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I have a different lifestyle than a lot of other people. This lifestyle did not happen overnight. I, and my family, have been making decisions over the last decade or so to get to this place. Because this transition did not happen instantaneously, I sometimes forget that not everyone lives the same way as I do. A couple of recent comments and strange looks have reminded of how foreign our ways may seem to others. While I definitely have plans for the future, I am pretty happy with where I am. Therefore, I decided to write a blog series to...

I am taking a quick break from my post series to update you on some recent happenings here on the homestead. As long-time readers will know, we obtained kittens last year. You can read about this experience in this post – https://pjsprojects.com/blogs/news/how-i-went-from-zero-to-nine-cats-in-one-night We started with nine and a few of them either ran off or didn’t make it. Two of them were so mean and human-averse that I believe that they simply ran off into the wild. You may want to watch out for these little devils if you are in the northern Kentucky area. The other two, I fear...

I have a different lifestyle than a lot of other people. This lifestyle did not happen overnight. I, and my family, have been making decisions over the last decade or so to get to this place. Because this transition did not happen instantaneously, I sometimes forget that not everyone lives the same way as I do. A couple of recent comments and strange looks have reminded of how foreign our ways may seem to others. While I have plans for the future, I am pretty happy with where I am. Therefore, I decided to write a blog series to discuss...

It seems as if the world has gone mad. The news can talk of nothing else except the corona virus. Why not? It is new. And with all new things, there is a mystery to it that baffles, intrigues and scares us (just admit it). I, like all of you, are battling with identifying and expressing my feelings and thoughts about this pandemic as I try to explain the circumstances to my children. So, here goes.   I am not overly afraid of the virus itself. It is another virus and it spreads quickly. The death rate and complication rate...

            A year ago, this business didn’t exist. I had a couple of random sales from family and one from a yard sale but otherwise, I was just taking the leap. My primary goal was to find an income stream that would allow me to decrease my hours at the hospital and selling items that I made appeared to be the best option. I was burned out. I was tired. I was grumpy. My spirit was low. The broken healthcare system was dragging me down with it but I needed the income to pay off my remaining school loans and...