What things do you do now.....

**Katybird** · 03-13-2004, 11:17 PM

that you would have never thought you would be doing 10 years ago.

~try to live the simple life and homestead
~menu plan
~homemade meals and snacks
~quilting

~sew

~gardening
~OAMC

What do you do now that would have been a surprise to the you of 10 years ago?

**guest2** · 03-13-2004, 11:24 PM

~homeschooling
~trying to live my life for God totally and completely without compromise
~doing all the volunteer work that we do as a family
~baking my own bread
~having a large garden and selling some of our produce
~making as many things from scratch as I do now
~doing all the home improvement projects that we do

**voodidit** · 03-13-2004, 11:27 PM

~coupouing
~learning to sew
~trying to quilt
~praying as much as I do

**bamamomto4** · 03-13-2004, 11:32 PM

*Raising FOUR kids

*Cooking from scratch
*Having a vegetable garden
*menu planning
*Shop for sales

**Julia Kimber** · 03-14-2004, 01:33 AM

Using (And loving) the computer!
Having a lot more confidence
Julia

**Mom23boys** · 03-14-2004, 10:58 AM

~using coupons
~bargain shopping
~selling on ebay
~working with special needs children....which I love, never thought I would. It is so rewarding.

**AmyMCGS** · 03-14-2004, 11:32 AM

~staying at home with DD and only working part time.... and LOVING it!

~cooking from scratch
~stockpiling & learning to shop loss leaders
~building our dream house!

**duckduckgoose007** · 03-14-2004, 11:51 AM

I'm with Julia...Having & using my Computer
I don't think I need too much more confidance than I already have...lol

**Heather** · 03-14-2004, 12:15 PM

Liz!

~quilting
~sewing (I was terrible in my home ec classes in high school)
~supplying the family with fresh fruit and veggies from my garden
~doing so many of our own repairs
~living where we are on 8 acres
~getting so much advice from the Amish ladies and gentlemen
~buying in bulk
~realizing that I don't need it all!!

**simplemom** · 03-14-2004, 12:21 PM

I'll say like Julia...Using and loving the computor!

I always said in the past, that NEVER I would let a computor into our home....lol I guess I never realized how interesting and resourceful it would be!

Also...

--couponing

--still living here...(I was dreaming of living in the country by now)

--finding so many books on simple living and frugality.

--talking to friends on internet...

**SewCrafty** · 03-14-2004, 08:24 PM

Not so much the computer, cuz I love gadgets but actually belonging to this village and meeting so many wonderful people online.

**doodlebug** · 03-17-2004, 05:47 PM

~Homeschooling
~living where we are
~using coupons and stockpiling
~using the computer
~having a container garden
~having two siamese cats
~learning to be more frugal and enjoying it
~being much more active in church

**babynurse** · 03-17-2004, 06:03 PM

Shopping at thrift stores
Using coupons and applying for rebates
Working part time and loving it
Cooking from scratch, crockpot cooking, attempting to garden (still working on that one!)
Hating the malls!
Having more friends online than in real life and not minding it at all

**Michele Annette** · 03-28-2004, 03:32 PM

Wow, here's my list! I was a totally different person ten years ago!

* I can
* I quilt and sew
* I crochet
* I shop and live frugally
* Make all of our dinners from scratch (I didn't even know how to cook before I was married!!)
* I garden
* I walk to work in the Summer ( to save on gas and for exercise)
* I stick to a pretty strict budget
* I'm learing as much as I can about homesteading and country living.
* I'm learning about starting my own business.

**CountryRose** · 04-06-2004, 10:15 AM

When I was younger and my boys were still home we couldn't homestead as hubby's job as a machinist in the oil industry kept us moving around. We had the 10 acres we now live on and couldn't seem to get back here to live on it. Finally, 5 years ago we were able to move a small frame house onto the property and begin to homestead. Sadly, my boys had left the nest by that time. Prayerfully, this 10 ac. will be a place my grandbabies can come and play and enjoy.

I am now able to garden
Raise calves
Pick berries and wild fruit
Learn about natural wild food sources from my Native American people
Learn to coupon and grow my food and save money so as to help hubby retire someday.

Thank-you Frugal Village and all "Villagers" I am learning even at the ripe young age of 52.

Be outside without having neighbors across the street staring at
me wondering what I am doing in the yard?
Breathe fresh air without the fumes from constant traffic on the street
I hate living in cities, I know some people love it and I don't mean to sound insulting. I grew up here in East Texas living on ranches, playing in the woods and being free. It has been such a blessing to be able to come back home and use what was given to me to the best of my ability so as to show (by example) that my sweet daughters in law can do the same and hopefully escape as much as possible the crazy "rat race" our world had become.

Thanks for listening....I am a blabbermouth.

Hugs, Rosemary