What do you do when a good friend calls and says, can I drop by? If you have the space, you make t. So excited that Toolman Tim was driving by my house today. We took an hour to catch up, then recorded my podcast. It was a topic that he was well-versed in. I hope you enjoy it!
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Monday, 3pm - Episode 796: What It Takes To Build Community - Or Anything
Tuesday, 12:30 pm - Don't miss the Tuesday Live with Andrew from Combat Training Art and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment.
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Thursday, 7pm - SRF Live! Come hear about the food, the fun, and the features!
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Friday, 10:30am - Homestead Happenings
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Main topic of the Show: What It Takes To Build Community - or anything
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Lamb husbandry, new life, getting ready for fall, fire ants!
Featured Event: Sunday Speaking Gig at the Spencer MAG - and a message to you!
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Today we will discuss how I built a rental business while at a relatively low-paying job. I will also talk about some things I have learned about rentals along the way. We will also cover our usual Monday segments.
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Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report From Joe
I gassed up on Friday, and spent the usual $3.899 per gallon of untainted regular at Weigels.
Traffic was moderate, and the weather was nice.
All of the drink coolers are working at Dollar Tree, and they are well-stocked. The health aisle looks pretty full too, with a good supply of generic OTC meds.
A 2x4x8 remains at $3.68 in Home Depot. I'm not sure I saw any AA or AAA Lithium batteries, but they have plenty of alkaline, and they do have Lithium coin cells and CR123s. The store was normal-busy.
Aldi was last. We found what we wanted. They even had a little bit of 70% chocolate in stock again. Staple prices were: milk: $2.82, eggs: $1.03, heavy cream: $4.69, butter: $3.19, OJ: $3.19, bacon: $3.99, potatoes: $5.99, sugar: $3.09, flour: $2.19.
Frugality Tip from Janet - who just started a sewing podcast
This one can help keep things tidier in your bathroom too!
I save little slivers of soap in a jar in the bathroom. When I make a batch of homemade liquid hand soap with a bar of grated soap and a gallon of water, I add all the little slivers to the batch and use them up that way.
Operation Independence
Three sheep were born, Lamb Chop and Two Unnamed Girls!
Main topic of the Show: How I Built a Rental Business with a $25,000/Year Job
It was the early 2,000s and I was living in an apartment with a roommate. I was in my late 20s and had rarely lived without roommates - that was how I made money work.
Background:
Learning the Trade: Befriended someone who managed several rentals and helped with property management.
Mentorship and My First Home
It was 2006 and the mortgage market was playing free and loose with loans – New state, Tennessee. I found myself becoming a landlord across the country.
Established a long term goal: ongoing revenue in old age, 10 units
Today, we rarely have issues and use time between tenancy to implement maintenance. The approach is that it is better to be empty a bit longer than to have a bad renter experience. There is still improvements to do on each property and we update things as extra budget happens.
Speaking of finances: for 20 years, most money from the rentals goes back into the rentals, which are nicer than my personal home. By choice. To build this long term into ongoing revenue for when it is harder for me to work.
Today I have 4 and if you think about it, by having Tactical in my guest house, I STILL live with a roommate. In my 50s. Because that is one of the BEST ways to quickly improve your financial situation quickly and leverage the money toward rental property acquisition.
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Leaves are starting to turn on the trees that turn the earliest. It is the time to pay attention to cherry leaf drop. Indeed, fall is not here, but the weather has turned a corner in Tennessee to cooler nights and mornings. AC is off more than on. Fresh air in the house makes everything fee better. Animals are friskier and garden plants are doing a last push.
Strategically, we are reducing time needed on the homestead to care for things so that one person can more easily manage it.
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Today we talk about choosing freedom, finding the right kind of community, keeping up with life, and setting yourself up to live in a way that is healthy for you with Tag from Life Done Free and John Willis from Special Operations Equipment.
Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com VIP Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/
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Today, we have a hybrid Monday show with an interview with Brian from The Lots Project, Along with our usual Monday Segments!
Featured Event: The Back to the Land Festival, Sept 22-24
Sponsor 1: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx, Coupon LFTN
Sponsor 2: Discount Mylar Bags https://bit.ly/43r4dkx
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe
We took our usual trip on Saturday. Traffic was a lot heavier than it has been. People's generally pleasant moods were no different, there were just a lot more of them on the road.
Dollar Tree was first. There have been no significant changes. The one cooler still hasn't been fixed, but the others have plenty of stock in them. I didn't see any holes in aisles.
Home Depot was next. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.68. We were able to get two big bags of the detergent Sonia likes; each is good for 132 loads, so with what we still have we're covered for laundry for probably a year.
Aldi was last. New pallets of flour and sugar were put out not long ago. We found everything else we wanted, although I had to get the 85% cacao chocolate. Staple prices are:
eggs: $1.02 ; milk: $2.78 ; heavy cream: $4.69; OJ: $3.19; butter: $3.19; bacon: $3.99; flour: $2.19; sugar: $3.09; potatoes: $6.29.
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.
Frugality Tip from Janet
Parmesan cheese rinds get added to the soup pot for flavoring.
Operation Independence
Focus is on SRF Tickets and Repairs to the Duplex in Nashville to keep finances moving in a positive direction!
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Brian from The Lots Project travels in an rv with his wife and two LARGE dogs. They started their journey seeking a new piece of land and through keeping an open mind and focusing on the characteristics of the life they want have transitioned into the nomad lifestyle. By going minimalist, Brian and Cory have saved enough money to purchase a piece of land and are beginning to build a new dream.
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Today we talk about Managing the homestead while down one person, new infrastructure for the animals, impending birth and more!
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Today we talk about the Berkey Lawsuit with the EPA, Artificial Intelligence, storing medications past their expiration date, chicken water, plants, homestead data management, Self Reliance Festival and business with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
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Winter is coming even though it is not fall. T is stressed out right now. Time to audit infrastructure, water, firewood, feed hay for the sheep and goats, wood chips and more.
Featured event October 16 Chicken Processing: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/poultry-processing-october-16/
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Today Nicole Sauce and John Willis welcome Joel Ryals to talk about building on your passion, the rumors of coming shut downs, and more.
Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com
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Over the weekend, I got y'alls attention with a post about bookkeeping software. And I FIRED QuickBooks Online. Based on your response, I think it is time to have a discussion about the struggles of a creative addressing things in business that are outside our areas of talent and priority. I will share the things I must make myself do and how I handle it. Just because I am not inclined toward a thing does not mean I should ignore it.
Featured Event: Back to the Land Festival: Backtothelandfestival.com
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🎙️ Tuesday at 12:30 pm - Don't miss the Tuesday Live with Bobby Spags and John Willis. You can also stream it on Odysee, here: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b
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🎙️ Thursday at 7:30 pm - SRF Live with Toolman Tim! The master of kicking the poverty mindset to the curb will join me. Be sure to tune in for a great show!
You can catch the show:
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🎙️ Friday at 10:30 am - Tune in to the Homestead Happenings Show for all things homesteading. You can also stream it on Odysee, here: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report: 8/26/2023
Dollar Tree: One drink cooler is still out of order, but the others are mostly full. There isn't much Venom left, so I hope they get more, although they do have the brewed tea now. Other stock looks good too, and the store was busy enough that a second line was opened.
Although we skipped Home Depot, I checked online for the price of a 2x4x8, and it remains at $3.68.
Aldi was last. We found most of what we wanted except cherries and dark chocolate; they had other varieties which I skipped. They did have heavy cream back in stock. Staple prices were: milk: $2.78; eggs: $1.06; heavy cream: $4.69; OJ: $3.19; butter: $3.19; bacon: $3.99; sugar: $3.09, and flour: $2.19. I may need to add potatoes; Sonia said this is the first time they were over $6, and they had been under $5 or even under $4.
Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899 / gallon. A side effect of having a rental car while ours was in the shop is that I got to discover that the usual corrupted stuff (with ethanol) is $3.399 / gallon.
Frugality Tip from Janet
Save 8-1/2 x 11” sheets of paper (printer mis-prints, etc.) and when you have a large stack of paper, take it to a copy shop and have them turn it into small notepads for you.
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Creatives' Struggles in Business
I struck a chord over the weekend with a post about Quickbooks Online and bookkeeping: I fired QBO. I got more engagement on that post than most over the past few months. People reached out with advice and suggestions. People also reached out saying the want to follow my progress because they have the same problem.
And what is the problem? I am a creative. I think big picture first, then details. If I was going to be screened, I would probably be diagnosed with ADHD and my chosen lifestyle aplifies those characteristics. In fact, they REALLY wanted to diagnose me in the third grade and Mom would not let them. Thank you MAMA SAUCE.
Creative Challenges in Business
Characteristics of creatives:
That being said, I know the power of having things tied up, prepared well in advance, finished and tracked from a feedback standpoint. The beauty of being in business is that the money stops when you are not meeting the needs of your customers and that is a pretty instant feedback.
Addressing Creative Challenges in Business
Summary:
So my creative listeners - what do you do to handle your creative challenges in business?
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AC is my friend this week. We finally had a set of days above 100 and Autofab reminded me that this happens every year between mid August and Mid September.
Winter is coming.
Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/
FUNDRISER: https://www.kalebhouse.org/
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Today, we will talk about the content creating homesteaders that are kicking butt and taking names, and what that feels like.
Featured Event: August 24 at 6pm: Spokane Washington Meetup: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/spokane-washington-meetup-2/
Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx
Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe
Our main shopping trip was Sunday rather than Saturday, as on Saturday one of the trips included a gun show at the Knoxville Expo Center. There, I found a few items, including a tourniquet, some small freedom seeds, and a garden implement for planting them.
Dollar Tree was a usual stop. The cooler containing the Venom I prefer is still down, so my drink was room temperature; oh well. Stock levels in the other coolers are still mostly good, with all at least half full, and some full. There were a lot of drinks on the shelves as well.
Home Depot had at least two visits. The price of a 2x4x8 has taken a pretty big jump, back up to $3.68.
As usual we got our groceries at Aldi. They do not have any of the 70% chocolate I prefer, nor the 85% alternative. Staple prices were:
Eggs: $1.06; whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $4.69; butter: $3.19; bacon (1 lb. low sodium): $3.99; OJ: $3.19; sugar: $3.69; flour: $2.19.
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.
Frugality Tip: Send yours in
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Failing Homesteaders From The Internet
The world of content creation has been rapidly growing in the homesteader and hobby farm sectors. You notice that?
Over the past few weeks, I noticed something interesting about fellow homesteaders on the Internet who are kicking butt. Most of the don’t realize it.
You see, there is this constant feeling that things are undone on a homestead and that is amplified when you are also working a job, or doing content creation which is like a whole other job.
That said, there are lots of homesteaders who are just plain showing the world that they are kicking ass. But when you get to know them, they are worried about the same things.
Then there are the homesteaders who are making great films but not actually doing the work. We’ve seen a few scandals in that regard of “Off Grid” folks living in the city but filing on their off grid locations.
So why am I bringing this up? It is because someone embarrassed me the other day. They said nice things about my homestead and what we are able together done here, while also making this podcast and shooting some video. All I could think of what hose cluttered my living room is right now, how behind I am on the remodel, and how crappy the quality of my videos is. I aspire to make these cool tutorials, then end up just shooting something as fast as I can and getting it out there so that SOMETHING is done.
Then I spoke with another friend who is newer to homesteading who was feeling like he hadn’t reached his stride yet because after a year, he had only done the following things <Insert an impressive list of stuff here>. He could not see how much he HAD DONE.
I started reaching out to other content creators who I know who seem to be doing awesome things and started hearing similar perspectives. They see what other homesteaders are doing, race to take care of everything while creating content that they feel is not good enough, constantly behind, etc.
<CHEESE STORY>
Guys, what gives? What if we are the problem? What if we are undermining ourselves with these perspectives?
* You are the story you tell yourself, so make it a good one
* Maybe people like to see real content that may to be top quality editing
* Let’s face it, You don’t make much money as a content creator - Youtube is definitely NOT paying the bills so we all have to get creative on that front
* Every time we waste a thought on feeling inadequate, we miss an opportunity to show someone how to do something they did not now how to do. Homesteading is a never-ending learning experience, you know more than you think you know
* Most homesteaders are in fact bad asses. Bas asses who will jump in to save a hurt chicken or lamb. Bad asses who will hand pick cabbage worms off their plants to avoid insecticide. Bad asses who have figured out how to look at a pile of produce from the garden and pit it together into a tasty meal. Bad asses who can make 14000 egg dished because there is always a time when you have too mane. Bad asses who have had to look at remorse and feel the guilt when an animal in your care died because of you either not knowing what to do, or accidentally creating a situation that was unsafe for the animal, or it just died and you somehow think it is your fault.
* We are fearless.
* We are not afraid to start something we know nothing about
* We are relentless and don’t give up
* We jump into things that other folks would never do and are more resilient because of it
But most of all, we have something most of the world does not: a true connection to nature, the cycles of life, and to God - however you define God. We are living in a way that is more grounded in the world and nature than most in modern society and because of this, we feel humble.
And I think this is why, when folks say something nice about what we do, we stammer, look around guiltily, and feel like they should be talking to someone else.
But what will change if we instead do this - say Thank you! I’ve worked hard to get where I am and often feel like I have not done enough and it is really nice to hear someone say that to me.
And what if we start telling each other more proactively when we see some homesteading kickassery?
What would that feel like? How could that change our worlds?
Just food for thought as we go into this hot week in August.
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Today, we will talk about the content creating homesteaders that are kicking butt and taking names, and what that feels like.
Featured Event: August 24 at 6pm: Spokane Washington Meetup: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/spokane-washington-meetup-2/
Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx
Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe
Our main shopping trip was Sunday rather than Saturday, as on Saturday one of the trips included a gun show at the Knoxville Expo Center. There, I found a few items, including a tourniquet, some small freedom seeds, and a garden implement for planting them.
Dollar Tree was a usual stop. The cooler containing the Venom I prefer is still down, so my drink was room temperature; oh well. Stock levels in the other coolers are still mostly good, with all at least half full, and some full. There were a lot of drinks on the shelves as well.
Home Depot had at least two visits. The price of a 2x4x8 has taken a pretty big jump, back up to $3.68.
As usual we got our groceries at Aldi. They do not have any of the 70% chocolate I prefer, nor the 85% alternative. Staple prices were:
Eggs: $1.06; whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $4.69; butter: $3.19; bacon (1 lb. low sodium): $3.99; OJ: $3.19; sugar: $3.69; flour: $2.19.
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.
Frugality Tip: Send yours in
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Failing Homesteaders From The Internet
The world of content creation has been rapidly growing in the homesteader and hobby farm sectors. You notice that?
Over the past few weeks, I noticed something interesting about fellow homesteaders on the Internet who are kicking butt. Most of the don’t realize it.
You see, there is this constant feeling that things are undone on a homestead and that is amplified when you are also working a job, or doing content creation which is like a whole other job.
That said, there are lots of homesteaders who are just plain showing the world that they are kicking ass. But when you get to know them, they are worried about the same things.
Then there are the homesteaders who are making great films but not actually doing the work. We’ve seen a few scandals in that regard of “Off Grid” folks living in the city but filing on their off grid locations.
So why am I bringing this up? It is because someone embarrassed me the other day. They said nice things about my homestead and what we are able together done here, while also making this podcast and shooting some video. All I could think of what hose cluttered my living room is right now, how behind I am on the remodel, and how crappy the quality of my videos is. I aspire to make these cool tutorials, then end up just shooting something as fast as I can and getting it out there so that SOMETHING is done.
Then I spoke with another friend who is newer to homesteading who was feeling like he hadn’t reached his stride yet because after a year, he had only done the following things <Insert an impressive list of stuff here>. He could not see how much he HAD DONE.
I started reaching out to other content creators who I know who seem to be doing awesome things and started hearing similar perspectives. They see what other homesteaders are doing, race to take care of everything while creating content that they feel is not good enough, constantly behind, etc.
<CHEESE STORY>
Guys, what gives? What if we are the problem? What if we are undermining ourselves with these perspectives?
* You are the story you tell yourself, so make it a good one
* Maybe people like to see real content that may to be top quality editing
* Let’s face it, You don’t make much money as a content creator - Youtube is definitely NOT paying the bills so we all have to get creative on that front
* Every time we waste a thought on feeling inadequate, we miss an opportunity to show someone how to do something they did not now how to do. Homesteading is a never-ending learning experience, you know more than you think you know
* Most homesteaders are in fact bad asses. Bas asses who will jump in to save a hurt chicken or lamb. Bad asses who will hand pick cabbage worms off their plants to avoid insecticide. Bad asses who have figured out how to look at a pile of produce from the garden and pit it together into a tasty meal. Bad asses who can make 14000 egg dished because there is always a time when you have too mane. Bad asses who have had to look at remorse and feel the guilt when an animal in your care died because of you either not knowing what to do, or accidentally creating a situation that was unsafe for the animal, or it just died and you somehow think it is your fault.
* We are fearless.
* We are not afraid to start something we know nothing about
* We are relentless and don’t give up
* We jump into things that other folks would never do and are more resilient because of it
But most of all, we have something most of the world does not: a true connection to nature, the cycles of life, and to God - however you define God. We are living in a way that is more grounded in the world and nature than most in modern society and because of this, we feel humble.
And I think this is why, when folks say something nice about what we do, we stammer, look around guiltily, and feel like they should be talking to someone else.
But what will change if we instead do this - say Thank you! I’ve worked hard to get where I am and often feel like I have not done enough and it is really nice to hear someone say that to me.
And what if we start telling each other more proactively when we see some homesteading kickassery?
What would that feel like? How could that change our worlds?
Just food for thought as we go into this hot week in August.
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Today, we return to our interview show series with a chat with the Renegade Butcher. Josh joins us from his overly hot studio, in the heat of summer, in Texas to talk about what he has been working on, AI, Nostr, Butchering meat and more.
1 Million Download Celebration Reminder: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/08/14/one-million-downloads-celebration/
Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend, Last Call!
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Josh grew up in the midwest with an ever-growing passion for cooking and food in general. Making his way to Texas nearly a decade ago, he added craft butchery and charcuterie as well as Texas style barbecue to his list of culinary obsessions. Eventually starting his own series of small businesses in an effort to help ease the pressure on small processors caused by the events in 2020. Not only has he been working to teach small ranchers and homesteaders how to process their own livestock in person, he runs a video/audio podcast, has built an active online community and has launched a much anticipated line of seasoning blends based on his own personal recipes. His blends have been well received by his wild game customers, and his sausage products are in demand every fall with local hunters.
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Today we talk about the great duck reset of 2023, a new way to do green curry, community fun and more.
Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project: https://www.midwestpreparednessproject.com/
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Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa
Weather has been awesome - nice and cool relatively speaking.
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Today we take your questions on trombincino squash, songs, society, building your business, and more.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce
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What is the change you made coming up to this SRF that you think will make the biggest improvement?
ANOTHER QUESTION
Curious if either of you have a reaction (good, bad, or indifferent) to that song "Rich Men North of Richmond." I just heard it for the first time this morning.
From Lettie = What is one topic that has not been done at SRF that you would like to see?
John: Have you always been the kind of person who goes your own way without really caring what other people think?
John: If you could not sew anymore, what would you do?
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It’s time to celebrate! We have had our first million downloads at LFTN. Today we reflect on how we got here and how we want to celebrate!
Featured Event: Oct 28 & 29, Kentucky Sustainable Living Festival
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🎙️ Tuesday at 12:30 pm - Don't miss the Tuesday Live with Skypirate. Due to the nature of Skypirate’s job, this may get rescheduled. He does important things and they can be unpredictable. This week, we are only streaming to LFTN and SRF on YT due to SOE having gotten a STRIKE! You can also see this stream on Odysee, here: YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
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🎙️Interview shows are BACK! I am interviewing Josh the Renegade Butcher this Wednesday at 4pm.
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🎙️Backwoods Butcher and Renegade Butcher are going HEAD TO HEAD! Join us for an SRF live as we talk about their coming contest!
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🎙️ Friday at 10:30 am - Tune in to the Homestead Happenings Show for all things homesteading.
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report. 8/7/23
Our first trip on Saturday started with Dollar Tree as usual. The cooler with the Venom I like has been dead long enough that the drinks there are now room temperature. Oh well, I'm not interested in Coke or Pepsi products for caffeine.
Next we went to Hobby Lobby so Sonia could pick up some art supplies. We had not been there in a while, but I didn't notice any significant changes. The parking lot was mostly full as usual, and Sonia found what she wanted.
We skipped Home Depot today (I figured I'd check online for the 2x4x8 price), so the next and last stop was Aldi. The pad I was keeping in the car to record prices is still in the car; we've got a rental due to the car dying. I looked at the same things, and don't recall any significant changes. I'll grab another pad for next week.
Back home, we realized we forgot the fruit. We also discovered that some ladder supports we had ordered were eunuchs (both missing their nuts), and Sonia also decided she wanted some more of a particular product she bought at Hobby Lobby. Hobby Lobby isn't open on Sunday, so we took our second trip today. Hobby Lobby was just as busy, and Sonia got what she wanted.
The second stop of the weekend at Home Depot also allowed me to check the price of a 2x4x8. It is back up to $3.25 after being just $2.98 last week. That's still lower than it has been; they're probably still adjusting.
Aldi had the cherries, bananas, and cantaloupe we had forgotten.
A gallon of untainted regular remains at $3.899, but I suspect it is wishful thinking to believe it will stay there.
Frugality Tip
None submitted this week
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: One Million Downloads
I never even gave a thought to having a million downloads when I first started Living Free in Tennessee, especially with only 14 downloads of my second episode. Yet we passed that number a little while ago.
So the question came up, how do we celebrate?
1,000,000 Downloads Give Away:
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We started as a creative outlet, became a show, transitioned into a community of doers.
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Best baked wings recipe, funny new "found" livestock and more.
Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Festival
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Today we talk about public policy in the US, what motivates police from an arresting and ticketing standpoint, why girls should do gun training, and more with Dana McLendon and John Willis.
Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/
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Today we talk about real estate, AI, community gardens and more with Davian McKnight and John Willis.
Featured Event: Wednesday, August 9 - Meetup in Medford, Oregon at 6 pm. RSVP Online to let me know you will be there. We will meet at 6pm at Bricktown Brewery!
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Today, we talk about surprise baby rabbits, baby ducks in training, garden abundance, food preservation, ruining cheese, and more.
Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend, Last Chance: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/
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Today we talk about content creation, tools, new ideas, and building your business with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
Featured event: SelfRelianceFestival.com
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Today, I share the benefits of having completed #75Hard, as well as talk about what life has been like AFTERWARD. We also will have our usual Monday segments on pantry management, the shopping report, a frugality tip, and operation independence.
Featured Event: Earlybird Pricing is Expiring for the Self Reliance Festival. Grab your tickets now.
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Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report, 7/25/23
I can't find the page where I wrote down prices, in any pocket. Fortunately, I don't think anything in Aldi changed.
Our first stop was the recycle center.
We skipped Dollar Tree this week, since I had bought an extra energy drink for my trip, and we didn't need anything else there.
I ran into Home Depot to check the price of a 2x4x8, and it has indeed dropped quite a bit, to $2.98. It has been months if not years since they were under $3.00.
Aldi was last. Looking at last week's staple prices, I don't think anything changed. I did notice definite gaps in the meat coolers. I won't decide anything about that until this weekend though, since we don't normally shop on Tuesdays and this could be when they might have a lull. They also had none of the 70% chocolate I like, but the price tag at its spot had not changed, so I'll just look again this weekend.
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.
Frugality Tip
Hey all. Today's frugality tip is a gardening hack. What I use to tie my plants to stakes and trellis is t-shirt yarn. It moves with the plants and prevents you from tying too tight and ruining your plant babies.
Take an old Tshirt, lay it flat, and cut strips. I cut off any bottom folded over seam on the shirt and discard. Then cut all the way across the shirt. Take that strip and cut into pieces 3-4" inches long. Then pull those pieces in both directions and they will spring into stretchy "yarn" like ties.
Double hack, cut a couple of strips off the bottom, then cut the sleeves and neck line off (can use the sleeves to make ties as well) then sew across the bottom of the shirt and you have a stretchy bag you can use for harvesting your veggies, or shopping.
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Life After #75Hard
What are you going to do to keep your gains after #75hard? What’s next? How is it going now that you are not on #75hard?
All these questions have been pouring in since I finished my 75Hard challenge and I have stayed pretty quiet about it because I just wasn’t sure. I can tell you that my final ten days were the hardest. My body was struggling with the exercise and I had to push through. My morning motivation was crap. I was doing that thing I do when I have done “most” of a thing and do not feel like finishing.
Which brings me to the lessons learned part of this.
Lesson one: finish
Lesson two: decide
Lesson three: plan
Lesson four: prioritize yourself – and just prioritize the important
Lesson five: no
Lesson six: early starts
Lesson seven: You are the story you tell yourself - i finally dropped below my “stuck weight”
Lesson eight: making old age easier & knowing what you can do
Lesson nine: physical health improves mental health
Lesson ten: our food system is jacked up
So really. What does life look like after #75hard
John willis asked me that and I said I am basically still doing it, just not the water part. He was surprised that was the thing that wrinkles. The delio is sometimes I do not need a gallon, sometimes I need less, sometimes more. Listening to my body seems more important.
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Today we talk about proper tire selection, the oven turning on, getting ready for fall, and the race to make salsa.
Event: Chicken Processing with Joel Salatin
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Homesteader Alliance and Freedom Cell Meetup Aug 5 at 4:30 in the Holler
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Today, I am joined by John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Toolman Tik Cook to talk about building your empire, using social media and YouTube to grow your audience, and more.
Event: Advanced Wound Care with Chuck Peoples
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