Friday, April 24, 2009

My daughters Becca and Victoria. Both had birthdays this month. They are hellbent on moving to Los Angeles soon. Scares me having them so far away in economic times like these but I guess they have to spread their wings. I'm a little too conservative for the California lifestyle. But to each thier own. They take great delight in poking fun at me as I am making laundry soap or fantisizing over a new solar setup I saw in a magazine. Becca did a report on me once for a class project and told everyone about our pantry and gardening projects. I will miss them terribly when they move. Vicky has always been my confidant and Becca has always been my co-conspirator.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Welcome

Welcome to our urban homestead on the north coast of central Ohio. Join us as we set out on our journey towards becoming more self sufficient. I am sure we will make plenty of mistakes so please jump in and offer suggestions or constructive critisism. We do not pretend to be experts by any stretch of the imagination. Just a couple that is fast approaching retirement age and we are beginning to minimize our expenses now so retirement will not be such a jolt.
We will be exploring solar energy, gardening, canning, heating with wood and every day frugality. We have never blogged before so we will have plenty of learning to do in this arena as well. Tomorrow I will post pictures of our family and a short bio.