Haphazard Homestead

Since Shane will be home and our weekend will begin tomorrow, and since the last day of February is today, I decided to write my Friday post...

I set some goals at the beginning of the year, so I thought I'd give a quick monthly update on my progress. Reading:  Goal - 18 Boo...

Do you ever wonder if anything you say or try to teach your child(ren) sinks in? At supper last night, Kat said that the subject of allowanc...

The cable guy (neither Larry nor Jim Carrey) is supposed to disconnect our cable service today, leaving us with just Internet service, which...

TGIFG! Thank Goodness It's Free Glasses!  If you (or anyone in your family) wear glasses, my friend Jill at Blessings of a Stay At Ho...

Today ends Week 4 of Northwest Edible Life's No-Spend Month of October .  To participate, I didn't join full-on, but decided to chal...

Today ends Week 3 of Northwest Edible Life's No-Spend Month of October .  To participate, I didn't join full-on, but decided to chal...

Today ends Week 2 of Northwest Edible Life's No-Spend Month of October .  To participate, I decided to challenge myself to spend zero mo...

I mentioned Monday that I was joining Erica at Northwest Edible Life in her No-Spend Month of October by challenging myself to spend zero m...

The 2012 camping season is over for us.  You can read a couple of new posts about our last camping weekend of the year at Haphazard Homestea...

You might remember this post , where I talked about how we'd keep our ugly, old gas range until it quit working.  If you follow Haphazar...

If stored properly, heads of garlic can last a good, long time, possibly from one season to the next.  This is the situation we found oursel...

Is summer vacation almost over?  It would seem that way, judging from the ads in Sunday's paper and the back-to-school displays in the...

I love to make things from scratch whenever I can.  I like knowing what is in the foods or products I make and usually have a good time maki...

Last week I wrote about our decision to NOT replace a part on our kitchen stove .  In the comments the conversation turned to repairing inst...

One thing we've learned about spending deliberately is that some things just aren't important enough to trade our money for.  An e...