by Ivory Soap | May 16, 2012 | Household, Simple & Frugal
I have been dreading it for a month already. SUMMER. It’s not that the kids are home. They’re home all the time. It’s that the STRUCTURE of the school year is gone. Whether you home-school or away-school, the day revolves around school time. And...
by Ivory Soap | May 15, 2012 | Household, Simple & Frugal
1. Find your farmer’s markets Most markets are open now. We have seven in our area. There’s one open every day of the week. Not only are there fresh greens, but the egg season has started (Valentine’s to Halloween), and the mama animals are making lots of...
by Ivory Soap | May 14, 2012 | Household, Simple & Frugal
To everything, there is a season, unless you live in the burbs and the seasons are totally obscured by shipments from Mexico and California. Reduces Your To Do List Pioneer homesteaders lived seasonally. ...
by Ivory Soap | May 2, 2012 | Conversation, Fencepost
Publishers have a look they’re going for. Some stuff is cool in the background. Some stuff isn’t. Apparently, my VANITY taste is not professionally refined. Lemme show you what I would have photoshopped out of our pictures. (The above picture is...
by Ivory Soap | May 1, 2012 | Conversation, Fencepost
Last June, I had a day long photo shoot for our new book Little House in the Suburbs. Can I tell you how much I hate pictures of myself? But since Daisy doesn’t do pictures, we were the models! So, this is me “tending the garden”. They said, pick...
