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Post by admin on Nov 15, 2006 14:20:49 GMT -5
As new people come to the board, I hope each will tell how they are trying to accomplish simple living in their lives. Maybe even what it means to them, I know it means different things to each of us. To me, it means that no matter what our income is, I can choose to be wise with what we have, and wallow with joy in that choice instead of letting it become a chain. True joy comes from within, so the outward things take on a new level of importance, a lower importance. While I would love having a lot of money, I cringe at the thought of taking simple things for granted, for overlooking simple pleasures God meant for us to enjoy. Elaine
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tx2wv
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Post by tx2wv on Dec 5, 2006 22:47:24 GMT -5
I am new to this message board, and wanted to share what simple living means to me, and how I go about it...
I want to live simply in order to care for my family, live meaningful lives, and be able to survive on as little money as possible. To do this has been a process. We had to pay our debt first, which took five years. The only debt we have now is our mortgage, and I have a plan in place to pay that down. We do the following to save money: heat with wood using a woodstove, have chickens, fruit trees, garden, bake, sew, cook at home, hang out my laundry. When my 3 year old was a baby, I used cloth diapers. I make my own bread, and am learning how to make goat milk soap. I am on the lookout for a dairy goat, but they are not as popular as meat goats in our area. Recently purchase a hand crank radio which sits in the kitchen for music/news/weather. It also has a small black/white tv. We have a well, which i use to water the animals, garden and fruit trees. Would love to use it for the house also, but we need a bigger water tank on the pump. I am hoping to be able to go totally off grid in the next few years either here or in WV. I have plans to move the family to property in WV, that has been in my father's family for a long time. No one has lived on it since 1976, but I have detaileed plans on what my plans are....I have been detailing my prospective move in an online blog, which will chronicle the journey I made from the beginning to my arrival in WV, and quite possibly the experience in setting up a new homestead. I look forward to getting to know everyone here.
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