One of the most stressful parts of our lives is dealing with finances. Many people grow up without solid financial role models in the home, and without schools teaching personal finance. Debt has become the new normal. The “Perfect Credit Score” the thing to pursue. If you don’t know what you’re doing, it can be …
Sometimes the way to someone’s heart isn’t through expensive gestures, fighting other consumers for the same goods just so you can remind the person you love how you feel. Why not spending your time and energy creating an experience instead? Instead of going to an expensive, crowded restaurant… Eat at home Spend some time at …
My first house, we hardly ever had people over because we lived so far away from family and outside of the city, so not much of a friend’s destination. One of our intentions with moving closer to family (45 minutes, 4 hours, 12 hours for the family we see the most) was to be able …
Having just moved 3 states to a new town, I’m fully aware of how difficult it can be to build new friendships. Meeting interesting people who share the same hobbies is even harder! Really, all it takes is a little practice! Salon Connections First things first, find your nearest salon. I usually would make a …
One of my favorite posts of bloggers I follow is their “Link love” or “What I’m into right now” posts. It feels like I’m peeking into my best friend’s house to see what new updates she’s added. So, I decided we’d start doing a monthly round up of our favorite things! Hope you enjoy! Gilded …
Last Friday, we all headed over to the nearby town of Red Lodge, Montana. Red Lodge is a great little town with a bustling main street. It’s around 4,000 feet in elevation, so the opportunity for a white winter is always present. Red Lodge is one of our favorite places to visit when we have …
The last post in our Setting up House with Movement in Mind series has arrived! Don’t worry, I have 4 more easy-to-implement movement solutions for you to devour. Laundry The dreaded task that we all put off. Well, the good news here is that you can actually use this to your advantage! It has …
Some more ideas on how to incorporate movement through your daily environment – your house! Did you miss Part 1? Read it here. Clean as you go This is the #1 habit in my arsenal for keeping a clean house. Without obsessing, I do try to keep an eye out for things in place they …
When I got my first place, I didn’t think about how to set up house in an intentional, movement-oriented way. Over the past 5 years, I’ve moved around quite a lot. First to an apartment. A self-proclaimed wannabe minimalist (sounds good on paper but the follow through is a little iffy), I filled half of …
September started off hot and dry. Since sometime in August we’d had smoke from the surrounding fires. We’re very fortunate to not have any nearby fires. Much of the smoke we were getting was from the terrible fires in Montana, Idaho and eastern Wyoming. Toward the middle of September the weather turned cooler and …
Most days I love our off-grid life. Our little farm of goats and chickens bring me joy. Building our own house, while often a struggle, is also very satisfying and I love seeing it come together. Our dry cabin is sometimes a challenge but not having running water isn’t usually that big of a deal. …
18 months. We’ve been living in and building our off-the-grid cabin for 18 months. When we were dreaming and planning for our cabin we were positive it wouldn’t take us more than a year to complete. And not just to complete the inside but to have the basics of the outside in place also. Maybe …
Hello, Friends! I hope you your July has been wonderful. We had a wonderful month at our off grid farmstead. Our grandson came to visit for about a week and half. He’s just one month younger than our son. The two of them have a wonderful time together. For the week they decided they needed …
Hello, Friends! What a busy few months we’ve had! It’s time to catch-up on the excitement around our place. The theme for April is kids! Cute little Dwarf Nigerian newborn kids. 3 of our does became mamas once again in April. Peanut was the first to kid. She had girl/girl twins. Then KneeHigh had girl/boy …
It’s hard to believe we’ve been living in our off-grid cabin for a year now! It’s still unfinished and there is still much to do but we’ve made some good progress and (most days) really enjoy our new lifestyle. Wood Stove Cooking Something I’ve been working on over the winter is cooking on our wood …