Today’s deliciousness was made Monday night and it is called Blueberry Pound Cake! This dessert is the bomb! I love the simplicity of the dessert as well as being able to use fresh blueberries that are in season! I have made a few changes from the original which I will explain as I go along. Blueberry Pound Cake 1 package butter-flavored cake mix8 ounces cream cheese, softened (I used 1/3 less fat cream cheese)1/2 cup vegetable oil (I used coconut…
I am sharing this because I thought it was an excellent post by Patrice from the essay she mentions. She just highlights the main points of the writer’s essay. I encourage to also read the essay in its entirety. Rural Revolution: The Essential Rules of Liberty: “Here’s an excellent guest post by Brandon Smith entitled The Essential Rules of Liberty . I’ve picked out highlights here, but the essay is…”
I have been coming across a few articles about this comparison this week. I almost had to laugh because I see very little difference between prepping and preparedness. Both of these terms have almost the same goal: anticipating and being ready for every and all contingencies. In my view, the differences would be: Prepping involves the thinking that something is going to happen that will be catastrophic. For example, the government will collapse (I see this happening); solar flares or…
So far, so good on the no spending for July and August! We had one of the weekends I blogged about earlier and had a mini vacation weekend. Most of the ideas were Rob’s and he, very generously, took care of most of it! I was surprised and enjoyed it all the more! We built a fire, had smores, and lit some fireworks Saturday night. Sunday we took the kids to Cars 2 in 3D at the movie theater. Then…
We have a new member of the family – a new kitten named Sweetie. (Note: I had no hand in naming her.) She is rather adorable now that she is litter box trained and has stopped waking up the household at night. She is, however, still trying to get along with the queen of the household, Lola. Lola is not handling her presence with much grace, but chooses to ignore her most of the time. Sweetie is very inquisitive thing…
When I think about my finances, I absolutely dislike June. I think June is worse than December for my finances and budgeting. I love that my kids like to play softball and t-ball. Being gone, using more gas, and having to eat convenience food all month just kills my budget. I know ways to make this better and every year we get a bit better. At the end of the month though, I just get sick thinking about it. Adding…