This is our week in review – what we did, didn’t do, and maybe should not have done! I want to start doing this to have a better record of our lives as well as let you all know that we live a real, very imperfect life! Jordan in healthy mode Sunday and Monday did not go well here at the Nygaard household. I was sick for both those days. Jordan started getting sick on Sunday and did not get…
With this blog I endeavor to be as real with you all as possible. After I wrote the last post, I think I came off as making procrastination vs. laziness look like a black and white issue. It is not like that at all. I know in my daily life I make a very conscious decision about what I need to get done to get through the day. I know some days I could do a lot more and I…
I have a weird little habit when I travel. When I souvenir shop, I don’t go for the big items. I buy magnets. I like to collect magnets from all the different places I (or we) travel to. I have one magnet on my fridge from visiting the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, IL. (On a side note: Go There! I highly recommend it!) The magnet has a quote from Mr. Lincoln: “Leave nothing for tomorrow which…
In the last few weeks I have gotten emails and comments about my lack of prepping posts. Trust me, prepping is never far from my mind. In fact, I have been thinking about it a lot. I have been thinking about how prepping covers almost every area of my life in some way. Prepping showed up in my gardening goals and in my bucket list. The need to be self-sufficient as possible and learning those skills were part of both…
I have thought long and hard about way I plan to be more frugal. But in this household, we are a family so the kids will be fully included into my plans to be more frugal. They just don’t quite know it yet! Shush… Ways I Plan To Be More Frugal 1. To be more focused on how much electricity is being used in our house: a. Much more intentional about shutting off lights when not in use and not…
The one New Year’s resolution I did not talk about was the need to be more frugal. I need to be. I need to start looking at what I spend and figuring out how to do spend more wisely and save more. I need to look at what we have and what we can do without. I need to look at items and ask myself if they have more uses to them. I need to recycle and reuse a lot…