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Autumn, Acorns and Squirrels

Black Squirrels are becoming very hard to find! Autumn came early this year. Leaves began dropping during the first week of September, and the rain of acorns has been going on non-stop for three weeks… more →

Practically Sisters

these old drawers — 10 comments

ripe red berries wrote 1 week ago: While walking past the wood pile, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted two drawers. Two drawers th … more →

Tags: Home, Inspiration, treasure trove, crafts, DIY, kids, recycling, simple storage, writing

olderthandirtandsurviving wrote 1 week ago: A toast to mothers everywhere Here is how we celebrate “Special Days” in the Casa del Pa … more →

Tags: RV FullTime Living, Food - All Things Yumalicious, Funny Stuff, RV Living, full-timers, Motorhome, Alumalite, Holiday Rambler, Food

Should You Be Living a Simpler Life? Here's Why You Need to Down-Size Today — 2 comments

alycevayle wrote 3 weeks ago: I always loved that 70s show The Good Life where a couple aimed to be as self-sufficient as possible … more →

Tags: Articles and news, Spirituality Philosophy and Esoteric, how to be a minimalist, Down Sizing, how to down-size your lifestyle, Living Frugally, the simple life, how to live more simply, giving things away

32. Go to expensive, beautiful places and do beautiful, inexpensive things. — 10 comments

Eva Finn wrote 4 weeks ago: I don’t know about you, but I’ve always had champagne taste on a beer budget. This has presented me … more →

Tags: Women, Life Lessons, money management, young women, Young Women 2, Credit Card Debt, happiness, Self Esteem, Enjoying Life

Pt 6: Willingness: Letting go to get OR How we went from California to Texas to Homeless…to being given $10k by a stranger! — 3 comments

gisborneunhinged wrote 1 month ago: Settling in to Lacey was easy.  The green, the trees, the people…it was almost Utopian to me a … more →

Tags: Family, Money, Business, Love, spirituality, Homelessness, Miracles, Unhinged Productions, wants vs needs

Pt 5: Willingness: Letting go to get OR How we went from California to Texas to Homeless…to being given $10k by a stranger! — 1 comment

gisborneunhinged wrote 1 month ago: Homeless continued…Lunch with Crows When we’d exhausted all but one of our resources … more →

Tags: Family, Money, Business, Love, spirituality, Homelessness, Unhinged Productions, wants vs needs, Needs

“Tommy the Terrible” Tomato Eatin’ Turtle

olderthandirtandsurviving wrote 1 month ago: The following is a true story, originally written by Bill, a couple  of years ago, when we had an or … more →

Tags: chihuahuas, Funny Stuff, non-gmo, organic, Nature, ms. lucy, Chihuahua, RV heater, Organic Vegetables

Pt 4: Willingness: Letting go to get OR How we went from California to Texas to Homeless…to being given $10k by a stranger!

gisborneunhinged wrote 1 month ago: Homeless We moved to Texas with not much else other than our two babies, the sense of adventure and … more →

Tags: Family, Money, Business, Love, spirituality, Unhinged Productions, wants vs needs, Needs, money

LOVE HOMEMEADE ALMOND BUTTER AND ROTI / FLATBREAD

olderthandirtandsurviving wrote 2 months ago:   There  is nothing as satisfying as making your own food from scratch! You know exactly what has go … more →

Tags: Food - All Things Yumalicious, home made, almonds, Flat Bread, Flatbread, Roti, chapati, evoo, olive oil

A Digression: You can't eat money — 2 comments

gisborneunhinged wrote 2 months ago: Ok so some people would say, “Yeah, but without money, we can’t eat!”  True if we … more →

Tags: Family, Money, Business, Unhinged Productions, wants vs needs, Needs, wants, money, Family

Pt 3: Willingness: Letting go to get OR How we went from California to Texas to Homeless…to being given $10k by a stranger! — 1 comment

gisborneunhinged wrote 2 months ago: When we give something of ours to someone else, it does not mean we have less, it means that we both … more →

Tags: Family, Money, Business, wants vs needs, Needs, money, Family, Life, Simple living

Getting in the swing of things...small quarters...

mamato4kids wrote 2 months ago: I finally feel as though we are in the swing of things. No longer looking like we are hoarders, and … more →

Tags: animals, trampoline, Country Life, living off the grid, back to the basics, Living, RV Living, simple, Family

Part 2: Willingness: Letting go to get OR How we went from California to Texas to Homeless…to being given $10k by a stranger! — 2 comments

gisborneunhinged wrote 2 months ago: PRO-ACTIVE vs REACTIVE Before diving in to part two, I wanted to point out that there would have bee … more →

Tags: Family, Money, Business, wants vs needs, wants, money, Family, Life, Simple living

Willingness: Letting go to get OR How we went from California to Texas to Homeless...to being given $10k by a stranger! — 7 comments

gisborneunhinged wrote 2 months ago: Ok, so in the first post we mentioned that in order for someone to get it…this concept of more … more →

Tags: Family, Money, Business, Unhinged Productions, wants vs needs, Needs, wants, Family, Life

Starry Starry Night - Comet Panstarr Now Showing — 1 comment

olderthandirtandsurviving wrote 2 months ago: Your chance to see a little Comet that is NOT in your kitchen sink. Requirements: *Cloudless sunset … more →

Tags: RV FullTime Living, Mysteries, RV Living, full-timers, Holiday Rambler, health, Budget, Sunset, astronomy

More=Less — 4 comments

gisborneunhinged wrote 2 months ago: Kia ora!  Welcome – nau mai haere mai to our new blog! We have been asked so many times over t … more →

Tags: Family, Money, Business, Family, Simple living, One Income, making ends meet, New Zealand, Unhinged

Living on Less — 5 comments

blackvoicesofoshkosh wrote 2 months ago: I recently stopped paying for cable. I had been looking for ways to reduce unnecessary spending. I r … more →

Tags: Money, Suzie Orman

I Love DIY!! Projects, Projects, - The possibilities are endless!! — 1 comment

olderthandirtandsurviving wrote 2 months ago: Beautiful Lacy Top, made of old hand crocheted doilies. The combination of the green movement and so … more →

Tags: Repurposing Upcycling, RV FullTime Living, Budget, Crochet, DIY, Economy, full-timers, Goodwill, Green

The Desert Yogi - Mystery Man of the Past - Who is This Guy??

olderthandirtandsurviving wrote 2 months ago: Who Is The Desert Yogi    click on photo to see full sized Several years ago, we bought a huge lot o … more →

Tags: Mysteries, RV FullTime Living, 1920s, desert yogi, Ebay, Economy, full-timers, History, Holiday Rambler


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