family (in laws) bbq this weekend. I am not sue thats going to happen. I have been behaving my self and not giving them too much grief. Even though I am still very angry with their choices. My dh seems to want to sweep the whole thing under a rug. I need to keep reminding him that things are not finished and their is still a chance we may need to sell the house and move. he gets grumpy about that.
Just reality
Well got to get moving. Not so much excitement around here. Just the every day stuff.
Have a great day, gina
Yesterday I smashed my left index finger in a door so typing has been a it troublesome.
I have spent the past week or so getting the kids ready for school. They will be attending the public school across the street from our home for the first time this year. DS who is going into 4th grade is a bit nervous and my DD who is 6 can't wait. The good thing is that several of his classmates from the private school are also starting public this year. With the economy and such private school is just not an option. I look forward to meeting new people who live in our neighborhood and walking to school.
I finished up the last of those heirloom tomatoes. Thank goodness. It's not so exciting doing canning for someone else. I did manage to freeze about 50 lbs for myself to process at a later date. The young man came and picked the sauce and jam up this past weekend. He said he will let me know how it goes. I am glad to be done with it. I had some girlfriends who just did not see the scenario the same as I did. They kinda gave me this whole spiel about how I should be handling the situation to make money for myself. I had to explain to them that my intentions from the beginning were not about money. They just did not get it.
I am thinking abut going to the farmers market and see what I can get along the lines of veggies. I need to get some in the freezer.
Not much happening in my garden. Trying to pull out the spent stuff and figure out what I can replant. I have come to realize that starting my veggies early is great but then they finish early as well. Next year I will need to stagger the plantings.
I picked up the special edition of Mother Earth Newsl last week. I hate spending 6 bucks on a magazine but it looked very interesting. It was the one that covered country Skills and self sufficiency. I wanted to use it as a sort of checklist for what I know and still should be learning. Two things I found very interesting and doable was the root cellar and goats for dairy articles. I was discussing the root cellar with dh and showing him the ideas they had in the magazine. He was very receptive. So I moved on to the goat article. He actually said we sure would save a bunch of money if we could produce our own dairy. Hes going to crack I know it. I have pulled him to the dark side. HE HE!!!!
Ds turned 9 last week. Wow how time flys. We went to diner for his b day and are supposed to have some kind of family (in laws) bbq this weekend. I am not sue thats going to happen. I have been behaving my self and not giving them too much grief. Even though I am still very angry with their choices. My dh seems to want to sweep the whole thing under a rug. I need to keep reminding him that things are not finished and their is still a chance we may need to sell the house and move. he gets grumpy about that.
Just realityWell got to get moving. Not so much excitement around here. Just the every day stuff.
Have a great day, gina
I know the pre school thing is so hard. My other two went and I feel my youngest would be missing out on all the fun. But we also sat down and calculated how much it cost per 3 hour day. And one of those days are mostly devoted to chapel. So it is really a waste of money. Besides she has two years before kindergarten, can you see I am leaning more towards keeping her home. 
Gosh, I love this forum.
