It's been awhile

OK, so I've been really lazy and not posted anything for awhile. That doesn't mean that nothing's been going on tho. The holidays went by smoothly, we puppy-sat for my ex, which was fun, like having a grand-puppy to play with for a couple of days then sending it home.
January and Febuary '09 are going to be our major stocking up months for this half of the new year. Come March, we enter another frugal period. We're shooting for two months this time, we'll see how it works out. Everything's getting stocked, right down to hobby items. We will be doing lots of cleaning/catching up projects around the homestead, and working on shifting our lifestyle back to a more home grown flavor.

Happy 2009!

Happy New Year everyone! So far this year is shaping up to be a good one. Last year as so-so, so we're hoping for a better one this year. We did realize some of our short and long term goals, and are right on track for our Debt Free in Five plan. (Become nearly debt free in five years, 4 1/2 left to go).
Garden plans are coming right along. Producing your own food is a full time job, no doubt about it. This year we are going to concentrate on using the gardens to reduce our food costs even more. The chickies are doing well and eggs are steady at the moment, at least until the spring molt. The winter garden is growing away, and we are once again eating something we've grown.
No actual resolutions thing year, we're just continuing our long term plan, and it's working. I am hoping to get some things done, like making soap from scratch.
Hope everyone has a safe and sane year!