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Organize: You might find hidden treasures!

Since being on my huge resolution kick of organizing, - yeah, okay, so it's the ONLY resolution I really have, but it's big and far reaching - we decided to put more boxes away up in the attic above the pump room. For those of you who don't have a well and pump, it's like an external storage shed with a pump in it. Not really a shed but not an insulated room either. Anyway, we got busy today (as the plumber was tearing up our kitchen and dining room slab floor - oh joy) and moved…(read more)

Organize: The effects on the spirit

Life on the homestead (at least on ours) can be first riddled with chores (mind you it's not a complaint) and distractions (okay that one is a complaint) to the point that we can sometimes feel that our heads are spinning from the 'to do' and 'didn't get done yet' lists. It is true for many of us, no matter where we live, that life can get like that far too often. Organizing is huge for a homestead, but I surmise that it is equally as important to having a sense of peace anywhere…(read more)