Update and Other Stuff

So, yesterday we had snow. Guess what? Today we have snow again. And ice. So, even though I desperately need to venture out into the world to procure more foodstuffs for our house, I will not be doing so. We will make do with what we have here, thank you very much.

Which leads me to the next thing. I *really* need to get my pantry stocked back up. If, heaven forbid, something should happen and I was unable to get out of our house/area/etc, we would be in pretty poor shape as far as groceries are concerned. That is not a good position to be in. While I like grocery shopping every 2 weeks, it just doesn't afford me the sense of comfort that I desire.

So, I'm trying to switch to a different schedule and get a little more stocked up. Ok, a lot more stocked up. But, that's just me. Do you stock up? Do you have a food supply stored away or do you shop when you need to? Somehow it just doesn't feel right to me anymore to shop when I need to. Call it what you will, but I'm feeling the urge to be more prepared in a lot of different areas of our lives.

We have switched up our homeschool a little bit (again) here recently. We have fallen in love with lapbooking and then I found a place online called Ambleside Online that really interested me. I think this will fit into our homeschool goals and our particular styles of learning here. It really is a great place and I have spent a lot of time reading through their curriculum, which is all free by the way. It really is a great resource for some quality children's book ideas, homeschooler or not. Go check it out!

I feel like I should touch briefly on my food blogging here. I'm in a rut. My family is only wanting to eat the same things over and over and I haven't been making anything new. I miss putting up new recipes for you, but I'm not going to force a recipe or make something I don't love just so I have a recipe to put up here. I'll get back to it soon, I just think we have a mild case of the winter blah's.

Breaking out of the winter blah's should be easy though, we are getting ready to place our seed order, or go get them we haven't decided yet, for this year. I have such big plans for the garden this year. It better live up to it or I'll kill it...oh wait. No...well, you know what I mean :)

The wind is picking up and I need to throw another log on the fire. Happy Friday!