Old Toys from the 70’s for Some Old Fashion Fun
Toys from the 70’s I’ve been on a quest to get my grandchildren to stop bringing their electronic games to our house when they come for a visit. It hasn’t been an easy task, but the more we introduce them to some of the games from our childhood...
How to Start Living a Simple Life
How to Live a Simple Life We have learned that living simple really isn’t simple at all. It took some time for us to learn how to start living a simple life, slow down and find ways to simplify our life. We had to dig deep and figure out what was...
Old Fashioned Thanksgiving – Keeping it Simple
As Thanksgiving approaches, I find myself wondering how our ancestors celebrated an old fashioned Thanksgiving. From the beginning of time, Thanksgiving meant food and family. A time to celebrate the summer harvest and prepare for a long winter. Pantries were...
Our Back To Basics Living Philosophy
Our Back to Basics Living Philosophy Once upon a time, there was a couple who was overwhelmed by consumerism and drowning in debt, doomed to live a life of unsatisfying purchases and surrounded by like-minded people. As Americans, they gladly followed the crowd to fit...
The Frugal Reward of Living Simple
Frugal rewards come easy when living simply. I never dreamed that our years of living frugally and downsizing would bring us so many rewards, but it has! The frugal reward of living a simpler life can be seen in our faces every day. I wake up with a smile on my...
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.