tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194730482024-03-07T03:59:18.885-06:00Log Cabin HomesteadA Wisconsin Northwoods Getaway RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.comBlogger388125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-2992125994032796202023-01-17T17:48:00.001-06:002023-01-17T17:49:56.220-06:00Our New Blog<p> <a href="https://logcabinhomestead.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://logcabinhomestead.wordpress.com/</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9txcOZad1J5SWAcKjd5K8HXiZnxn9H27H2cPuV-QVSDJHg5F_riKsvHQgoHywZ4ga2qGT1DgJwHZHFD5mrWQiIbWciJbIoOJyBmwSo6hNOSR_3w5bql61dp7pm2ldb_zsTnjxUmJdZJf4gS9t3eX-LhTtfBE04Bdfa-FjIXo9-GcEFhPVrA/s1200/cropped-120192085_3135604256550949_2262211137808449179_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9txcOZad1J5SWAcKjd5K8HXiZnxn9H27H2cPuV-QVSDJHg5F_riKsvHQgoHywZ4ga2qGT1DgJwHZHFD5mrWQiIbWciJbIoOJyBmwSo6hNOSR_3w5bql61dp7pm2ldb_zsTnjxUmJdZJf4gS9t3eX-LhTtfBE04Bdfa-FjIXo9-GcEFhPVrA/s320/cropped-120192085_3135604256550949_2262211137808449179_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-46974617117024996652021-12-27T16:37:00.003-06:002021-12-27T16:39:21.853-06:00The cabin<h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://logcabinhomestead.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Log Cabin Homestead</span></a><span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Our cabin rental. </span></h2>RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-61745724348929669242021-12-27T15:54:00.000-06:002021-12-27T15:54:13.867-06:00Lol<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTkBayX031Ont4W9DqL71cWJREP8W9IWVZ4yEfw8IJAqI8a9nMvSpHYRPQoW_KuiSqrAKskF24zFwxRAiVLKCNtn8yIAoGq1Tr-NT7M0PZKqEIC-cGjK2xw0W_3QIhJOanE3cA5A-O7OZqNK_sfghuuhrC_mwy57S0uyC-gc6pKrFWz2M4lg=s544" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTkBayX031Ont4W9DqL71cWJREP8W9IWVZ4yEfw8IJAqI8a9nMvSpHYRPQoW_KuiSqrAKskF24zFwxRAiVLKCNtn8yIAoGq1Tr-NT7M0PZKqEIC-cGjK2xw0W_3QIhJOanE3cA5A-O7OZqNK_sfghuuhrC_mwy57S0uyC-gc6pKrFWz2M4lg=s320" width="294" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-85988006470116721212020-12-27T19:11:00.000-06:002020-12-27T19:11:07.934-06:00Homesteading, living outside of the box<p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;"> Chances are if you are a homesteader or are thinking of becoming one you are a person who thinks "outside of the box". Don't expect most people around you, like friends and family to even begin to understand where you are coming from. It's just that far outside the realm of "normal" and most people have no frame of reference to be able to relate to you or your idea's and interests. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">I have found it easier to tell people we are "hobby farmers". At least that is a term that a lot of people are somewhat familiar with. Although a "farmer" is really something I never wanted to be. When I was a boy I was fascinated by the stories of the old folks around me who grew up in the "horse and buggy days" and how they provided for many of their own needs by raising their own food and so forth. My Grandma on my mothers side upon seeing my keen interest in how she grew up asked me on occasion if I might be a farmer some day. Too me growing up in the 1960's and 70's a farmer meant someone who needed a college degree and a lot of money to buy expensive tractors and equipment. I positively did not want to be a farmer as the times defined it even back then. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">Finally, after Kelli and I were married, my cousin Bob gave me a few Countryside magazines to read and I finally knew what I wanted to do. The kind of "farming" defined as "homesteading" resonated with both of us and we immediately started taking steps in our life together to move towards that goal.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">As of 2020 a lot more people can relate to what we do and what we are about with the advent of the internet and television programs featuring all sorts of folks who live off the land to one degree or another. But there are still plenty of people that look at it as being pretty far out there and kind of quirky. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">What they don't understand is that it goes far beyond just an interest or a hobby, it's way deeper than that, it's more like a "calling". A calling is something that is kind of hard to explain to the average person who never had one or if they did have one they worked hard to suppress it. Those people are the ones who will never really "get you" and what you are about. At best they may pat you on the back and say "oh that's cute" then behind your back shake their heads at how "weird" they think you and your interests are. And maybe even have contempt and loathing for how irresponsible and negligent you appear to them to be for following after such strange things. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">I see myself not only as a homesteader but I am also something of a "prepper" as well. Though I really did not like the term "prepper" when I first heard it. I first heard of it when a friend of mine used to tell me about a TV show called "Doomsday Preppers". He liked to tell me about it because a lot of the people featured on there reminded him of me and what we were doing here. I did not like that term at all! I thought it made people like me seem a little "out there" and kind of "half cocked" maybe even somewhat crazy. You know, a "conspiracy theorist"! That too is a term I'm turned off by. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">One reason I'm driven to prepare is that I don't trust the system. It is a machine that works very well when it is up and moving but there are MANY weak links that could bring the whole apparatus to a grinding halt in very short order. I grew up with people who lived during the "Great Depression" and I heard their stories and took it all to heart. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">Ever since I was a boy I always felt in my heart that America would be judged one day. And I have wanted for myself and my loved ones to be prepared. As bad as the "Great Depression" was back in the 1930's there were way more farmers than there are now. There were way more people that knew how to live off the land than there are now. That is something that is almost always in the back of my mind. I imagine what would happen in America if the "just in time" delivery service ever got cut off. I imagine what would happen if the trucks stopped rolling or the power got turned off and super markets ran out of food and necessities. Some believe that millions would die! </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">So I'm kind of a hoarder. By Gods providence He allowed me to be a garbage man for the past 20 years. And I keep stuff, anything that seems like it has any kind of intrinsic value I can't stand to see thrown into the landfill. I have a couple small junk yards out back which I frequently raid during my many projects finding just the right thing more often than not. Another thing I keep in mind is that all that stuff would make good bartering tools in the event that the money system ever goes down. Plus I give a lot away as well. Some things have been sitting there for decades and if I talk to someone who needs it I usually just give it to them. Does my heart good to see someone use it! </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">Another reason I love living where we do is that building codes are way more relaxed here which is wonderful for anyone who is wired to think outside the box. Before we starting building the log cabin I tried to get a building permit and to my pleasant surprise we didn't need one. Things have changed since then but that's how it was back in the late 90's. We didn't have blue prints or plans and simply built it using good old common sense and a stack of library books. We were able to use our own God given ingenuity and creativity. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">I've always been drawn to natural buildings. I have a repulsion for cookie cutter subdivisions where all the houses look sterile and exactly the same. I have an attraction to all sorts of alternative and natural building methods such as log, straw bale, cob, rammed earth, under ground or earth sheltered, post and beam or any combination of them all. Again some of these idea's are so far out of the norm for people that many simply can't comprehend where you are coming from if you try to describe such things. I don't know how many times I've been met with a blank stare when I try to relate such things. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">For me, my interests in these kinds of things go deeper than just being nice little hobbies and such. It's a calling. The land calls me, the woods and the streams and ponds, working with my hands and creating things is something I need to do. Also earlier today I was telling Kelli that writing is something I need to do as well. It helps me collect my thoughts. I guess that too is something that's a little outside the box that not a lot of people can relate to. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">So I guess the bottom line for me in today's post is that if you have a dream or a calling just go for it! And don't expect very many people to be on board with it. That doesn't really come until after the fact, until after you've been doing it for awhile then people can say "oh that's what you meant". In 1998 just before we came here we heard that one of the family members said "they'll be back in 10 months with their tails between their legs". That was 1998 and we are still here. They didn't understand that it was a calling. </span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">Until Next Time</span></p>RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-71839056709208201042020-12-08T18:09:00.001-06:002020-12-08T18:09:32.821-06:0036th Anniversary<p style="text-align: left;"></p><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5v6UJEVvo1rb_zjkS-Lts9P6RFeS32BopFkeWxn-WJ1whqsmNeP3OTZTearJfRTIqIc3En01LBpxl8NPXGrMjfbjKfoQhSj6dt1Z8wRHnp2Bh8HPnCHGkTAOgeLBmAmoJhIy-/s1755/IMG_3496+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1755" data-original-width="1475" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5v6UJEVvo1rb_zjkS-Lts9P6RFeS32BopFkeWxn-WJ1whqsmNeP3OTZTearJfRTIqIc3En01LBpxl8NPXGrMjfbjKfoQhSj6dt1Z8wRHnp2Bh8HPnCHGkTAOgeLBmAmoJhIy-/s320/IMG_3496+%25282%2529.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span><span style="color: #f1c232;"> Kelli and I had our 36th wedding anniversary today. I had turned 21 just two days before we got married. And she was 18. Just a couple of kids! <br /></span><span style="color: #f1c232;">A lot of water has passed under the bridge since then. We more or less finished growing up together. Been through a lot together her and I. We have three adult children and 5 grand-kids so far. <br /></span><span style="color: #f1c232;">We've packed a lot of living in the past 22 1/2 years since we've been here. We love living here on the land and in this little Northwoods community where everyone knows your name. Can't think of a better place to live, though we both wouldn't mind going south for a couple months in the winter as the winters can be a bit long. Still haven't figured out a way to do that just yet, but I definitely have a few idea's up my sleeve! <br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoItcwWC78wuulbMeu2kPnSRSWvgZQ8QtKS75xKKK4xUl5KVM3PFalTnpd5DsySomeJ07IVZ8AEBDv6Txv77sqcSjUD6W_Wys2VlrWTHai20ttoOgnyRxdHVsI1xzAqu5BX1LD/s1350/83221638_2534992476612133_3924906342476677120_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoItcwWC78wuulbMeu2kPnSRSWvgZQ8QtKS75xKKK4xUl5KVM3PFalTnpd5DsySomeJ07IVZ8AEBDv6Txv77sqcSjUD6W_Wys2VlrWTHai20ttoOgnyRxdHVsI1xzAqu5BX1LD/s320/83221638_2534992476612133_3924906342476677120_o.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span><span style="color: #f1c232;">Kelli and I both enjoy a certain degree of adventure. Nothing too wild, but just enough to scratch that itch. We spent the last week in our log cabin for a little anniversary retreat and that feels like adventure enough spending intentional time together connecting and reconnecting, talking and thinking about the future. We can never think of a better place to go on our anniversary so we usually wind up staying home and spending time in the cabin. <br /></span><span style="color: #f1c232;">Last Saturday Kelli and I and part of the family went out in the woods in search of a Christmas tree and found a dandy! We usually opt for a purchased tree from some friends who grow them because ours are usually a bit thin from growing in such density. However this one was kind of out in an open area and filled out just right. Couldn't have been a nicer tree! It was a great moment with our kids and grandkids to go out together in the chilly air and bring back a family center piece for the season. Sharing life with people you love is what life is all about. <br /></span><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Until Next Time</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINjlnm5I8W9iDC-DQGmg8XoptZ6GM5L41_RrrnHjN4he0YaQwXA2ohgI65ssDJzuUY1aondpZoVrApxXo2cc4qKHqnwGhBhOUJTqvk16oWb8OuwCgRwZac4QYkdUM-eIxeyGp/s1440/129511532_2656299528015415_5977792075233785927_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINjlnm5I8W9iDC-DQGmg8XoptZ6GM5L41_RrrnHjN4he0YaQwXA2ohgI65ssDJzuUY1aondpZoVrApxXo2cc4qKHqnwGhBhOUJTqvk16oWb8OuwCgRwZac4QYkdUM-eIxeyGp/s320/129511532_2656299528015415_5977792075233785927_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span></h3><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-69411003996354545252020-11-27T20:31:00.003-06:002020-11-27T20:34:55.394-06:00Happy Homesteaders<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span><span> </span><span>Several years back Kelli and I quit selling our farm produce. We sold the roadside farm stand and scaled way back to just raising food for our selves. Once we stopped trying to raise enough to sell to the community the stress level went way down and we became happy homesteaders here once again. <br /></span></span><span><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span>If that was all we were doing I don't think we would have felt as much stress. In essence we were running 3 different businesses. The garbage business, cabin rental and the farmstand/produce sales. Now there is something to be said about being diversified, and I like the idea of that ,but we were getting too far behind on everything to try to keep up with it all. And we weren't as young as we used to be either. <br /></span><span><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span>This last season the only gardening we did was right out our back door in containers and a couple raised beds. This was wonderful and we both thoroughly enjoyed having a kitchen garden, just stepping out the back door to harvest what ever we might want for lunch or dinner. <br /></span><span><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span>We raised one batch of meat chickens and one batch of new laying hens. Starting way too early with the meat birds, with snow still on the ground we lost more birds than we ever have in the last 22 years of living this homesteading lifestyle. We ordered the birds way earlier than usual because we heard about people buying up chicks due to the state of the nation earlier this year. So we didn't want to miss out. It was a mistake to try and raise up the fragile meat chicks in the colder weather, even with 2 heat lamps going 24/7. They outgrew the brooder too soon and our moveable pens simply were not thermal enough for the cold weather we were still experiencing early spring. <br /></span><span><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span>The layer hens which we got later faired much better because that was the time of year we used to get the meat chickens. We were down to a "skeleton crew" of old layers from when we were selling eggs so they badly needed to be replaced. So we have had plenty of eggs since late summer with this new batch of chickens coming of age. <br /></span><span><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span>My parents went in on a freeze drier with us this year so we have been freeze drying the surplus eggs rather than selling them. So then when the egg laying tapers off this winter we will still be eating our own eggs through the winter. <br /></span><span><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span>We are down to just the basics and it's much more manageable for us. We are getting caught up on repairing and rebuilding a lot of the old infrastructure that was getting in disrepair due to us being too busy with 3 businesses. We have ducks, geese, chickens, sheep and livestock guard dogs to care for year round and now just the small back yard garden. This is perfect for the two of us to take care of. <br /></span><span><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span>Now the garbage business is just 2 days per week and the cabin is being rented very regularly. I handle the cabin bookings and all the correspondence that it takes with the guests and potential guests. Kelli primarily handles the home keeping, gardening, yard maintenance and now she is the resident freeze drier expert! And we both clean the cabin. I always say we don't have a cabin rental business we have a cabin cleaning business! :) Our one daughter still living at home used to do a lot of the cabin cleaning, but she now has her own business, a coffee shop in nearby town. <br /></span><span><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span>When we first moved here in 1998 it was easy to get in over our heads with everything. We were like kids turned loose on a giant 120 acre play ground! We've had just about every kind of farm animal over the years and even horses in the early years. Horses are a big commitment in time and money and we have steered clear of them for a long time now. I'd love to ride a horse around here again, but all I have to do is remember the commitment in time and money and I go back to excepting that things are just fine as they are now. <br /></span><span><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span>We are living in uncertain times and this year just about takes the cake! Life is always uncertain to be sure but a lot of things are being orchestrated to come to a head this year for whatever reason. It feels like a kind of purging and kind of a separation of the sheep and the goats. Some people are reassessing priorities and what's really important in life. Others are just embracing their evil side and going with it. It's getting easier to see who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are. <br /></span><span><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span>We just wait and see how the rest of this year will play out. I hope you are prepared for anything at this point.</span><br /></span><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Until Next Time</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYxnxgA9EigHVQG5CZtG8Gb7BTJBK-hQLjTGk9k99GGz3eQyHgh0P5Xjyw3FyKuuZnvGYkqwUHZtMD4ze2uk4j7g7pbrx7R7jQ50ZP8-8DQsvMOMPrxYMUb-CS09Xq4_ZIsdH/s640/e6efe2b0-26ac-473d-ac84-8928f8847d9d+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYxnxgA9EigHVQG5CZtG8Gb7BTJBK-hQLjTGk9k99GGz3eQyHgh0P5Xjyw3FyKuuZnvGYkqwUHZtMD4ze2uk4j7g7pbrx7R7jQ50ZP8-8DQsvMOMPrxYMUb-CS09Xq4_ZIsdH/s320/e6efe2b0-26ac-473d-ac84-8928f8847d9d+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span><br /></h3>RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-91437382923747790372020-11-26T19:09:00.001-06:002020-11-26T19:36:21.204-06:00Thanksgiving 2020<p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"><br />I lost my inspiration to keep on blogging. The only reward was just having a place to share my thoughts and maybe get an "atta boy" once in awhile from someone who was moved by my writing. </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">Been on facebook for 4 or 5 years give or take and the only reason I went on there was to try and promote our log cabin rental logcabinhomestead.com. However I found that it was enjoyable to connect with family and friends that I had not communicated with in decades so I got fairly hooked on it. </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">But I'm getting kind of burned out on social media especially this year 2020 where the divisions in our country have come to the forefront of everyone's attention. Deep, deep divisions! </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">A lot of people buying into all kinds of scams, just makes my heart sick. People don't seem to know a con-job when they see one. </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">I'm not putting my trust in any political party, but I am putting my trust in Jesus Christ that everything will work out for His good in the end. Evil doers who think they have it made in this world will ultimately receive their just reward! </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">With that out of the way I may just start making posts on here once again. It's a quiet place these days and there will be less likelihood that I'll offend people. I expect to be able to just relax and be myself here once again. Just me and this vast expanse of uninhabited cyber space called "blogger". It's hard to believe that it is actually still here really. I think I get surprised the rare times that I pop in here and everything is just as a left it. Nothing that I even have to dust off! Clean as a whistle! </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">It's risky to air your religious and political beliefs on social media when you're trying to promote a business since you can easily alienate half your potential customers. I always thought I might try to use this blog as a way to promote our cabin, but I never really geared it up that way. Can't really refer our cabin guests to it either since it really became kind of a place where I aired some of my most personal thoughts, things I wouldn't necessarily share with people in a business type relationship with us. </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">I should have created a sight where we just talk about the land, homesteading and cabin life and leave the personal stuff out of it. But then again I'm really not a marketing guy, I just am who I am, take it or leave it! </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">I've been seeing people become very successful via the internet and social media. One guy I've been watching on YouTube for awhile is one of those success stories Wranglerstar. The first video I saw of his was where his dog I think, was attacked by a coyote and I think he shot it, if I remember right. Anyway I looked at his other video's after that and really enjoyed them. He had not been homesteading near as long as us, but he really had a way of communicating with his audience. </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">I watched Wranglerstar grow to having over a million subscribers and I watched him and his family become more and more financially successful judging by the many items, tools and machinery they were acquiring to make homesteading life that much easier. He is an excellent communicator and does a fantastic job doing product reviews. It appears that he gets a lot of free stuff from manufacturers so that he can review them. Plus he has an amazon store where you can buy the things he's reviewed getting a cut of all the sales of those items. I'm happy to see these kinds of success stories. However there does seem to be a down side to that kind of fame in that there are a lot of weirdo's out there who give him trouble from time to time. That might be one reason why I held back on really trying to use this platform as a way to promote our business. </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">Our log cabin rental really took off after we got on Airbnb. Our rentals almost doubled over night once we got on there. We have used Airbnb for several years now but will be ending our relationship with them starting January due to their political affiliations and stance on "covid". There again a business risks alienating customers when they air their positions on certain things!</span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">The log cabin rental business has been an over all positive thing for us since the early 2000's. We were planning on starting another cabin this year, but then with the whole virus "lock down" thing we got cold feet and decided it wasn't the right time to expand. But in reality I'm pretty sure this has been our best year ever on renting the cabin! So it probably wouldn't have hurt to start another one judging by this years success. Just lots of uncertainties to make a guy nervous to take a leap. </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">My hope for building more cabins is to retire from picking up garbage for a living, yes I'm still picking up garbage it's been 20 years this year. But I've made some deals with other haulers that have got me down to just 2 days a week of collecting garbage and now for the time being have a guy helping me. A much needed break for my sore body! Actually earlier this year I injured my shoulder and have been working with this the majority of the year. The pain level has been about as much as I can bare, but this fellow who has been helping is an answer to prayer! I can feel my shoulder mending! Praise the Lord!</span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">Well there's a lot to catch up on but I will save it for more posts. Heck maybe I really will get back into blogging! </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">Until Next Time </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYR1aCPt7wKqUgjFY8AUKQrayU-oVg2fiiut3kWTBZMj-CAQOZ4p2blp5O2hSB42Jf27nI5dUs0tytl1NqhVjmynbgc1Dsgjd2HjU5CxBgJ9VqCQcFm-7gvg9KDJvemUKeRGt/s665/73150684_416207005984334_799346113034321920_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="460" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYR1aCPt7wKqUgjFY8AUKQrayU-oVg2fiiut3kWTBZMj-CAQOZ4p2blp5O2hSB42Jf27nI5dUs0tytl1NqhVjmynbgc1Dsgjd2HjU5CxBgJ9VqCQcFm-7gvg9KDJvemUKeRGt/s320/73150684_416207005984334_799346113034321920_n.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><br /></p>RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-20375419493740934992018-11-18T16:39:00.000-06:002018-11-18T16:56:45.266-06:0020 years<br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Last spring
marked 20 years of us living here. A lot has happened in the last 20 years. A lot
has changed. When I look in the mirror I
see a much older, much more experienced man looking back at me.<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">20 years ago
I was a jumble of emotions, with all kinds of extremes, excitement for a new
adventure, happiness that a lifelong dream was finally coming true, a sense of freedom, and then there were all kinds of
fears, hang-ups and anxieties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Mixed emotions! </span>Our kids
were still pretty young then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How was I
going to support our family? I didn’t have a real job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked for a short time through a temp
service working at just minimum wage, hardly enough to support us.<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">During that stint of working for minimum wage, which was a hard pill to swallow after
having left a $20+ an hour job before we moved, I would imagine that I could make
more money doing just about anything else on my own, for instance I could mow
lawns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never did do that, but I was
confident that I could make more money than minimum wage just mowing peoples
lawns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As God’s
providence went we got into the garbage business in the year 2000 two years
after we’d been here. We are still currently in the garbage business after 18
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been a long hard journey,
but I still wouldn’t trade my life here in this place for anything else, except
heaven of course.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My favorite place
on earth right now is out at the beaver pond on our land. I love sitting out
there watching the ripples on the water and hearing the sound of it as it flows
through the dam.<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our kids are
all adults and Kelli and I are now grandparents. So far 2 grandsons and 1 granddaughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We love this newest season of life of being
grandparents.<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our married
children still live in Wisconsin, but not close by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its 3 hours to one and 4 hours to the
other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One daughter is still home with
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We cherish the times when we can all
be together.<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">In 2017 we
finally had to make a decision. We had 3 businesses going at once, the garbage
collection, the log cabin rental and the road side vegetable stand dubbed the “farm
stand”. We just couldn’t keep being spread so thin so we decided to stop doing
the thing that was least profitable for us and that was the farm stand. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kelli and I never were real good at it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was always kind of a miracle that we ever
had any produce to sell at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
were things about it that were enjoyable but the truth is that farming is not
either mine or Kelli’s strong suit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
are better at simply “homesteading” and not attempting to make a business out
of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to always have animals
and a small garden, but to try and raise enough to market; we know that’s no
longer for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So now for income we
are just concentrating on the garbage business and the log cabin rental and the
cabin rental has really been taking off the last few years. If we can ever get
the funding we’d like to build 4 more cabins and that hopefully will be our
retirement and then get out of the garbage business which is so labor intensive.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m almost 55 and am hoping and praying that
I’m not still throwing garbage at age 60.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My current
dream is to get a saw mill, build more log cabins and a little “HEATED” wood
shop, and harvest timber off of our land and create things with the wood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that I emphasized the word “heated” wood shop, after
20 years I’m still doing all my work out in the cold in this often frigid northern
climate and a little heated shop is something that I REALLY long for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With the
extra income from the log cabin rental we were able to purchase more land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We acquired another 80 acres giving us a
grand total of 200 acres.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This works
real nice with the log cabin rental because our guests have a lot of places to
explore here as we have and maintain miles of trails all throughout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The terrain
here is like no other I’ve ever seen, there is something very unique about it,
with its mixture of open pasture, high and low land, woods, swamps, ponds and
creeks and rolling hills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We knew it had
everything we wanted when we first laid eyes on it in the fall of 1989.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We purchased the original 120 acres in January
of 1990, way back in the last century! Ha,ha Sounds so long ago!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But even
after nearly 29 years of exploring this land we are still finding little hidden
secret places that we didn’t even know were here known only to the woodland
creatures like deer, rabbits, squirrels, porcupines, raccoons, skunks, weasels,
muskrats, bears, fox, coyotes and the occasional wolf to name a few. There’s
more!<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ve pretty
much given up on blogging, but I’ve been meaning on making a post to commemorate
our 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary of living here on this land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe someone will happen by and see it then
again maybe not and that’s alright. It’s written down here and will be here as
long as this current digital media lasts (who can know how long that will be),
maybe my grandkids will read it and get a kick out of it if it’s still here.<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Until Next
Time,</span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Russ</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h4>
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This is Lokum our new Kangal Dog. Our third Kangal. <o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<o:p> </o:p>First one died prematurely from getting out on the highway
and the second one Sarah is doing great.
Sarah is a very great live stock guardian dog. Sarah is now about 8 years old. <o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<o:p> </o:p>We adopted Lokum through a rescue in Southern IL called
"Howlin 4 Help Rescue" which was working in conjunction with the
Kangal Dog Club. Thanks to Jerry, Liz,
Christine and Mary for making it a smooth transaction! All great folks to work with! <o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<o:p> </o:p>Lokum is 2 years old and apparently he was too much for his
original owner to handle due to some unforeseen circumstances in her life being
left as a single mother. Lokum does
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<o:p> </o:p>We drove down to southern IL on Thursday picked him up on
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Yesterday which was Saturday I took Lokum out several times
and brought him in the house to meet the family and took him out for walks on a
6' leash. Took him for a long walk of
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<o:p> </o:p>Today I did the same with several short walks brought him
into the house for a couple short visits to see the family and one good long
walk this time over 1 mile. We have 200
acres all together so can walk for miles and never leave our land. <o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<o:p> </o:p>On the long walk I had him on a 30' retractable lead which
gave him a lot more exercise than yesterday on the short 6' leash where he
mostly walked at heel the majority of time.
With this 30' retractable lead he got lots of opportunity to run around
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<o:p> </o:p>Sarah turned out to be a fantastic dog but she is
aging. Still doing great as a livestock
guardian, but large dogs do not live terribly long so maybe we will have a few
more good years with her so it is nice to have a younger dog on hand to move
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Comparing Lokum to Sarah, Lokum is built way better in the way he is
put together he moves way more fluidly than Sarah. And he is way more muscular
with a bigger head and neck. Way more capable of going up against a predator if
he had to. However the idea is that the deter the predator rather than go up
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would breed for good movement like that. On the other hand Sarah is great in
that she isn't high energy and she is a real "home-body". She never tries the
fences and never wants to be far from the livestock. Whenever I take her out
for walks or a visit to the house she gets restless and wants to go back to the
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Arie was not a good LGD in that she was a hunter and very "gamey"
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she was out chasing deer. Looking back on it and having pondered what happened
with her for years now I think Arie climbed out over one small portion of fence
that was not electrified. It was about a 6' x 6' section that I never got
around to putting electric fencing on because it was on the other side of a gate
and connected to a building. Arie would have been a fantastic "hunting
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">These are the scenes outside our house at 6 o'clock this morning. Spring time was here, the snow was 80% gone, we were boiling sap and this week spring has disappeared, its back to winter again!</span> </span><br />
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... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... <br />
* SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ACROSS FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN BETWEEN 8 AM AND 10 AM... THEN TAPER OFF. <br />
* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BOOST STORM TOTALS TO 8 TO 14 INCHES... WITH 14 TO 18 INCHES IN NORTHWEST VILAS COUNTY. <br />
* REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. <br />
* THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND BRANCHES... LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES IN SOME LOCATIONS. <br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">I was disappointed that I missed the lunar eclipse the morning of the 15th. I was keeping up on it and was planning on seeing it but I got the time wrong. I had in mind it was April 15th so in my mind I was thinking night time on the 15th but I was too late, it already occurred in the early morning hours on Tuesday. I did see a great big full moon setting in the west when I got up, that's what tipped me off that I missed it. However I did get to see the lunar eclipse from years past and that was neat seeing the eerie red glow, some called a "blood moon". </span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">But, I guess I'll get a few more chances to see it again later this year and a couple times next year as I hear it's supposed to happen 4 tines in 2 years. Some are saying the it is a sign of possible calamities that could be coming like a bad omen, signs in the heavens type stuff. While I believe if we look around us there are plenty of other indicators to tell us things in the world are shaking up but I do believe the bible when it says that God made the celestial bodies for signs and seasons. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">Here's a picture someone made to indicate the dates of the four lunar eclipses and apparently a couple solar eclipses as well and how they supposedly land on certain Jewish holidays. It would be remarkable if this is exact, but I don't know, I'm not well versed on the Jewish holy days. </span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">Some are saying that what the bible describes in the last days as the moon turning to blood is nothing more than a lunar eclipse. I've been a student of end times prophecy practically my whole life and I know people have jumped to a lot of conclusions over the years so I am always cautious what I believe. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">I believe the bible say that the "sun will be darkened and the moon turn to blood", but I always imagined much more of a super natural scene than something like this with a naturalistic origin so I don't know about this current theory that's going around and catching like wild fire. However I certainly keep it in mind pondering what it all means, while trying not to be caught up in other peoples over active imaginations. I just want to know and believe the truth. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">We've had a pretty tough winter here in the Northwood's of Wisconsin. It was cold and snowy and everywhere I've gone people have been complaining about it. On Monday I was picking up someone's garbage and we had just gotten some snow, this old fella who often comes out to say hello greeted me with a "Happy Easter" and in the next breath he cursed saying "Jesus Christ isn't this ever going to end!" I wish I was the type of person with a quick whit but I'm not and afterwards I wondered how I could have used that moment to represent the Lord. The Easter Holiday and Jesus Christ certainly go hand in hand but this old timer didn't quite have it right when he combined the two in such a way! I always cringe inside when people use the Lords name in vain.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">But it seems the world is experiencing unusual weather everywhere. For us it is common to get some snow toward the end of April but this kind dumping is very unusual. Usually we have green grass by now, and the winter was unusually brutal as I indicated already. So I take these kinds of things to heart, what is God telling us in all this I wonder? When things are difficult lots of people everywhere want to curse about it. This reminds me of what the bible says about the end times how people will curse God because of all the calamites rather than to repent of their sins. I do believe that in Gods grace he is giving us all time to repent of what ever it is we need to be repenting about. This is a theme that has been heavy on my heart for some time now, and that is to repent. I mean some unprecedented things have occurred all around the world, some very serious stuff, like earthquakes and tsunami's, floods and fires, violent storms and economies of nations crumbling to dust and still people curse God rather than repent. When it's all over it's back to life as usual, but what is it going to take to wake people up?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">I believe that God is calling everyone everywhere to repent. I won't take the time here to list all the vile things that people are doing in this day and age, we all know what is going on but whatever it is we need to repent of this is the time to do it. Now is the time of salvation. After we take our last breath it's too late, for "it is appointed unto man once to die and after that the judgment".</span><br />
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RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-43903974425497861552014-04-10T22:18:00.001-05:002014-04-10T22:18:26.058-05:00Interesting goat business<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">I've heard of "brush goats" practically my whole life. That's where people take a herd of goats and put them in an overgrown area to clean out the weeds and unwanted brush. Here is a link to a website of some folks who have made a business out of it which I thought was really interesting and informative. </span><a href="http://werentgoats.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">http://werentgoats.com/</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"> Their business and website is called "We Rent Goats".</span> RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-481593482319549242014-03-28T21:10:00.004-05:002014-03-28T21:12:59.176-05:00"Cageless Birds"<br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">The picture of the scary looking creature isn't a Sasquatch it's actually me. That's how I dress when it's well below zero like its been. This year my layers had layers. I bought my most recent Carhartt jacket at least one size too big to fit on over my insulated cover-alls. I began wearing insulated leather mittens a couple years ago and I find I like them the best. Anything with fingers just make my hands too cold. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"> Earlier, at the beginning of the winter I finally got to an over due project. I built Kelli a new pantry one she's been wanting and needing for a very long time. We had friends living in our cabin at the time one of them a young fellow named Matt. He turned 14 while they were living here and he was a great help to me on the pantry as well as with all the work I do around the farm. He was a natural at carpentry very intuitive for such a young lad. But he comes by it rightly since his dad is a very good carpenter as well. <span class="st"><strong><em> </em></strong></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">Once the pantry was completed Kelli wasted no time in filling it up! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is really nice having a well stocked pantry right by the kitchen. It gets used so much I should have installed a revolving door. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-size: large;">And speaking of doors, I've been thinking about another business idea for some time now and that is of building rustic wooden doors. I've built a number of them over the years and I always enjoy it so I thought I would practice with the pantry door. We get a lot of compliments on the door and pantry but I know I have lots of room for improvement before I try to go into business selling doors. But I like the work so I am looking forward to becoming better at it.</span> </span></div>
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This is pretty funny. RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-24950952135215290932013-07-08T22:00:00.000-05:002013-07-08T22:00:47.831-05:00State Demands $700,000 From Michigan Farm Family and the Destruction of 70 Farm Animals <a href="http://www.activistpost.com/2013/07/state-demands-700000-from-michigan-farm.html">State Demands $700,000 From Michigan Farm Family and the Destruction of 70 Farm Animals </a><br />
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<a href="http://bakersgreenacres.com/" target="_blank">http://bakersgreenacres.com/</a>RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-31125287623448404842013-05-06T23:31:00.000-05:002013-05-06T23:31:35.530-05:00Blue Highway - Wondrous Love <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4_RtGQtHJ9Y" width="420"></iframe><br />
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I just heard this group "Blue Highway" and song "Wondrous Love" and thought it was a pretty catchy tune. The youtuber who posted it said it was "stuck" in their head and well it's stuck in my head now too. So I thought I might as well get it stuck in your head also! <br />
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2) When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down <br /> When I was sinking down, sinking down <br /> When I was seeking down beneath God's righteous frown, <br /> Christ laid aside His crown for my soul, for my soul <br /> Christ laid aside His crown for my soul<br />
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3) And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on, I'll sing on <br /> And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on <br /> And when from death I'm free, I'll sing and joyful be <br /> And through eternity I'll sing on, I'll sing on <br /> And through eternity I'll sing on <br />
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RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-58224684667899425932013-04-17T21:09:00.000-05:002013-04-17T21:09:26.193-05:002 Chronicles 7:14<dir>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Just thought I'd record an interesting note here. I was outside doing my night time chores at about 8:30 pm and I noticed aurora lights to the south. The kind that shoot up like white spot lights. Then I noticed that they also were shooting up to the west. So I looked all around and they were to the north as well and also to the east. Never in my life have I seen aurora's from the north, south, east and west all at the same time. </span></h3>
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It's kind of funny, when I first went out it was too cloudy to even see the stars all that well then after a little bit the clouds went away and the stars were brilliant that's when I noticed the southern lights. I couldn't keep it to myself so I went back to the house to tell the family about it. It was cool to share it with everyone. But then after a bit the clouds began to obscure the lights and now as I write you can't even see the stars it's so cloudy. </span></h3>
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I'm glad to have had the chance to see something I've never seen before in my life. I've seen some pretty amazing aurora's before but this was a first for us to see them from every direction at once. At least twice before in the past we've seen the northern lights and the southern lights at the same time and once they even went up and connected over head. </span></h3>
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Anyway just thought I'd record it here just for my own personal information and if anyone else might find it interesting then great.</span> </h3>
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"From the right hand of God our Lord Jesus rules all things here below and makes them work together for the salvation of His redeemed. He uses both bitter and sweet things, trials and joys, that He may produce in sinners a better mind toward their God. Be thankful for the providence which has made you poor or sick or sad, for by all this Jesus works the life of your spirit and turns you to Himself. The Lords mercy often rides to the door of our hearts on the black horse of affliction. Jesus uses the whole range of our experience to wean us from earth and woo us to heaven. Christ is exalted to the throne of heaven and earth in order that, by all the processes of His providence, He may subdue hard hearts unto the gracious softening of repentance."</h3>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">From the book "All of Grace" by C. H. Spurgeon-Moody Classics</span></h4>
RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19473048.post-60567171092530871512013-02-17T21:55:00.000-06:002013-02-17T21:57:40.155-06:00A Sunday evening quote<h3>
"The Law is for the self-righteous, to humble their pride; the Gospel is for the lost, to remove their despair."</h3>
<span style="color: #eeeeee;">~Spurgeon</span>RLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192953682155468376noreply@blogger.com0