Shopping...yuck!

Fridays are my usual town day.  When I go in to get supplies needed, groceries, banking etc.  If I can get away with going I will.  I don't like shopping.  I included a pic of my favorite kind of shopping list below...maybe you'll get a chuckle from it.....or inspiration!

So how about you?  Do you love or hate shopping? Our goal is to be almost completely self-sufficient some day so that going to town for anything will only be needed on a very minimal basis, like maybe every two months or less.

Have you reached that point yet? What do you go to town for?

Short post because I have to get to town and back but I look forward to your replies.  You can also answer us on Facebook at our page at www.facebook.com/homesteadingalberta.

~Sue

Happy Monday!

I don't hate winter. In fact I actually like snow and the way everything looks covered in white and the cool crisp air. I like cozying up to the fireplace and wearing big warm sweaters.

But because this will be our first Spring on the farm I am anxiously waiting for it to get here! 30 days till the first official day of Spring!

Our list is very long for everything we want to do once the snow is gone and it gets longer every day. We are constantly talking about all there will be to do. How about you? Do you have any big Spring plans?

Our first priority so that we are ahead for next winter is to bring in some of the wood that is piled around our property and build a wood shed. It will be a big first project.

We keep categorizing everything has low or high priority and that changes daily. After all plans are made to be changed!!

Today I'm working on our web-site which I hope to have finished very soon. And tomorrow we will have some news!

Hope you have a great Monday!

~Sue

Weasels Stink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Weasels STINK!!!!!!!!!!!

How do I know this? Well, I was laying down trying to get rid of a headache (works best for me) and the dog was with me for a bit but then jumped off the bed and all of a sudden went bat sh*t crazy down the hall and chased something in to the spare bedroom.

I didn't see it but when I went to go in the bedroom the stink was sooo bad I though it was a skunk. I called the dog out and shut the door quick!

I was freaked out! I am home alone so I called Alberta Fish & Wildlife. Nice lady on the phone calmed me down and discussed the situation. Determined that because of previous occurrences and the smell I described it was probably our weasel again!! 

Didn't know weasel's can stink that bad but apparently when they're irritated they can get nasty! Smells almost as bad as a skunk. 

She convinced me to put the dog outside and go in to the room and see if I could figure out what was in there. That was fun.... I figured it must be in the closet from the noises I was hearing. So I proceeded to pull a few things out and all of a sudden this little white head (why do they have to be cute?!) picked out from under the shelving. When I realized it was the weasel again I was sooo relieved!!

Chased him out and down the hall where he escaped under the door to our water softener/laundry area and out of the house.

Now the room is being aired out, smell is almost gone!

Thank goodness for weasels, even though I now know they stink, I'll take them over a skunk in the house any day!!!

Vixen is not so happy though, it's been hours and she is still hunting the house for the weasel that got away!

~Sue

Homesteading Resources

We get asked often where in CANADA can you buy supplies, tools, equipment etc. for homesteading, gardening, home cooking, canning, prepping, emergency supply, farming and gardening.

There are a lot of great shops in the USA like Lehman’s (and we love Lehman’s) but most of us would like to be able to shop locally, and at least in Canada. So we put together some of the places that come to mind for us. They all offer on-line shopping so even if they are not local to you they are still in Canada.

Continued on our website at http://www.homesteadingalberta.com/#!homestead-resources/c1g8t

~Sue