our Father’s Day weekend
| June 18, 2013 | Posted by Mama under family life |
For months I had been looking forward to this day, when the kids and I could surprise Papa with some special affirmation. The story actually started a long time ago when I read about a woman who helped her kids make a sign celebrating her husband and her children’s father, took them to his workplace,…
15 reasons you should homestead
| June 17, 2013 | healthy things, homestead, off-grid living |
Instead of sharing all the details of projects we’ve been working on lately, I have recently found myself writing more about the theoretical side of homesteading. It must be something to do with getting my hands in dirt and lugging supplies around that get my mind working along with my body. Posts like homesteading one…
cooking with abundant produce
| June 13, 2013 | healthy things |
The time is soon coming when home gardeners (and neighbors of gardeners) become swamped with plenty of extra veggies. Others are currently, or will soon be, perusing the local farmer’s market. Either way, many people will find their counters full of plenty of veggies and fruits and will need to find something to do with…
AFN’s big surprise revealed!
| June 11, 2013 | community, family life, healthy things, homestead, off-grid living, world view |
Ever wonder how you can share about homesteading with your kids? Or how you can introduce them to real families moving off-grid like yours? And what about good quality, modern resources for teaching them about sustainable, outdoor, family-focused living, even if you aren’t planning a move? We can help! Papa has been working on a…
the unSimple side of homesteading
| June 9, 2013 | homestead, off-grid living |
It’s hard to say how many people are homesteading today, but with all the publicity it has received in recent years, I think it is accurate to say that the number is increasing fairly quickly. While there have been a lot of positive stories coming out about this lifestyle, Papa and I have been finding…
this week in few words
| June 7, 2013 | Posted by Mama under homestead |
I’m going to make this fairly short today. After having two kids not sleeping well I’m too tired to think about a decent story to share. But we’re still here! And we’re still working outside, so I’ll do a quick update on the homestead. Papa put the roof on the shed this week. He used…
INTJ – all about Papa’s personality
| June 5, 2013 | Posted by Mama under family life |
Now that you know more about my personality, let’s talk about Papa’s personality. Just like we did for my Humanmetrics test, he took it first and then I took the test as if I was responding for him, just for fun. You’ll notice right away that the personality type in the title of this post…
homesteading, one bite at a time
| June 3, 2013 | Posted by Mama under homestead |
My Grammy recently emailed me a picture of two men standing next to a very wide tree they were in the process of cutting down. They had one of those saws that require two people to operate, and they had managed to cut a good size notch in the tree, but still had a long…
our homestead on video
| May 31, 2013 | Posted by Mama under family life, homestead, off-grid living |
Our AFN YouTube channel has been all but neglected. Other than the electrical video we shared recently, it has been way too long since we have updated it. I’ve been mulling around a few ideas about what I would want to share, and this morning I took the camera out and winged it. It is…
our beautiful daughter, and the story of her eyes
| May 29, 2013 | Posted by Mama under healthy things |
Our four year old daughter, known here as Girlie, has a lazy eye. At least, that’s what we thought it was called. I think Papa and I first realized it when she was two years old, but looking back through her baby pictures we were able to pick up on the subtle difference between her…
