The expenses of working at paid employment
Posted by Sandra in Expenses, Family on 05. Apr, 2011 | 0 Comments
As followers of Your Money or Your Life, Chris and I have always done a good job of evaluating the cost of our paid employment. We factor in clothes, fuel, travel time and snacks and eating out.
Since I’ve been working as a contract bookeeper, I’ve also been keeping my eye on these expenses, especially as … Read More →
The kids have branched out on their own…
Posted by Sandra in Family, Farming on 29. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
Over the last few days Katie, Stephen and Helen have been working on desigining and developing their own blog, with Chris’ help. Chris asked for one of them to volunteer to be the administrator and Helen was eager to step up. So she and Chris are primarily responsible for the look of the whole thing. … Read More →
So busy these days…
Posted by Sandra in Community, Family on 20. Feb, 2011 | 4 Comments
It seems we haven’t been progressing very fast on the house. We’ve been trying to get our webstore up and running and all sorts of other things are happening, too. We’ve been skiing a lot, in an effort to get our family in good shape this winter. I’ve picked up a few new clients, one … Read More →
Ski Training
Posted by Sandra in Earthship, Family on 15. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
When we decided to try homeschooling the kids this year, one benefit to that decision was our ability to make really good use of our season’s passes at Sun Peaks.
We wanted to push ourselves and the kids on the trails and to see some health benefits to pushing hard. Since really committing to this in … Read More →
Christmas preparations
Posted by Sandra in Community, Family on 12. Dec, 2010 | 0 Comments
We finally knuckled down and spent a whole day cleaning the Nutshell. It wasn’t pretty. And, true to form, I’ve been nagging about picking things up and wiping counters and keeping abreast of laundry. As I look around now I see that the edges are blurring again and I will have to spend a bit … Read More →
Craft Fairs
Posted by Sandra in Community, Crafts, Family on 27. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
For the last few weeks, Katie, Stephen and Helen have been busy making crafts to sell before the holiday season. Motivated by money to spend on Christmas, they have been learning all sorts of things about finances.
The girls have created partnerships with their friends Christine and Grace Kempter. Katie and Christine have been making holiday … Read More →
