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Healthy, traditional cooking: real food recipes, monthly meal plans, alternative cooking methods, and much more.
Homesteading
All things homesteading: small livestock, homeschooling, gardening, homemaking, and much more.
Preparedness
Preparing for an unknown future: food storage, emergency supplies, prepping resources, and much more.
About Millie
As a blogger for over a decade, focusing on preparedness, homesteading, off-grid living, and traditional foods, Millie has penned seven nonfiction traditional food focused books, sharing how—with a little creativity—anyone can transition to a real foods diet without overwhelming their food budget.
Millie uses her homesteading, preparedness, and off-grid living experience as a guide to writing her bestselling Christian Post-Apocalyptic series, Havoc in Wyoming and Montana Mayhem.
Recent Blog Posts
Never Leave Home Without It (My EDC)
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Budget Friendly Beans in Summer? Yes!
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Learning to be Flexible and Embracing Change
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Creating Margin – Personal Growth
This week we're continuing our Creating Margin series by talking about Personal Growth and Development. I don't know when I first started focusing...
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
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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...
Embracing Thrift and Tightwaddery
General Resources The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn. This should be available in your local library. Back in 1999, I borrowed it three...
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...