10 Steps To Simplify Your Life – Part 2
We are in the middle of a journey to a simpler life. If you made it through the first post, you are on the road to Easy-Street! Today, let’s talk sleep, margin, unapproved items, and redecorating!...
View Article10 Steps To Simplify Your Life – Part 3
Today, we are wrapping up the 10 Steps to simplify your life. Here’s the first 2 parts: Part 1 Part 2 I promise this is the last one. On the list today we have: dishes, vacuums, and structure. Not...
View ArticleThe Biggest Question
Will I go to heaven when I die? Yes! I will. If you have a couple of minutes this Easter Sunday, I’d like to tell you about it. 1 Peter 3:15 says, “and always be ready to give a defense to everyone...
View ArticleWhy Do Bad Things Happen & Your Taxes Are Due
By the way, your taxes are due. If you are like me and have waited until the last minute, you may have a fun experience at the post office today. I didn’t exactly wait until the LAST minute, I mailed...
View Article4 Chickens from God?
Yes, God gave us chickens. I am usually 10 steps ahead of God trying to get Him with my plan. This is not a good system. His ways are always better. My ways are often disastrous. On the other hand, I...
View ArticleLife, Death and Video Games
Life, Death and Video Games. Before you decide I’m a huge downer and my blog sucks…… I’d like to point out 3 things: I want my blog to be real. If you want a perfect life, with perfect people and...
View Article14 Dead Meat Chickens (Grrrr), 1 Dead Opossum (Boo-Yah!) and Someone Hit My...
14 Dead Meat Chickens We had 22 meat chickens. Then I stepped on one. Accidentally, of course. I broke it’s neck. I asked my son if he thought it might be able to recover. After seeing it running...
View ArticleThanksgiving Favorite Recipes
Thanksgiving is here! There are some foods that just HAVE to be on the table to make it a Thanksgiving meal. For this country girl the Thanksgiving ‘must’s include: Turkey (Fried is my favorite),...
View ArticleWhen Your Cow Dies (and life stinks)
I haven’t talked about Faith on the blog since she died last spring. It has taken this long for me to be able to write about her without crying. I am much better now and wanted to share something I...
View ArticleI Can’t Imagine Anything Worse…
I was thinking about Mamaw and how much I love her and how I need to go visit her soon. As I pondered my friend, I was thinking about some of the words she has blessed me with over the years. Which...
View ArticleYou Should Go To a Church Potluck
If you haven’t ever been to a church potluck you are missing out on one of life’s simple pleasures. Everyone brings a covered dish & we all gorge ourselves on some good, old fashioned, home...
View ArticlePsalm 19:1
The sun was just thinking about rising. Everything was covered in a beautiful, soft, white blanket. I think my children have an internal detector that tells them there is snow outside. They were up,...
View ArticleBeef Bone-Broth & Bible
How to Make Beef Bone Broth. My daughters wanted me to call this post: “Bone Broth and Sunday School.” I also considered: “Don’t Take the Field Trip” “Life’s Field Trips” “How to Make Bone Broth” “Say...
View ArticleDon’t Make Soap? Do This Instead…
Soap making. I’ve not made soap before. It is something that I would like to learn how to do. I have not yet found the time to add this to my list of self-sufficiency. I will have plenty of...
View Article10 Steps To Simplify Your Life – Part 1
Living the simple life is sometimes not so simple. Some days start bright and early with milking the cow and suddenly turn into a whirlwind of activity. Before I know it, it’s time for dinner. I...
View ArticleEaster Thoughts – No Bunnies, Chicks or Eggs… OK, Maybe Some Chicks :)
We went to the cutest country church a few years ago. A friend of ours was in seminary and pastoring at this church while finishing his studies. We attended there for a time and enjoyed it so much....
View ArticleRambunctious, Athletic, Smart, Witty – A Story About a Daughter
My oldest daughter is quite a character. She’s witty. She’s smart. She’s got a dry, dry, dry sense of humor – which happens to be the best kind of humor to own. Sarcasm is her spiritual gift. She has...
View ArticleHomemade Pie Crust – The Lost Art of Making Pie
The lost art of making pie. One Sunday after church Mamaw grabbed my hand and said, “Why don’t you come over one day and we’ll make pie.” First, I thought her grammar was a little off… Shouldn’t she...
View ArticleCan You Say, “NO?”
Do You Know How to Say, “NO?” I have been eating only foods from my own hands for the past 64 days. I still have 37 days to go – that should be a total of 101 days. I did not pick the timeframe and...
View ArticleI Crashed My Blog & Other News
Not that you care….. BUT, lately I’ve been pouring hours into thefarmbarbie.com refresh things a bit & make it a little more functional. It’s a work in progress and will probably take another...
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