Muffie's Place: The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men

go astray.

A lot has happen since my last post. Actually I have been in a tailspin. Tennessee fell through, talk about heart broke but I was devastated. We were out bid on the house at the last possible moment and we could not bet their bid. I was so looking for to living in Tennessee but God had other plans.

We ended up in north Texas but are renting instead of owning. We hope to change that soon. But the good news is I am no longer employed outside the home I am back to being a stay at home wife and that I am loving. Starting tomorrow I will be posting regularly first thing on the agenda is homemade quick mixes. Yes I am going retro I am refusing to buy store bought mixes if I can make them at home. So get out your notebooks and get ready to learn a few new tricks to save you $$$.

After I get a few weeks of recipe posting we will move on to building cold frames and raised garden beds. I am checking with local city ordinances to see if I can have chickens hopefully the answer will be yes.

My to do list is so long I am not sure winter will be long enough for me to get it all done before it is time to plant.

So instead of a 3 acre homestead I have a half acre urban jungle. Let's see just what I can do with it.

Until tomorrow

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Hello and welcome to Muffie’s place. I am a wife, mother, daughter, and sister who has, yet again, entered a new chapter of her life...the empty nest. Hubby and I are enjoying each other and getting to know each other again...We are finally able to look across the table and talk about something other than school, sports activities or the boys in general. We miss our boys dearly but rest in the knowledge that we did our best to rear Godly men and instill in them not only the head knowledge of God but the heart knowledge as well. Now momma has to let go and release them back into God's hands, all I can do now is pray.

Today Life is Good and God is Great. So come along on the journey as I strive to balance work, the empty nest, preparing for retirement and yet finding time to be barefoot and play in my garden. However, in order to live this dream life I have to adhere to a strict budget. This is how I deal with a one salary household (even though we both work we are striving to live on one salary), budget constraints, feed my man that has a manual labor job and at times is a bottomless pit. Bottomless equals empty pantry and freezer, thank goodness it comes in spurts and I get a chance to restock. Also on this strict budget I strive to clothe both of us and buy steel toed work boots (*faint) for as little as possible. Since we have moved to a different region we have a distinct winter and summer so one wardrobe does not work any more. We have to have winter clothes and summer clothes. I have to learn to manage all of this and still make time to have my fun too.

With the boys are all grown and on their own means I can clean my house and it doesn’t look like a locker room or dorm room at the end of the day. You know, I miss that just not the smell. We still get those frantic calls when their month is more than their bank accounts. Hey what is a mom to do let her babies starve? I remember how it was when we first started out, rent, food student loans and the car always breaking down. Life it is full of surprises and in this economy usually those surprises are not that good.

I used to joke that I was born a decade too late that I should've been a hippie but my best friend tells me I am too conservative to be a hippie that I am just a little ol' earth muffin. I have been married to my soul mate over half my life and we have three wonder sons and three beautiful daughters (in-laws.) Most of all I refuse to grow old. So grab a cup of coffee and come along on the journey of budgets, natural herbs and essential oils; living green and leaving a small eco footprint. Oh and lending a helping hand when needed.