Finding Our Purpose In Life

 

As I celebrated my 25th bday two times around and then some, I reflected on alot of things. 

I started my journey in life not knowing exactly what to do and how things worked and how things were suppose to go. But I had wonderful mentors. Now, did I listen to sound advice all the time? No. I hate that, because I really should have. 

I have done things I'm not proud of, I have done things I am extremely proud of and I haven't done things that I wish I would have. 

I've seen unpleasant things, pleasant things and things I can't unsee, to which I wish I could. I continue to see things I wish would not happen but I guess that goes along with this thing called LIFE. 

The thing is, we are all born into this world and set on a journey to find our purpose in life. Now, some find it early in life and some later in life. 

It is my prayer that everyone finds their purpose early because waiting too late will be a waste and you want have much time to complete your purpose. 

If you have the right person on your side you will go far with blessings on this journey. If you have the wrong person on your side, you will not get very far. So tread with caution and moat of all let God lead and guide you. All you have to do is pray, wait and listen.

Tracy

Keeper of the Home 

Amazon Prime Day

 

Do not forget Amazon Prime Day starts July 16th thru the 17th. Find all your Back To School and Off To College needs. Click on the link to get started saving things to your cart or list to get ready for the big days. There are some early specials also. Once there start your search in the Search Bar. 

Click here to find all the best deals

#sales #deals #discounts #coupons #savemoney #amazonfinds #amazonprime #amazondeals #Amazon

Check Out Today's New Video

 I have been on a journey for a long time of trying to find a way to make dear hubby jams and jellies with low to no sugar and by George I believe I found it. This is the easiest process ever and a beginner level. He has ate every jar I made and my momma and daddy love it also. Guess I gotta make more. This is a no cook freezer jam and so stinking easy. Click the video below if you want to see how. 

#freezer #freezerjam #jam #jellies #jelly #blueberries

Tracy

Keeper of the Home

Those Brautiful Summer Colors

 We are beginning to gather a few things from the garden. It is a little later this year coming in due to later in the year freezes and frosts. Last year I was canning and Preserving in June. 

We will get there though. How is your gardens doing? We got very much needed rain last night thanks to Hurrican Beryle. 

All the beautiful colors of Summer. There is nothing like seeing green tomatoes turn red and buds turn into vegetables. 

#preserving #grocery #homesteading #prepping #gardening #garden #vegetables

We are in the hottest parts of the summer. Please practice safety and stay cool. Stay hydrated.  Work early in the mornings or late in the evenings when the sun is not as strong. Know your limits. Take frequent breaks and sit under the shade. If you are starting to feel dizzy, light headed or nauseous,  you have gone past your limit and gotten too hot. Please be careful out there. 

Happy Gardening 

Tracy 

Keeper of the Home

Teaching Homemaking Skills

 I love teaching homemaking skills. I will teach to anyone who wants to learn. 

I had the pleasure of teaching our sons to cook and clean so they would know how to do things for themselves when they moved out and on their own in the world. I did not want them to be handicapped and not know how to do some things. Those things have come in handy because they help their wives in their own homes and work as a team. They even know how to sew on a button. 

Now, a second generation later, I am getting to teach little Homemakers. 

They have been helping me cook and clean since they could walk. 

Now I get to add teaching sewing skills to their list. 

I have taught them how to sew stitches, sew on buttons and now cutting out patterns, pin them to fabric and then cut out their material. 

I let them help me guide the fabric under the sewing machine and get the feel of a machines noise and motion. I finished the harder parts they are not ready for yet.  We will get to those steps later. 

They were so proud of themselves. And they wore them to bed that night. 

All children can learn simple life skills starting in the toddler years. If we do not teach them these skills they will not be able to function properly later in life when they leave home. 

Let's get back to being those Titus 2 women in the Bible. The next generations depend on it. 

#homemaking #lifeskills #sewing 

Tracy

Keeper of the Home

More Summer Fun

 We are enjoying our summer fun here at 4D Farms. 

There has been swimming 

Eating Ice Cream 

Riding 

Bird Watching 

Blue berry picking 

More tea parties

Taking care of cows

Taking care of the garden

And church

We are trying to squeeze in as much time as we can before school starts back in our area next month. 

Tracy

Keeper of the Home

INFLATION!!!!! Prices Are Outrageous

 With todays prices as high as they are, we try to find as many ways to save money as possible. One way we do this is shopping the sales and buy multiple quantities or pounds of something. Chicken is no exception. We watch for sales at our favorite grocery store and we go shopping. We will buy multiple packages and bring it home and repackage it into meal portions, place into vacuum seal bags and vacuum seal them with out FoodSaver Vacuum Sealer. This saves us tons of money every year and we are able to stock our freezer. 

Another way to save even more is to buy whole chickens when they go on sale. We saved even more by doing this because, we are cutting out the middle man for labor of processing, plastics for packaging and time. We did this same process, we brought them home, cut them up into sections, portioned them into meal portions, placed in vacuum seal bags, and vacuum sealed. Our freezer was full again. 

If you do not know how to cut up and process a whole chicken from the grocery store, dear hubby has an awesome video showing you how to do this process. He explains it so well. He takes you through the whole process from start to finish. He also includes a price break down per pound. 

Check out his video below. Just click on the picture. 

#savemoney #grocery #savings #deals #sales #frugal #groceryshopping #moneysavingtips #homemaking #homesteading #lifeskills #prepping #preserving

Tracy

Keeper of the Home

Let Freedom Ring

 Today we take the time to reflect on and remember all those brave men and women who fought for the freedoms we have in this great country today. 

God Bless the USA.  🇺🇸🇺🇸