tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post7758072560978595507..comments2024-02-15T08:22:52.443-08:00Comments on The Back Forty: Just ThoughtsRobbynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-60452827231826935622009-01-23T04:11:00.000-08:002009-01-23T04:11:00.000-08:00Would have been better if then husband had been a ...Would have been better if then husband had been a decent person! When looking for places here, we stayed in hostels & b&bs as I travel with a rucksack only to hold everything & it's not a big rucksack. I can only travel with what I can carry by myself, especially when travelling across the country! & Wellies took up most of the room...Killihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175513884016706612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-68195701873464585322009-01-22T16:41:00.000-08:002009-01-22T16:41:00.000-08:00Killi...it sounds like sooo much fun :)Killi...it sounds like sooo much fun :)Robbynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-15778082309328307402009-01-21T23:04:00.000-08:002009-01-21T23:04:00.000-08:00I wasn't laughing at you ~ I really do want my rig...I wasn't laughing at you ~ I really do want my rigs over here, even if I can't go a-wandering with Annon in school though she finishes for the year in just over 4 months!<BR/><BR/>When we moved to Somerset we lived in a tent for several weeks whilst looking at houses...<BR/><BR/>I wonder what trading standards would say about plastic pancakes being "fresher than homemade".Killihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175513884016706612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-77138387191399820192009-01-21T11:44:00.000-08:002009-01-21T11:44:00.000-08:00Michelle, I do appreciate staying in touch via com...Michelle, I do appreciate staying in touch via computer and phone, too :) Sometimes I'm just amazed at how many things I've come to think of as needs rather than wants,and with the explosion in types of electronic things, I think I just fell off the turnip truck. I've reached my saturation point with all the technology...<BR/><BR/>SDFarmgirl, each of those things are important moves to a whole different point of reference. I had to draw the line years ago with going to the hair dresser for hair coloring and certain cuts, never started into the nails but so wanted to, and spent a lot of money on clothes over the years. At first necessity dictated I halt a lot of it and I felt deprived. Now I don't feel deprived...I feel freer. That's an important difference because I made the choice myself and killing myself to afford the other things makes no sense to our world now :)<BR/><BR/>Liz, thank you, what an honor :) :)<BR/><BR/>Brenda, I'll have to read it! I am so not into the latest gadgets...I'm fast becoming the old coot who refuses to upgrade, ha!<BR/><BR/>Annette, I'd be interested in seeing your review, and also seeing how it works as hair mousse, too...ha!<BR/><BR/>Killi...don't laugh. I've looked at the gypsy wagons. Good thing my husband looks at me very strangely sometimes or I might be living in one right now! heehee (I'm not even kidding...)<BR/><BR/>Shelby, I think we need to make Tshirts that say Fresher Than Homemade.... makes a lot more sense than plastic pancakes ;-)<BR/><BR/>Hickchick...look what the colleges are turning out now ;-)<BR/><BR/>Mommymommy...yeah, that makes Bisquick look like a museum artifact... ;-)<BR/><BR/>Warren...ya think this is what we get for lowering the graduation testing requirements for high school too many years running?? ha<BR/><BR/>Mrs Flam, I hear you! I do love having a home, even though I get these gypsy wandering/hermit urges pretty strongly. Kids are the very best reason to make home a warm place to be :)<BR/><BR/>EJ, I'll check out the link, thanks! Working at home is ultimately what we hope to do as much as possible, but we're hoping that means more or less on less money-dependent basis and more on a self sustaining one...don't know if we'll get all the way there, but we can get a lot closer :)<BR/><BR/>Killi...yeah, but is it FRESHER THAN HOMEMADE??? (sorry, still laughing over that one, heehee)<BR/><BR/>Lauriebell...sometimes I get a little OCD about it and get rid of a lot. I feel a purge coming on. Stop short of giving your husband away to Goodwill, though, lol! ;-)Robbynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-64213169723378424482009-01-20T22:09:00.000-08:002009-01-20T22:09:00.000-08:00LOL...I love this post! My husband and I were jus...LOL...I love this post! <BR/><BR/>My husband and I were just discussing this earlier this evening... It's so true that when we really look at the items we have and ask ourselves, "do I even care about this?"...that with most of it the answer is "No".<BR/><BR/>It's something I'm going to really think about further... Thanks!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130569816590453714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-57787111147952561562009-01-19T09:45:00.000-08:002009-01-19T09:45:00.000-08:00Pancakes ~ 6 ingredients? I use 4oz flour, 1/2pt ...Pancakes ~ 6 ingredients? I use 4oz flour, 1/2pt milk, 1 egg: mix together into a smooth batter, cook in a hot oiled panKillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175513884016706612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-72891353565984169782009-01-19T08:24:00.000-08:002009-01-19T08:24:00.000-08:00i go thru phases of wanting to do this, too. But w...i go thru phases of wanting to do this, too. But working from home plus trying to live as self sufficiently as possible make it hard. Perhaps a purge is due, tho.<BR/><BR/>heres someone who is really doing it:<BR/>http://www.guynameddave.com/100-thing-challenge.htmlEJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547029683066393031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-8820617511728062902009-01-19T07:32:00.000-08:002009-01-19T07:32:00.000-08:00I did that hermit on the woods thing , i would gla...I did that hermit on the woods thing , i would gladly set everything aside again to return to it *sighs* But I have children now. I miss it every day , a life of simplicity ...Mrs Flamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14824316531473228888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-29741353985143305072009-01-19T06:52:00.000-08:002009-01-19T06:52:00.000-08:00"fresher than homemade"...isn't that priceless? J..."fresher than homemade"...isn't that priceless? Just don't buy into it (I know you won't). Isn't it a shame that so many do...warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927162550870912773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-53299173986843590812009-01-18T18:10:00.000-08:002009-01-18T18:10:00.000-08:00Ha Ha ha! For the pancakes. When I saw they had ...Ha Ha ha! For the pancakes. When I saw they had pancake batter available in an aerosol can ( like whipped cream) I thought I had died laughing, the poor guy at Costco at the sample booth must have thought I was crazy, but really how hard is it to make real pancakes? Its a whole 6 ingredients!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-45752672817797020652009-01-18T17:35:00.000-08:002009-01-18T17:35:00.000-08:00I think most marketing executives think we are ID...I think most marketing executives think we are IDIOTS! And maybe we are if we are buying what they are selling.Hickchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569529847455539317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-76502405620867613222009-01-18T04:18:00.000-08:002009-01-18T04:18:00.000-08:00fresher than homemade. unbelievable. you know what...fresher than homemade. unbelievable. you know what it is? insulting. that's what it is. that is probably why you're so in a state. <BR/><BR/>i get that way too. just give me some sweats, a coat, a brush and a ponytail, soap, some water, crackers, ginger ale and a couple big pots for cooking (maybe a spoon).. and most of the rest is simply icing on the cake. <BR/><BR/>let's get back to the basics of life.<BR/><BR/>i hear the message you're trying to convey.Shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757079675613448834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-64050024838340877632009-01-18T03:17:00.000-08:002009-01-18T03:17:00.000-08:00I WANT MY VARDO! I've also had a horse in my gara...I WANT MY VARDO! I've also had a horse in my garage...Killihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175513884016706612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-3791555240468172292009-01-17T19:39:00.000-08:002009-01-17T19:39:00.000-08:00Funny, I was just mentioning this to my mom the ot...Funny, I was just mentioning this to my mom the other day, looking at the vast array of "convenience" items at the store: peeled hard boiled eggs, meals in a box, frozen pancakes, but the best and most head scratching was the pancake batter in a can. Like mousse for your hair, but pancake batter instead. I'm tempted to buy one just to test it and post it on my blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-3953242608963620152009-01-17T15:48:00.000-08:002009-01-17T15:48:00.000-08:00How funny! I just posted today about the hell I fi...How funny! I just posted today about the hell I find myself in while out in public around cell phones!<BR/>BrendaBrenda Pruitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544794729410559072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-18076755206541632502009-01-17T12:38:00.000-08:002009-01-17T12:38:00.000-08:00Come get yer lemonade!<A HREF="http://latigoliz.blogspot.com/2009/01/lemonade-get-yer-chilly-lemonade-here.html" REL="nofollow">Come get yer lemonade!</A>LatigoLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00156135083831037517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-57666130848496553492009-01-16T19:36:00.000-08:002009-01-16T19:36:00.000-08:00I think many of us are feeling the same, Robbyn. I...I think many of us are feeling the same, Robbyn. I know I've shed many of my "needs" over the past year or two:<BR/>1. a car (in Southern California, even!)<BR/>2. fake nails<BR/>3. cable TV<BR/>4. high heels<BR/>5. bars & expensive restaurants<BR/><BR/>Man, to think of all those teenage years I wasted dreaming about these things, only to ultimately reject them ... LOL!San Diego Farmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561103211171226430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-82357859464810706112009-01-16T18:30:00.000-08:002009-01-16T18:30:00.000-08:00Since I really don't speak Hebrew, I'll just say H...Since I really don't speak Hebrew, I'll just say Happy Sabbath. I don't get too flapped up about all the things people think they need, but then I don't feel too bad for them when they can't pay their ARM because they got in over their head, either. I do get tired of people and noise, though, and sometimes think I could spend the rest of my life with animals and hobbies and forego being with people altogether. Snailmail, email, blogs and a telephone would suffice for the human contact I enjoy. (Goodness, can you tell that 24/7 parenthood and homeschooling is getting to me?)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-81658879595253839792009-01-16T16:51:00.000-08:002009-01-16T16:51:00.000-08:00Hi all...I guess I was feeling "fresher than homem...Hi all...I guess I was feeling "fresher than homemade???" when writing this??? lol I'll respond to comments after shabbat,but just wanted to say I love you guys and so appreciate you! And I'm thankful for every item on that list! I'm going to have a little sit-down with Yurt Robbyn and make sure there's something else in the fridge for tonight than yak milk...heehee<BR/><BR/>Talk to you soon :) I have a hubby to go relax with!Robbynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-9145597679983581592009-01-16T14:29:00.000-08:002009-01-16T14:29:00.000-08:00lol! Very good writing Robbyn. I often feel the sa...lol! Very good writing Robbyn. I often feel the same and even feel humiliated to admit that I really do want and need some of the items on that list (right now, definetly the pharmaceuticals! lol).<BR/><BR/>I have done a pretty good job at paring down, though. I don't have many knick knacks and just about everything I own gets used daily or weekly.<BR/> <BR/>I really can't imagine life with out my computer, especially now that I'm bedbound, too. It's my lifeline into the greater world. I've gotten to so many wonderful folks via the computer. And it's something I use every day.<BR/><BR/>This time of year is the roughest, because it' sort of like 'hump day' the middle of the week, if you will.<BR/>We're right in the middle of winter, glad to move past the busy holidays and looking forward to rebirth, change and growth...and warmth (well maybe not so much for lucky you. lol!)<BR/><BR/>Hang in there my friend. Better days are ahead.<BR/><BR/>And bah! On those 'fresh' pancakes at the grocery store. :P<BR/><BR/>~Lisa<BR/>aka~RapunzleLaughing Orca Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03562627840013868980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-46623612329909384222009-01-16T13:40:00.000-08:002009-01-16T13:40:00.000-08:00Wow, that is a pretty impressive list of things yo...Wow, that is a pretty impressive list of things you feel you can abandon. I try not to be consume with wanting to consume, but a couple of changes of clothing I would put as necessary, way above anything with doodads. Interestingly, one of the myriad reasons why I moved to Israel years ago (before I moved back to the states) was that I hated all of the choices and malls and time spent buying. Just to be released from that was a joy. <BR/><BR/>And Shabbat Shalom to you too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-46091136212595038352009-01-16T13:11:00.000-08:002009-01-16T13:11:00.000-08:00Yeah, I'd say you are teetering near the edge :-)....Yeah, I'd say you are teetering near the edge :-). But I have to agree with you on at least 1/2 of those things. <BR/><BR/>Have a very restful weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com