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Wow so much to say in this

Andie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:47:36 -0400

Wow so much to say in this post! I'll start out by saying Congrats and Happy Anniversary!! That is always exciting. I love seeing marriages happy and thriving. Second, your potluck dinner sounds divine and if we didn't live clear across the US I would so show up. :)
Thirdly, take lots of notes on your visitor and don't forget to share them here. How exciting and fun that must be to hear all of his travel adventures. Wow!
Hugs,
a.

Oh, I want to come!!!! How

Samantha — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:38:20 -0400

Oh, I want to come!!!! How far are you from Middle GA? We want to hike the Appalachian Trail too! My hubby & oldest daughter have plans to hike part of it but I would really love to strap the baby on my back and hike it as a family venture, one day.....

I love hearing about people that are living their cause and how awesome that you are supporting him with hospitality. I'm off to check out the link. What a great mission!

Wow - having Daren in your

Karen — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:24:24 -0400

Wow - having Daren in your home should be a wonderful experience for all of you. I can just imagine all the questions Laurent is going to pepper him with. I checked out the website, the route page is currently not available. Please find out if/when Daren is coming to Nova Scotia, specifically Bridgewater:)

Thanks for sharing all the

laura - dolcepics — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:28:04 -0400

Thanks for sharing all the ways you reduce waste and strive to live for the future. We've always tried to reduce garbage, drive less and buy less. We're definitely not as conscientious as you are though but we're trying. :)

You've probably seen this site, but for those who haven't, it's a must see!

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

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Stocking the Larder, Locally: Part One | FIMBY — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:19:28 -0400

[...] tuned. More local foods soapbox coming your [...]

good for you. living within

margie — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:20:05 -0400

good for you. living within your means, simply, environmentally friendly, eliminates so much of today's stresses. yay you!!!

Excellent blog, Renee.

Karen — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:18:38 -0400

Excellent blog, Renee. Pertinent fodder for us North Americans who are often too comfy in our wasteful and excessive habits! Whoa - does this sound like I'm joining you on your soapbox??!

Thanks A. and Samantha for

renee — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:49:24 -0400

Thanks A. and Samantha for your comments. I guess I kind of worry that I may sound preachy "look how I'm doing it, aren't I great" and that's totally not what I'm trying to communicate. (hence I'm apologizing for the soapbox).

I'm trying to share with folks the ups, downs, experiments and successes of living an (more)earth friendly, examined, wholesome and meaningful life in an urban context. Mind you don't know if I could do so if I lived in a truly urban setting, "inner city" of a major US city. I take my hat off to folks making a go of it in that environment.

A. Yes! you can do what is right, right where you are. Live it!

S. You amaze me. You're one of those women I look at and say "I don't know how she does it", to have your husband gone all week. I can't imagine what kind of mother I'd be!

Thanks both for reading and encouraging me to post. I think it's important to talk about "how" to live a meaningful life, not just idealize the notion. yada, yada... I could go on....

Don't stop....Stay on your

AmandaT. — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:12:13 -0400

Don't stop....Stay on your Soapbox! I love reading your stuff...Did you see the documentary on Wal-Mart? I can't remember the name of it...I'll have to find it. After watching that back in March...We haven't shopped there since. We are also a one car family. The kids and I love to walk/bike to our destinations. As for groceries, I wish everyone would support there local farmers/stores. Right now we get about 80% of our food from local or Canadian farm/manufactures. It costs more...but we got rid of a lot of other things. Simple is the way to go...

I love that you rent out

Samantha — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:07:33 -0400

I love that you rent out space in your home, your hubby walks to work, and you only have one car! That is awesome. This is where we fail miserably, I have a diesel Excursion and I don't know if you've enoticed but diesel is outrageous. But I still refuse to spend a ton on gas. My hubby works out of state and is only home on weekends so we HAVE to have 2 cars but his is a company vehicle. I limit my gas per week to $30 I'll occassionally spend $40 if I know I have to go somewhere out of the ordinary but usually it's $30. And when it's gone, I stop driving for the week. So basically I plan my week around my outside activities, if we go to the farm we also make a trip to the local grocer (NOT Wally World!), health food store, farm to pick up eggs, goat's milk, to a friends house all in one day and map out the day to be the best use of gas & time. I am pretty much a home body and happy with that but I would like to be able to walk more places but we are off the beaten path so it's just not possible. I will be oh so happy when our vehicle is paid off (15 months, woo-hoo) and then I plan to always pay cash for cars. I would much rather spend $$$ to better our health and environment than to spend it on stuff, wasteful consumer glorified stuff, ugh!!! Great post, I really enjoyed reading it.

I loved reading this!

Andie — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:37:41 -0400

I loved reading this! Please don't ever step down off your soapbox, lol. You give me so much hope that I can do what I feel is "right" regardless of where I live. We were just visiting the farmers market today in fact!
Thank you for posting such great information.
a.

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Stocking the Larder, Locally: Part Two | FIMBY — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:03:43 -0400

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a, I read your answer to my

renee — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:36:26 -0400

I read your answer to my comment and can understand. Just wishing for you that you could have your dream house...

Yes, buy a cow, have her munch on the grass in your yard, I'm sure your neighbors would LOVE that!

Out of control food budgets... tell me about it. Having trouble reining it in this time of year with all the fruit I want to buy and pick.

I just wanted to grab one of

Andie — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:02:04 -0400

I just wanted to grab one of those pea pods right off the vine, yum! Interesting to read this as I have just finished a book that was alllll about this topic. It really made such a connection between my heart and mind.
As far as cost, that is a biggie. We don't live paycheck to paycheck but we are a single income family with four and there is a budget. A food budget that I have to keep to becuase it's one of those areas that can totally get out of hand. I've managed to buy all organic and local items except on the milk end. With a teenager and soon to be teens in the house we go through 5 gallons a week. I can't buy the organic stuff as it is three times the price.
The hubs suggests I buy a cow, lol!
Any way, great topic! I love discussing this.
a.

P.S I answered your home schooling question in the comments on my site.

We picked peas there

Cori — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:07:15 -0400

We picked peas there yesterday - I'm glad there were still some left for you! The only thing better than fresh food is free fresh food!