I Am Finally Back!

Well, I did miss the July deadline that I set for myself, but I am back now!  I expect to post twice a week or so for the rest of the year and hopefully more next year.  I will continue to post on living a frugal life, trying to minimize the use of electricity as part of daily living, and highlighting the ways of the past to work towards the future - with highlighting a church video every now and then.  I am also working on a 'new' look for the blog and I expect to have that ready by the end of the month.  

Let me talk a bit about what I was doing for all this time. I was involved with a project that had a lot of scope creep and my help was really needed. For the most part, I have been working this way for almost two years. I found myself working many 80 hour weeks!  Let me tell you that is very difficult for someone who is getting older (aren't we all!)  I am exhausted!
  
I have also lost some family members over the past 18 months (this too, is part of life!) Two of them were cousins (one first cousin,once removed and one second cousin) as well as my mother-in-law and younger brother.  This really makes you think about how short and precious life is and how it should be spent with those you love doing the things you want to do instead of always working.

Having said that, I can add that I have missed living life the way I want.  I like to make or grow what I need. It is not possible to do that when you work 80 hour weeks.  It requires the assistance of electricity and the convenience of the grocery store to make it work. Both of those are incompatible with my DNA!

I can honestly tell you that I am very glad these past two years are over! It does give me even more respect for those of you who can't stop working or switch to part time.  I hope I can give more hints and tips to help those of you who find it difficult to set aside a spare minute too!

I will be back to Blogging in July 2016!

To All:
I am very happy to announce that my work contract is coming to a close. Soon, I will be back to a more 'normal' life for me and that includes blogging!

I will be back in July 2016!  Stay tuned!

Kate

Happy New Year!

Here is a wonderful New Year's message from the Mormon channel.  Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

Here is a beautiful Christmas video from the Mormon channel.

Enjoy!

Beautiful Easter Blooms!

Happy Easter Everyone!

 While I still have about 6 - 8 weeks left on my project and unfortunately until it is over, I do not have time to blog regularly, I wanted to show you the beautiful blooms God has blessed me with this Easter.

For the first one, I must say that I have been nurturing this bulb since October!  It should have bloomed at Christmas!  I it my Amaryllis.  It didn't bloom at Christmas this year and I was wondering all this time what the problem was.  I did everything correctly.  Well, what God was telling me was I had to be patient!  The plant decided to bloom at Easter this year!  And since the flowers are pink, I think it is a perfect time to bloom!

The plant is on my fireplace mantel where I hope to look at it for many days to come.

The next plant I was blessed with having blooms, is my Christmas cactus.  It did bloom at Christmas, but I guess it wasn't finished for the year.

The third plant was a gift from my Visiting Teacher from Church.

I hope you enjoy this glorious day and have beautiful blooms of your own to decorate your house!