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Another year older…

Another year older…

Today is my 36th birthday! Yeah! For those who are saying, “why advertise your age?”, you will find out soon enough. In honor of my 36th birthday, I will attempt an list of 36 things about me and observations I would like to make. 1. I am not ashamed of my age or fear growing a year older. I have always looked forward to aging because my life has gotten better every year older I have become! 2. I have…

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What Meats Will Meet Your Needs?

What Meats Will Meet Your Needs?

In setting up your food storage, a tough area to address is meat. When I started this series, I stopped because I wasn’t certain how to address this myself along with the fact that I had changed my mind a few times about how I was going to address this area.The best way to address the issue of meat in your food storage is to understand that you will need a few different plans. You have heard of others saying…

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What Can I Say? What Can I Do?

What Can I Say? What Can I Do?

What can I say? I am dumbfounded. This election was going to be close. I knew that. I wasn’t going to say anything afterwards because I knew no matter who the winner was going to be, we as a country were going to have problems. Heck, we already have problems. Many, many problems. However, I am in shock but not speechless. I don’t believe the right man won. I struggle greatly with an America who is cheering for a man…

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MYO Oatmeal Packets

MYO Oatmeal Packets

One of the things I like to do to save money and control what goes into my body is to make my own oatmeal packets. This is actually very easy to do and only take me roughly twenty minutes to do.  MYO Oatmeal Packets What you need to get started:  Old-Fashioned Oats or Quick-Cooking Oats Salt ( I use sea salt) This time I was making twelve packets so I put 2.5 cups of oats into the food processor.  I…

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Steak Skillet

Steak Skillet

Steak Skillet is a meal I could eat happily 3-4 nights a week. It is that good and has all the things I love in this meal: some form of red meat, one dish, simplicity, and the yummy factor. This is also a very simple dish that can be added to or subtracted from without much trouble. I love how this tastes using my cast iron skillet. I love my cast iron skillet! The only problem? I wish I would…

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25 Frugal Ideas & Tips

25 Frugal Ideas & Tips

This morning I was reading through the blogs I have earmarked on the right side of this page and came across Rural Revolution: Frugal Tips. Mrs. Lewis then challenged other blog writers to post their own list of frugal tips and ideas! I am incredibly excited to read what others have posted!Here is what we do and what we plan to do:1. I wash out and reuse plastic storage bags and containers. Most people treat them as disposable, but I…

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