It's that time of the year; harvesting what we've sewn for the last growing season. I got a few more stockpile items today. There were some decent sales on canned goods and I am in love with whole wheat pastry flour. I checked out the camping section and made some notes for my future needs.
I'm surprised at myself how good I am with cash. I often forget I do in fact have a grocery budget and it's perfectly ok to buy food! I am not going over budget if I spend $20 at the farmer's market! I believe that was the first food purchase of the month and I'm already thinking it's too much. A far cry from my former thinking while using plastic (including debit) that "another $20" won't hurt when in fact, it was.
I have a knitting class tomorrow night. I'm hoping to add that to my list of cottage industry skills. No such thing as too many of those. I have about 6 other things under that umbrella that I know how to do and actively already pursue. If I can learn how to knit it'll certainly make the off grid winters go by easier... and warmer!
Gathering food, cash and skills! Can't beat that harvest.
Monday, November 3, 2008
The film starts rolling
I'm documenting one of my biggest journey's to date here, which is the transition into an off-the-grid homesteading lifestyle from your average American middle class life. This could get interesting.
I plan on posting updates to progress, both on the tangible level and on a mental level. It's a journey of far more than just mileage, it's about the distance I'm willing to take myself to live my dreams. You'll find out more about those as the blog progresses.
The stats: I'm a fairly young educated woman with a husband and cats. Above all else I consider myself an artist and craftswoman and have set out to reclaim those things which have been lost for far too long. I enjoy an incredible amount of things in life and seek to discover much about myself and the world at large. I've lived alot in my years but I could live 5 lifetimes and never do all I wanted just in this one.
- Queen
I plan on posting updates to progress, both on the tangible level and on a mental level. It's a journey of far more than just mileage, it's about the distance I'm willing to take myself to live my dreams. You'll find out more about those as the blog progresses.
The stats: I'm a fairly young educated woman with a husband and cats. Above all else I consider myself an artist and craftswoman and have set out to reclaim those things which have been lost for far too long. I enjoy an incredible amount of things in life and seek to discover much about myself and the world at large. I've lived alot in my years but I could live 5 lifetimes and never do all I wanted just in this one.
- Queen
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