It hurts us all

 

Total collapse of your smarts!

 This was one of my favorite songs in the 80’s…this parody remake will now be a favorite going into the next 4 years! Enjoy!

It goes against everything!

 I have the same question…if you want America to be great “again”…when do you want to back to? Why is it bad now? What exactly do think will make it “great AGAIN”?

Originally written and published in 2012

I’m going to shift gears here and write about how to prepare your family for the hard times I believe are coming. If you don’t believe it, that’s ok. You do you! This is a 12 year old article I wrote for the American prepper network in 2012. The information is certainly relevant today! 

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With all the talk of pantry stocking and prepping, I often wonder if many are missing a crucial part of being prepared: working towards self-reliance for the long term. Now, don’t get me wrong, pantry stocking is great. Storing supplies are necessary, but if it all comes crashing down, there needs to be a plan in place for when the food runs out.

In this writers opinion, the best way to achieve as much self-reliance as possible is to have a few of acres and lots of grit and guts! I realize not everyone can rush right out and purchase acreage, but if you are one of the lucky ones that already have a couple of acres, now is the time to begin planning for your future. As I said, pantry stocking is a good thing, but even if you have 6 months to 1 year of food stored and there is an extended time of trouble (job loss, illness or other teotwawki situation) that food will eventually be gone and then you are left figuring out what to do next. If you plan well, your pantry will sustain you while you are setting up your self-reliant homestead.

One of the easiest things to begin with are chickens. Chickens are great foragers and garbage disposals so feeding them is relatively cheap. They reproduce fairly rapidly so you can keep a fairly decent sized flock going. You will need more than just a couple of birds to get started and maintain a good amount for eggs and meat. Here we keep all hens hatched for eggs and butcher all the roosters. Sometimes we use the hens for bartering purposes. We bartered 3 hens for our duroc pig.

Rabbits are also a wonderful asset to the self-reliant homestead. They are great for meat, fertilizer and reproduce very quickly. A few females and a couple of males will allow you to fill a freezer in no time and keep you in meat indefinitely.

Dairy goats are also a great addition for a smallish homestead that does not have room for a dairy cow. Saanen and Nubian dairy goats are great milk producers and can keep your family in milk for around 9 months out of they year. Staggering breeding can keep you in milk year round. Goats milk can be used for such things as cheese making, ice cream, soap making and just everyday drinking. Meat goat breeds can help fill the freezer. Their manure as I mentioned in another article is great fertilizer.

Of course a garden is very important in attaining self reliance. Having a garden gives you the ability to not rely on the grocery stores for many fresh and canned vegetables. Learning to home can is one skill a prepper cannot be without. Same with having a few fruit trees.

It is my opinion that self-reliance is the key to surviving any long term situation. Having replenishable food sources, such as meat, eggs, milk, vegetables, fruits and grains is vital. Skills are also a huge part in becoming self-reliant. Without skills, all else is futile. You must have some basic gardening, building, repair skills and some basic knowledge of first aid for humans and animals alike. There may not always be someone at your disposal to do those things for you. Getting to the point of being fairly self-reliant is hard. It is not for the faint at heart. It takes hard work, determination and a lot of sacrifice. But, by beginning your self-reliant journey today, you could very well save your family tomorrow.

Written by me, The Homestead Lady, and published on APN in 2012

Perhaps…

 

Perhaps a year from now I’ll be able to look back on all these post and realize my feelings were silly or unwarranted….or maybe I’ll look back and realize they were spot on…time will tell…perhaps all this is a bad dream rooted in fear of change…

For now I’ll continue to write about my feelings to help me work through them. And maybe someone else will benefit as well…I’m not going to apologize or feel bad for the way I feel….They are what they are. I’m sad…I feel almost like all the love and compassion has left…like one day we all still had some semblance of  caring and love but on one day in November it all disappeared…the hope, compassion, love, and kindness…like a huge vacuum came in and sucked it all up…

All the light became surrounded by darkness…its closing in and I turn circles trying to find my way, I become more and more squeezed… I see other lights but they too are feeling squeezed by the darkness…we keep trying to hang on to the light….

I had a dream last night…there’s was a winding brick road, it reminded me of the yellow brick road in wizard of oz…only the road was black bricks…on either side of the road was trees, like a Forrest…dense and dark…the road was dark…there was a dim light shining...barely enough to see your hand in front of your face…but it was there.

On this road was a man…he was in a dark suit, he walked with an arrogant confidence, he was without emotion, his black shoes clicking on the brick with each step was all that could be heard in the darkness…it seemed so loud and cold…there were onlookers in the distance, on the road behind him…at first many were confused by his presence…some were eager to follow, others needed a bit of convincing… but one by one they began to follow him…those that were not sure eventually gave in at the nudging of their family or friends…there were pastors, business owners, young people, children being carried by their parents…there were farmers, old people, sickly people and strong people…people from all walks of life began to walk behind him…the darkness swallowed them up…there were hundreds of thousands walking, blindly following this man into complete and utter darkness…they seemed emotionally void…it felt like they gave up their “gooodness” and love for their “neighbors”…all the understanding they ever had, was traded in to follow this man. 

It was surreal…it felt lonely, sad, confusing, desolate…In the trees were people holding candles with very small flames…what dim light there was, was coming from the candles they carried…they would come from the woods and tell the followers not to follow..that the road led to destruction and darkness...but it was as if they were deaf, mesmerized by the dark figure leading them to destruction…some would turn and glare at us or tell to be quiet they knew who the man was and he was going to save them…the man never spoke, he just quietly walked…slowly, methodically walked…he was on a mission of destruction and ruin…he slowly walked into the deep abyss of black and took all that he could with him.

There was such sadness in the trees…it almost felt like the trees were weeping with us…the air was cold and damp…it felt void of any love, or warmth just like the man…the trees would be green and beautiful but as he passed by the trees turned black and the leaves died and disappeared…In the trees were people in white robes holding candles, the candles were the light…it was dim light but none the less it was light in the darkness…the light holders were all the love and warmth that was left…they stood among the dead and desolate trees hoping to bring back the life that was once there….the light holders weren’t quiet sure why they were sad other than they knew the man seemed to bring destruction to all he passed by or touched…they sensed a change and profound sadness and confusion  for the people following. They just instinctively knew it was wrong. They ask among themselves how do they not understand the darkness leads to no where other than death and destruction?…they just shook their heads in disbelief and continued to stand among the barren trees, holding their candles hoping at least some would decide the darkness was to horrible and come into the light for shelter…

Some in the trees wept as they felt they could not reach these people. Sadness was heavy. They felt helpless…these people were family, friends and loved ones…they didn’t understand why they were following…confusion was what I kept feeling in my dream. Confusion and a profound sadness and sense of loss. I woke feeling sad…

While it was a dream, it explains so clearly my feelings…it perfectly depicted what I feel is happening…I feel helpless, but not hopeless…I still have hope…it’s all I have…

Maybe this time next year, I will re-visit this post…and perhaps I’ll realize it was all silly and unwarranted…perhaps it’s all a dream based on fear!

Until next time…

Why? It begs an answer!

 Yep! This is what most voted for! I’m just sickened by this! Putin is his idol! He’s trying to act like him! Why the fuck can’t people see this shit?! Why? We won’t last 6 months after the inauguration at this rate! 

Peace, Love & Light

I lay in bed this morning after waking up staring up at the ceiling wondering what in the hell is going to happen to us…how did we get here…tears stung my eyes, a lump formed in my throat…I took a deep breath and told myself it’s going to be ok…my cell phone alerted me to a text…I reluctantly looked at it…I put it back on the nightstand for a few minutes…I needed to get my thoughts in order…I answered the text…but my heart was just not into talking this morning…I just can’t get out of this slump…somedays seem better…then it hits me all over again…

This isn’t the typical “holiday” blues…this is different…as an intuitive I am able to discern things, feel things…and I hope I’m wrong about so many things…

I’m scared for our country…my family…my friends…I feel like I’m in a nightmare that won’t end…I can’t wake up! I want to, I want to go back to the time when it wasn’t like this..when we, or at least some of us didn’t fear for our very survival the next few years! 

As self employed people with small business so much effects us differently than others…tariffs will ruin this economy…I can see another Great Depression headed our way..it’s terrifying…I see serious illness, death, food shortages and price increases like we’ve never seen, many businesses will be forced to close because they won’t be able to maintain…it was all foretold…many didn’t listen or understand what it meant! Now we all pay! 

I don’t know how to talk to people these days…I’m over my anger…but my sadness is deep…I’m fearful…fearful for my kids, my grandkids…me and my husband…

Those who did this will get what they deserve..unfortunately those of us that “understood the assignment” will have to pay as well! I still have a tad bit of hope that the powers that be will do the right thing and stop some of this craziness. 

I hope most of us get through this…we will be different when it’s over…I don’t believe society will ever be the same…I grieve over what was…my heart is so very heavy, my eyes sting with tears as I write this…I encourage all of you to pay attention and prepare for what’s ahead.

I encourage each one to try and stay focused on the positive, reach out to those that are like minded, limit your time and energy with those who are not. Prepare your homes & your hearts. Be a light in the darkness…speak truth and never stop! I am determined to light the path in the next years of darkness…I know we will come out on the other side hopefully with a better understanding of equality for all and less hate for those different from “the norm”. There will be those that continue to hate no matter what…they will enjoy the next few years of the hate spewed from the powers that be…they will wallow in the mud and rain with pigs and enjoy the chaos and division…I hope you, like me will choose to find the green pastures and sunshine and bask in the warmth of love and acceptance. 

A lady by the name of Deloris Cannon once spoke of a new earth and how high vibrational people will go there…the lower vibrational people stay on the old earth with the fighting and division…this is paraphrased of course…It gave me hope to think maybe if there’s any truth to this, that some of us can move away from the darkness and low vibrations in the near future. We can move on to a more peaceful existence, an existence with acceptance, an existence with love and equality. 

Hope is all we have…surround yourself with people who have hope and don’t give into hate. Support the people that support you. It’s ok to try and converse with those that hold a different view…but when you see they aren’t willing to listen or hear you…move on. Save your energy. People that say “we can agree to disagree”…yeah…move on…they aren’t interested in hearing you! They are committed to their ideology and cult leader…they don’t research, they don’t have the facts other than what they hear from friends, or their leader…they say that because they have no facts to back up their stance. Let them be!

I also encourage you to read/listen their side so you better understand where they are coming from…be ready to offer facts and back them up. Many of the higher ups on that side package their words in nice little boxes so they sound good…the deeper message is in there, you have to know how to read between the lines. They always tell you what they are going to do….you just have to be able to listen and discern.

I’m going to sign off for now…stay alert! 

I’m thinking about all of you like me that are hurting, trying to make sense of all this…I wish you peace, love and light!

Until next time…

THL

It’s about you!

We will be ok

My mom is having her annual thanksgiving get together today…I nor my kids will be in attendance. I can’t speak exactly for their reasons but mine are plenty. While I love my mom and my brother I’m not not ready to sit in a room playing like all is good all the while knowing they hurt not only my granddaughters, but so many across the nation….all for what they thought would improve the economy…jokes on them….I just can’t…my nephews and their wives feel the same as I do, but will most likely attend. I just can’t…

This has profoundly affected me and I guess this is my one way of standing up for myself. My quiet way of saying fuck you! 

I am far better than 2 weeks ago and I continue to work through my feelings. I’m trying to surround myself with people that get it and I can talk with openly. Where I live that’s really, really hard…I’d even say impossible. 

Haven’t left the house in 2 weeks. No desire at all to about amongst people. The very thought makes me cringe. I’ll get there…but right now I’m just decompressing. I’m trying to talk to people but it feels forced…I’m tired…just tired…

However; I am getting better! Slowly… but each day I seem to feel a bit more hopeful… I hope if you read here and are likeminded you know it’s ok to feel sad, angry, hurt, betrayed…it’s normal…you’re not being dramatic, stupid or wrong! It’s hard! I see you and I understand! You’re not alone! 

So, today will be a quiet day at home! Thanksgiving day will just be me and the hubs…I will cook us a nice traditional dinner and just enjoy the day. 

Be easy on yourself today…this is hard to understand…but keep going! You’ll be ok! We will be ok!

Until next time…

Much love & light 

Take care!

 

Today I am moving on…I am simply going to watch this play out just as foretold. It won’t make me happy…I won’t get any joy from it…I,and the ones I hold dear will have to suffer through this nightmare. 

Moving on though is the only real choice…it doesn’t mean I accept it, like it or think it’s going to be great…it means I cannot let this person, situation or what I know is coming continue to consume me. I need to use my energy to prepare myself for what’s ahead. I will continue to share with those interested what’s coming down the pike….but my sanity and my energy is better spent on things that will matter and make a difference in my life and the life of my loved ones. 

Choices have been made by all in what they stand for, believe in and align with…for that reason I know I need to focus on my life and give no more thought to those that are not on the right side of history or align with the values I hold so dear to my heart.

There is work to be done on many fronts these next years..protections need put into place…and distractions need to be minimal…

I have realized by continuing in my anger and in trying to educate those that simply refuse to be educated it is a distraction to the work I need to be doing. I need to get my own house in order and give no worry to anyone else’s. 

I am still sad…and that’s ok…things are changing and that’s hard so it’s ok to feel sad…just don’t wallow in it. Feel it, process it and then when your ready, let it go…It’s going to be hard, many tears will be shed in the next years..we will all be tried and stretched to our limits..but I do know we will get through it if we understand the motives of some people. Some will continue to live in denial…let them! You can’t change someone’s mind, unless they want it changed. Trying is a waste of energy better spent!

Our focus needs to be on our families now. We need to be watchful and vigilant. Keep to yourself, lay low and take care!

Until next time..