Food prices, gas prices, and inflation have us tightening our budget around here, and I’m going back to some of the things we did when we were broke with three young kids. I dug out my old More with Less cookbook, and today I’m going to share how we used to menu plan in a…
With all the talk about possible coming food shortages, and the ever increasing cost of food in grocery stores, I’ve pulled out one of my favorite old cookbooks, More with Less. I was thrilled to see that there is now an updated (and beautiful and easier to read) 40th Anniversary edition available. (I’ve heard the…
For the first time ever, I detail planned the garden. Usually I just start seeds I want, hope it’s enough, and then plant randomly (and sometimes have to move things around, and sometimes don’t have enough of something). This year, though it was a monumental task for me, I planned out every square foot of…
If you’ve ever been to the Oregon Coast on one of the first warm spring days of the year, you’d most likely be dressed in layers, with a thick hoodie (standard Oregon Coast beach wear) and jeans rolled up to your knees so you can walk near the water’s edge as the waves ebb and…
In my last post I shared a post about my very first workshop! This workshop goes through the Sermon on the Mount with Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and his book Studies in the Sermon on the Mount. In that post I pointed out that the best way to learn from this book is to interact with…
This is a question I get so many times, from so many women. If you’re reading this blog, you are probably a woman serious about her spiritual life, and discouraged about it at times too. Maybe you’ve tried many different video driven, fill-in-the-blank Bible studies. And they’re good at the moment, but when it’s over…
Last time I told you about how I study a book of the Bible I’m going to write a Journal and Doodle Study on (you can see the first part here). I don’t have a step-by-step process, but rather a plan to go as slow as I possibly can. That’s 100% my plan and goal….
I tried some new things in my January Bullet Journal. A few didn’t end up really working for me, but that’s one of the great parts of a Bullet Journal, if it isn’t working, you just change it. The spread above was inspired by Rylee Autumn. I love her videos on YouTube! This is what…
I didn’t get much reading done in January, and one of these books I actually started in December, but since I finished it in January, I’m counting it toward my goal of reading 24 books this year! I enjoyed Ploductivity, a Practical Theology of Work and Wealth. But it was spendy. I think a used…
This month in the Homestead Notebook I was able to add a few recipes we like and the plans for the backyard micro homestead this year. Plus, there are also some details on our chickens and plans to put together some DIY hoop tunnels for our garden this spring. First, the Cowboy Candy (also known…