Homesteading
All things homesteading: small livestock, homeschooling, gardening, homemaking, and much more.
Creating Margin – Finances
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...
A few of my favorite things ~ May 2018
The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More When I first started reading this, we'd just gotten our patio...
From Couch Potato to Trekker
My little family is planning a backpacking adventure over the summer. Two weeks in and out of the wilderness. Considering not long ago I was what...
Creating Margin – Relationships
This week in the Creating Margin series, we're going to talk about relationships. Specifically, how to curate relationships so that they have room...
Creating Margin Using Rituals
This month I'm talking a lot about create white space, or margin, in different areas of our lives. When you fill every inch of your life with...
Creating Margin – In Your Career
In recent years, there's been lots of articles around this particular subject. In our go, go, go world, how do you stop busy from taking over your...
Off Grid Living 2018 Quarter 1
Hello Friends! It's hard to believe March is coming to an end. Our Wyoming weather has been very spring-like for most of March. It has been so nice...
A few of my favorite things ~ March 2018
March is nearly done already and I can't believe it! I've been busy, busy, busy this month. I've found little ways to slow down and relax. Here are...
Physical Activity for Health and Well-Being
When I was 41 I started experiencing extreme tiredness, stomach troubles and body aches. It got so bad that I spent many an afternoon lying on the...
Heating the Off-Grid Cabin
We're finishing up our second winter in our off-grid cabin. Living in Wyoming we often have rapid and frequent changes between mild and cold spells....
A few of my favorite things ~ February 2018
ZuzkaLight.com - The Zgym The past couple years I've struggled with getting enough daily exercise. I'd try to wake up early, or workout after I...
How to Deal with Stress
I once heard Kevin Michael Geary of RebootedBody.com compare modern society, from a hormonal standpoint, to being chased by a bear, constantly,...
Setting Up House – Establishing a Cleaning Routine
When my husband and I bought our first home, I struggled to keep up with the housework. It makes me anxious to come home from work and have a living...
Why not have a frugal Valentine’s Day?
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...
A few of my favorite things ~ January 2018
GoodReads This handy website and app lets the avid reader (or wannabe avid reader) track their book consumption, rate and recommend books to their...
Adding Daily Movement for the Office Worker
Why Move at Work? We've all seen the reports lately that say a sedentary lifestyle is dangerous for your health, increases your waistline and your...
Setting Up House – Where to Put Guests
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...
Creating a Shadow Box for Loss
Grief is a funny thing. It hits each person differently. We may have shared experiences, but that doesn't mean we all process it in the same way. My...
Setting up a Bar Cart
Remember Gilmore Girls? Any time Lorelai and Rory would visit Richard and Emily, the first thing they would do is walk over to the bar cart in the...
Off Grid Living 2017 Quarter 4
October, November and December have been all about food and water. Food With our kitchen *almost* finished, at least finished up to the point we ...
Meeting People in a New Town
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...