Home Remedies, Essential Oils and the Occult

This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015Okay, I don’t have much interest in the occult. But I am totally into home remedies and essential oils. Especially the ones that work. They could very well be the only reason I’m still alive to write this post today. Really. The past couple weeks have been a little rough around the Keep. One child got sick, then the hubby got sick and it has just Continue Reading

Cooking Without Cash

This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015Over the course of our 16+ year marriage, there have been many challenges of various sorts.  There have been health issues, growing pains as we adjusted to sharing space, bruised feelings … and periods of financial stress.  Sometimes the lack of funds came because of an unexpected repair or emergency.  Sometimes, unemployment or slow periods of business made it hard to make two ends meet.  And Continue Reading

The Great Squash Mutiny

This post was most recently updated on May 17th, 2015Over the past several years, my husband and I have made changes in our lifestyle designed to allow us more freedom – both financially and time-wise. We moved out of a town where the taxes and utility costs were sky high, into a much smaller house in the country where living expenses are lower. We paid off our cars and kept them, rather than trading them Continue Reading