Old Fashion Jump Rope Songs – Memories from the past!
Jump Rope Songs and Rhymes One of my first memories of singing jump rope songs were in elementary school jumping rope to “Down in the valley where the green grass grows there sat Tracy sweet as a rose…” What I also remember is my white knee-high...
7 Signs You’re a Country Girl
I’ve lived in the country for a better part of my whole life. My fingernails have been caked with dirt, I’ve worn holes in the knees of my jeans, I’ve tried and failed at so many DIY projects I’ve lost count, a tube of lipstick has lasted for...
13 Tips on How to Become More Self-Sufficient
When you make the mindful choice to simplify your life you automatically start thinking of ways you can take care of yourself and become more self-sufficient. Many think living simply means moving to the country to raise animals and tend to a large garden, and it can...
Downshifting to a Simpler Life in 9 Simple Steps
Start downshifting your life to a slower pace. Maybe you’re looking for a way to reconnect with your family or find a way to relax and unwind from the stress of everyday life. If we’re honest, most of us would say that life is complicated, parenting is exhausting,...
Living a Simple Life – Our Simple Living Story
Greetings from our little part of the world, in the Upstate of South Carolina to be exact. We are so excited to share with you that we have finally found a new (to us anyway) homestead. 2019 – God willing …forever. We have found a very lonely 1890 cotton...
Hidden away in the Upstate of South Carolina is a little farm where we call home. Surrounded by century-old pecan and oak trees, we live on a 120-year-old homestead. By the grace of God, we were called to restore this 1890 farmhouse along with its barns, gardens and long-forgotten cotton field to its original working farm. Dedicating ourselves to reusing, recycling and making do we are living a very simple life building our backyard farm.