Well the stomach flu hit 5 of the 6 kids plus their mommy, making for an eventful 2 days !
When you live offgrid you don't always have laundry facilities at your disposal so the stomachaches were made worse by running out of towels and blankets that a night filled with vomiting will quickly use up.
So , sick as a dog , this mama made her way to the laundromat to wash everything. Oh how I hated this trip!
Anyway I managed to get that done ,as well as grabbing extra water and ice and headed home to an afternoon in bed.
Later daddy brought milkshakes to help soothe everyone's tummies and that lifted our spirits a bit too.
We are all feeling some better but not on top of the world yet. But it's coming I can tell!
A Godly Homemaker
I am passionate about enabling women to be keepers at home and I want to give them encouragement and hopefully pass along some helpful tips for living on one income. So join me as I discuss homemaking, recipes, and life on an off grid homestead.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Sickness on the Offgrid Homestead
Friday, May 17, 2013
Anonymous Commenter
a) I am not like that- I don't steal. We buy sodas or milkshakes.
b) no manager would ever let someone walk in and use their internet connection without buying something.
REALLY! After reading my blog you really think I am the kind of person who steals? You need to read more then!
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
$50 ,Meals for 8 People, for 4 days
Mon- pb&j with canned peaches and chili
Tues-salad and hot dogs (don't criticize, we have to eat!), leftover chili
Wed- ramen noodles (poor choice but in the budget) with sliced cucumbers and carrots, hamburger over rice
Thur- oatmeal , chicken salad using canned chicken.
Breakfasts are cereal. I had 2 boxes and bought 2 more.
THere. Not a meal list I am proud of but a meal list I had to plan on a limited budget til payday.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Laundry Day
For me laundry day is whenever the clothes that need washed equal the amount of quarters I have!
I tried to schedule this chore but money doesn't always work out, thus I fly by the seat of my pants!
Anyway, while we sit at the laundromat we do school. This keeps the children busy and quiet.
I use a detergent that I make myself. I grate a bar of Ivory soap and add one cup of borax and one cup of baking soda and washing soda. I use two spoonfuls of this mixture in each load.
Comment with how laundry day goes for you.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Homeschooling my way
I have homeschooled for 22 years and I have dabbled in every type of schooling there is. While we have days that we just let life takes us in whatever direction there are also days that I need books to help me stay on track. Today was one of those days.
Everyone did math using a saxon or Rod and Staff book.
Then everyone did English lessons using Rod and Staff.
Science and history were done with Abeka. These books are more colorful so they hold my children's interest longer.
We are going thru the Alpha Omega Lifepacs for history together also. I simply read them and we discuss them.
We also are reading thru thru the Greenleaf Press Old Testament Guide together. We are currently studying the book of Exodus.
What do you do for school? Do you switch methods every now and then like I do? What books do you use? How long have you been at it? Let me know by commenting!
Read here how I homeschool 5 children on $50 a year!
Friday, May 3, 2013
A Boring Update
The turkens are laying eggs daily and soon they will start sitting on them!
We still run up to mcdonalds to charge the computer when we want to watch a dvd. No we hardly ever eat anything there. Tho my children are willing to!
My stevia is growing well but I lost most of my peppers, all my dill, and all my tomatoes. :(
We are collecting enough free pallets to build a fence. We get them from my husband's work.
We have a gorgeous huge honeysuckle "bush" growing along the side of my house.
We have tiny red fluted flowers everywhere and the hummingbirds flock to them!
We have decide to add a small inside kitchen to our home. So now our house will be 500 sq feet. Plus we are adding a porch.
Yes I do miss having a bedroom to send my children to !!!!!!
We recently lost our favorite dog and this loss really really hit me hard. I miss Buttercup daily.
WE still have 3 dogs- Black Jack,a corgi, Rosey, an austrian shepherd, and Snickers, a rat terrier. We also still have 11 cats. And no mouse problem!!!
Homeschooling is going well. We use Saxon for math, Rod and Staff for english, Abeka for both history and science. These are just for jumping off points. I create my own "curriculum" always. :)
Well that's the boring update. Hope all is well with you! Leave a comment so I know how it is going with you!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Chickens
Plus one onery golden laced Wyandotte rooster.
We feed them grain and scraps, with the intention of getting them to scraps only along with homegrown feed.
What do you have? What do you feed yours? How's it going for you, chicken wise?