Slaters' Funny Farm

 Many of us hear this word homesteading, but are we truly aware of what that means and the lifestyle that comes along with it? Homesteading is a way of life that involves a person/persons living a life that is as self- sufficient as possible. A lifestyle that involves needing to know how to live off nature and your own skills as much as possible.  The word homesteading on Dictionary.com means " any dwelling with land and buildings where a family makes a home", but today's standards are more of a self-sufficient lifestyle.  What should you know before deciding to homestead? Number one, it is not an easy lifestyle. It takes work and hard work at that. Many people dream of homesteading but fail because they are unaware and unprepared to do the work that is involved. Some homesteaders want to live off grid, but that is not a necessity. Second, you need to know that there are many ideas as to what is involved in homesteading and decide what you can and can't or are and are...

  Good Morning and welcome to March! A new month and a bit closer to spring, which I know many of us are looking forward to following the cold and snowy weather that winter has brought to us. We struggled with a weekend that did not get temperatures that reached much higher than the 30's, but I know tomorrow we are forecasted to be in the 60's. Weather changes here in the Midwest seem to be rather large at times.  Oh well! Enough about that, let's get on with our Happy Homemaker Monday post and link up over at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom and check out the other amazing bloggers that write and link up there as well. Each of these ladies have wonderful and amazing words to share and are busy as you will read making sure their homes and families are cared for in such a nice way.  THE WEATHER IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS: We are to have decent weather this week with temperatures, but there are several days that we have good chances of rain. Temperatures will average 45-60 for dayt...

  And just like that we are at the last Monday in February, can it mean that spring might be right around the corner. Oh, how I hope. We still have snow on the ground, but I am excited to say that it is actually the warmest day we have had in several weeks and the sun is shining. We are even to have temperatures in the 50's most of the week, which makes this country girl quite happy. It means mud everywhere, which is not fun. The chicken coops are a mess and need to be cleaned, the ducks are covered in mud in their outside enclosure, and the geese are just messy anyway, Life will be a muddy mess this week, but it beats the extreme cold and snow we have had.  Now let's get on with our weekly Happy Homemaker post. I will link up with several other bloggers over at  Diary of a Stay at Home Mom , where this series began. If you would like to read more of these, please hop over and check it out. She would love to have you visit and the bloggers that write this each week would ...

 I just read a post by ""+"Sandra Bourland over at Diary of A Stay at Home Mom and decided that I wanted to join her in this meme post. This is like blog posts from several years ago. I hope you enjoy it.    How does it work?  Well, you go to Google Images and type in the category and then paste the photo that shows up for it.  That's it!   YOUR NAME   DADS NAME                                                         MOMS NAME                                                          YOUR AGE ON YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY                                          ...

 

 Good Afternoon and Happy Presidents Day! Whether you like the current administration or not, the office of the President deserves respect. Many of the people that are in that office are disliked and many do the job well and some do not, but it is still an office that deserves respect.  How are you? Life is cold here and we have snow again, but my heart is broken by what I am seeing in Southwest Virginia as well as Kentucky and West Virginia with the massive flooding, I have many family members and friends in Southwest Virginia that I am praying for at the moment. The weather seems to be so all over the place this year. Our average temperatures should be in the 40's and we are at 15 degrees F. How crazy!  On to our post and our link up with Sandra over at Diary of a Stay At Home Mom  and her Happy Homemaker Series.  THE WEATHER IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS : Cold and snowy, although the sun is currently shining. Our temperatures are so far below normal, it seems as t...

 Good Morning! For many football fans, it is a sad morning following the loss in the Super Bowl by the Kansas City Chiefs. I was rooting all the way for Mahomes and the Chiefs to pull out that third Super Bowl win, but it just did not happen. It seemed as though they just did not have a win in them for the night. I am proud of the game the Eagles played, and they certainly deserved the win. Enough of that subject, let's get on to todays' Happy Homemaker post.  I will be linking up with Sandra for this Happy Homemaker post over at  Diary of a Stay at Home Mom   .  If you are interested in learning more about what this is and why we write it, you can hop over there. You will also find links to what other Happy Homemakers have to say this week. Check it out for a bit if you haven't been there before. THE WEATHER IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS: It is cold here still. I truly wish spring would make an appearance. We woke to 21 degrees Farenheit today and it is sunny, but th...

 Good Morning and welcome to the month of love. February is full of hearts and love as we celebrate Valentine's Day. The weather here today is absolutely beautiful. It is to be 67 degrees Fahrenheit, which is a far cry from the awful cold and snow we had just a few weeks ago. I know it will turn off cold again, but I am thankful for a day that seems to be spring shouting, " I am here".  I am feeling better although I am struggling with such a horrible headache today. I know it is the weather that is causing it, as I always struggle when massive weather changes occur. Seasonal issues, whether it is allergies or migraines are horrible, and I live in an area known for drastic and quick weather changes. Let's get on with our post.  I will be linking up with Sandra for this Happy Homemaker post over at  Diary of a Stay at Home Mom   .  If you are interested in learning more about what this is and why we write it, you can hop over there. You will also find links ...

 Sunday Farm Smiles is meant to be a post which brings a smile to your week or even a laugh at times. Living here is our little slice of heaven; I often see animals do something to make me smile or even laugh and I want to share that with my readers here. Aren't we blessed by the many animals that God created for us to enjoy here on Earth. There are some that I am scared of, but we are still blessed to have them.  Most Sundays I share a meme or photo from Google Photos, because I usually do not have the camera when I am outside working with the animals. I am thankful that we have access to these other photos. I will occasionally share one of our own animals just to bring some personal touch to the photos. As soon as spring hits, you will see many of our own animals.  With the weather we have had in January and today being Groundhog's Day, I felt this was appropriate for the way many of us will feel if the groundhog predicts 6 more weeks of bad weather. He certainly would ...

Can you believe that we are writing this for the last Monday in January already? I know many of us in the US are ready for this cold and snowy month to be over, as I know I am. Artic cold has enveloped us for at least the past two weeks and snow along with it has just added to the pure brutality that you feel when you have to be out long. Living on a small farm truly becomes a chore in weather like this.  I will be linking up with Sandra for this Happy Homemaker post over at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom   . If you are interested in learning more about what this is and why we write it, you can hop over there. You will also find links to what other Happy Homemakers have to say this week. Check it out for a bit if you haven't been there before. I am finally feeling more like myself, and the weather has broken a bit, and I was able to go visit with some friends over the weekend, so I am thankful to say that I have finally beaten whatever the virus was that made me so sick. Let's ge...

 I have decided to change this weekly post a bit after learning that someone else had a Sunday Smiles post that was a link up. I hope you do not mind, but I don't want to steal someone else's thunder. Blogging is such a great community, and I would not want someone to steal my link up either. We are now going to call this Sunday Farm Smiles and I will share farm items that make me smile.  I am thinking farm animal photos, memes, even farm wife or home items that simply make me smile and hopefully, make my reader smile as well. I want to make this a link up party, if I can figure out how to do it. I am not as tech savvy as some. Although, I know my way around the computer quite well.  Most Sunday posts will not have much reading to them unless it is a meme, but I wanted to share what I was doing and why with my readers that have followed my Sunday Smiles posts for so many months now.  Enough talk, here is what I hope makes you smile today. Fits quite well with the wea...