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Amber and her daughter stopped by this afternoon to learn how to can jam. I was shocked when I had heard Amber had never canned before, so I offered to teach her how. As Amber and I worked in the kitchen preserving, her daughter picked vegetables in the garden. Not only did Amber’s daughter pick Read More >>
Yesterday, Angela and Heather invited me to lunch at Panera. For those of you who don’t know, Panera happens to be my favorite restaurant in the whole wide world. But the thing is, it costs money to eat there. This whole trying to feed your family on $100 a month thing can kind of be Read More >>
Yesterday, my friend Heather dropped by with her two kids. Heather and her husband are in the process of building an urban chicken coop, and when she asked me last week where she could find some chickens, I offered to barter with her. I ended up trading her 3 of our chickens, for $30 in Read More >>
Is it Monday already? Wow. Time sure does fly when you are having fun. Now that summer vacation is finally here, it’s hard not to want to sit around all day in my pajamas and drink tea. Here is a re-cap of the things I picked up last week. On Saturday The Girl and I Read More >>
Do you ever wish you could go back in time? Personally, I think it would be a blast to go back just so I could wear the same outfit everyday and barter with my neighbors. Sure, not having any running water, toilets, or medicine would stink… But I could barter every day of the week. Read More >>
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