Survival Womans Blog

I Was Reading THIS ARticle Over on Barefoot Mamma’s Blog When I Was Taken Back to A Time before I had Kids , a Husband or for that matter before I even had a home .

Many a Night mt stomach lay full of faith.

I lived in the woods.  I Often had to do what I had to do.My Weekly Budget Consisted of 6$ that is  24$ A Month.

I Started out in a Tarp Tent made from Discarded Tarps I found on the Side of The Road , in the woods and in dumpsters (an more than a few large plastic Banners from Sales now finished)

Most of My Budget Was Spent on Water  , Toilet Paper and Candles.

I worked Hard to Barter for my food , and God did Help on those rare ocassions My Bike Needed a New Tire or a Patch Kit.

After a Days Hard work I Roll Down The Back Alley of the Drag and Dumpset Dive at Chipotle , Burger king , Taco Bell and Einsteins (A BAgel muffin Place) and I would Often Find  Discarded Goods (I really do bless whoever it is at einsteins that leaves a fresh bagel , soda pop and fruit at the phone every morning ) , Sometimes though I would Find Nothing and Just go home and make a few tortillas , make some rice and reheat some beans I made in pot earlier in the week and i would pack those bare staples for my lunch . I Would Sometimes in the summer Pick Greens by Moonlight on the ride home and have salads when i got home and latter when my first gardens yeilded I knew feasts of salads and tomatos , i knew where to find Jerusalem artichoke (a Potato like vegetable) and sometimes i would find a wonderfull only mostly sprouted bag of potato’s in a dumpster and i would take them home and used whatever foil i had saved from past chipotle wrappers to bake them.

Rarely did I want , My Meals Could Be Nothing But a cup of rice a day or a hamburger  or salad.

You See I worked hard , but didnt really have money all the time (Bike Tires are exspensive and when it gets stolen replacement id more than exspensive)

TP Candles and Water were essentials in my world.

But I tell You I had Faith.

and God Provided , and I never doubted He would.

One night  , Having a blow out on the way back to camp , i was aware I had no food , I knew I had no water and I knew that By Time I got home pushing My Bike with me I coulsnt Scavange for any. I would have no money for bus fare to work if i bought water that night.

I looked up at the Early Moon and I Sighed and I Remebered , Its Easy to give Praise to the lord when he has provided , but to you always bless him even when its hard.

I Closed My Eye’s and I gave Praise to go , and i told him outloud. I Have Faith in you Lord.
Somewhere on This Walk Home I know You Will Provide for me.

I got to the last convenience store beforei hit the highway home , a cop car parked outside ( I tended to be edy around cops they tended to harass the homeless in that area.

I had no water bottles so i quickly dug a few soda bottles out of the trash can  by the door To Fill Them in the bathroom . (The Cashier was used to me on that shift and never gave me any problems using the restroom) I went in the bathroom andI Risned those bottles out and was filling them. When I came out of the bathroom I found that the officer was waiting for me.

I was afraid wondering what I had done wrong.

But God provided , The man Offered to Buy Me Water , bought me a sandwich and Gave me a mile ride up the highway (with my bike in this trunk)  where he pulled over and help me uload the gallon of water and my bike.

He told me this isnt a pplace for a woman to be  and i told him. God Provides.
He Smiled and Went on hius way I waited an  30 mins  to pass i ate and drank well and I headed a mile more up the road in the shadows till i got home and i praised god , for he alwyas provides.

My Stomach was filled

Filled with Faith

I Have Seen Many Websites Where People List The Books That They are Currently Reading or Will Be Reading , Which is Why I Chose to Include Such Listings on My Site.

I DO NOT CONDONE reading Someone elses Reading Lists. Predefinition of Someone elses Desires Does Not Fit Who I am .
I have Been Reading Admantly SInce I was 3 and Beinga Questioning Child who pestered My Gran More than my fairshare with all the questions of the world. SHe quickly Taught me to read , and Like a Bird , She Set me to Freedom.

For She Told me For Every Question you have in this life , There is a book that holds its answer.
That was the moment my Gran Instilled in my a Lifelong Love of Learning.

The Books I read come from many sources. Stores , 1$ Racks , Some I Even Randomly Find on the Side of The road , or are givin after someone else dosnt want them anymore.

If I Dont Understand Something , I read about it , From Varrying Points of View.
and I learn about it , Till slowly all My Own Opinions have been formed on the subject.

The Books I read are Not always a Reflection of the Person I am.
They are although a reflection of the reflection of a Path I am on to Attain Relevant Knowledge to some obscure question that has hung heavy in my mind.

I am an open minded Person.
I respect all Cultures , Races  , and Spiritual belief.
I am a Highly Refined curiosity of Spiritual Belif , Yet I do not adopt any “RELIGIOUS” Tittle.

So Judge Me not By My Books Least you in it yourself see the wrong Image. The Books are Most Likely The Reflection of a Question , and Indulgence , or a Lesson , and Never in Any Specific Order.

I Encourage People to Learn , Reach out and Grab what it is that you desire to Learn. Dont LIve by A Predefined Booklist.
Sit Down and Ask yourself what you want to know about your life and The Universe , Then Reach out and choose an array of books to give you the big picture. NEVER Trust one book to cover all the possible views of a topic.

For Books written by HUMANS are Tainted with Varried Degrees of Opinnion and View.

So I know Tat I have Been Getting A Bit Behind.

It Happens , I do though Have Some PIcs For You  , Of My Apron and Of My Oils

My Files and Links are Getting Some Re working Done and I will Soon Be Sharing My Home Management Binder and My Coupon Catalog.

First Here Is a Pictrure of The Newest Edition to Our Family

Her Name Is Kora and Nathan Bought Her For Mothers Day (She is Tiny)

Then I have These Wornderfull Pics of My Apron (Made From Scraps I rescued From a Dumpster (( Some Weeks Ago I found a Huge box of Crafts Supplies in my Old APT Dumpster  from and apartment cleanup after an an area elder had passed away)))

Everything On My Apron is Hand Stiched and While Not Beautifull By ANy Means I am Proud of it , and It Does its Job (I DO Not Have a Sewing Machine and Rely on My Half Attempts at Hand Sewing)

Then I Have A Photo of My Essential Oils In Working Using THIS METHOD

Well That Is Todays Post , BTW I am Making The Oils For a Future Bath Salts Exsperiment. So Stay Tuned.

I Have Some A Confession.

I am not the Primary Cook Arounds here.  My Husband Is . He Loves To Cook  , I lOve His Cooking , and I cant Come Close to being as Good at it as He is. There are No Menu Plans Around Here.Just Living off of Leftovers or Dinners.

If I See Something. I Tell The Hubs I would Like to Try it and He Cooks it. I Do Cook Every Few Days Or I make Lunches. My Cooking is Plain Simple and Sometimes a little too ETHNIC for the Hubs Taste.

My HUsband Made Leek Rings For Me The Other Night You Can See The Recipie HERE .

He Also Cut up Tiny pork Bits and USed Them when we ran Out of Leek Bottoms.

(BYW Good Eats w/ Alton Brown is a Family Affair , Even Boe Sits With us and Watches it Intently )

He Also Made some Pasts Salad (from THIS recipe) .

Todays Lunch Consisted Of Both Things Thrown Togather wuith a bit of Bacon Ranch and Some Pasta Sauce NURMMMMM…

I am going to make some pork and Butternut Squash Tonight

My Treat For Him.

So Some Time Ago I was Looking at Cradles , I wanted an Old Fashioned Wooden Cradle for The Baby Like The one My Gram Had used for me and Mine. I was Looking about online and all I COuld Find were Exspensive ANtiques and Really Exspensive Plans , But My HUsband Being The Engineer He is Told Me to Bookmark one site I was Looking at .

And He Used Inventor to Create The plans Himself.

With Such Wonderfull Results.

5 Days afterwork in the Shop

15  Hours Total

7$ for Plu Cutting Bit

and 200$ Worth Of Materials (which He Got Free )

and These Are The Results The Lighter Color Pics are from  Pre Oiling and The Darker Aftre Oiling.

ANd of Course Boe Wanted To Crawl in ALthough He Quickly Realized He DID NOT LIKE ROCKING

You Are a Brazil Nut

To most people, you seem exotic, unusual, and even a bit scary. But you’re really quite normal. You’re just hard to get to know. If people leave you alone and let you do your thing, you really shine. But you tend to get lost in a crowd, especially if it’s filled with big personalities.

What Nut Are You?

You Are a Caramel Apple Jelly Bean

You have a gentle sophistication. An appreciation of fine things, without being snobby about it. You enjoy sweet tastes and silky textures.

What Flavor Jelly Bean Are You?

I Have Been Down For a Few Days  , Between The Baby in Me and The Baby outside of me. LOL , Life can be Interesting. Today I Will POst a Few Different Entries , Detailing How Everything Is Going

I know I am a bit behinde and probably will be for a bit. The Boes is Ill , I have been puking and ill , and now even The Hubs is Ill. He got a phone interview for a new job in maryland , we should know more about that in a few days. They Wanted him to Take a Trip Out There for a inlife interview. He told them it was just a bit too much money with no gaurantee . IT SI A LOT OF MONEY weather plane or Car Ride , and We have a Baby on the Way  , I have an awfull feeling that times are gonne get pretty hard in the future and I am ready.

I am going to spend most of today on the couch resting

L

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