Happy days

 

My gosh, it has been a while since I last posted. The days have been full and interesting being Summer, there are a lot of things happening. I hope everyone had a glorious Christmas time and a lovely New Year.

 

For New Year I sat down to write out my goals for 2014. I think the list is a modest one I can achieve.

 

 

My goal for 2014 is to work towards building the foundation of a life towards Homespun, Homestead simplicity. I intend for 2014 to focus on Simple Living aspects as much as possible and move away from focusing on consumerism.

 

My goals:

 

 

-Working on weight loss or more importantly focusing on healthy eating.

-More journal writing in books. Documenting my days more on paper rather than just using my blog only

-More photography.

 

-Building up more seeds towards a seed bank for my future gardens.

-Focusing on herbs.

-Cooking from scratch where and when possible.

-Spend moments trying not to rely on electricity. Ways I hope to achieve this include:

Invest in a solar battery charger for laptop/ipad/phone. (The only moderately large ticket item I will buy this year).

-Hand sewing.

-Using solar lights for bedside night lights.

 

-Begin homestead making with project such as:

Soap making

Canning

Cooking from scratch

Quilting

Candle making

 

- Start up a container garden for many medicinal and useful herbs.

-Begin using many of the herbs I grow for projects including:

Remedies

Natural Dyeing

Cooking

I am really looking forward to the herbs and natural dyeing as it is something I've had an interest in a long time. While I am achieving my goals I will also be commenting around on my favorite blogs and new blogs too! Hmm that may defeat the purpose of not using electricity too much. Oh well I do enjoy looking at all the beautiful things everyone shares. Thank you all for being so inspiring.