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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Introduction of Frugal Organic Life
Hi, my name is Chapin. My husband and I live out in the country in Washington State with our four children, 9 years and under. We have an Urban backyard farm. We have 20 chickens, 3 dogs and 4 farm cats. We have a fabulous garden that we live off year round. About three years ago we were living the crazy life of working way too much and not enjoying life. I was working 10-12 hour days, dropping the kids off with daycare and after school care. My husband and I were commuting at least 45 minutes to work every day. Our children were suffering due to our life being so busy. At this time we had three kids in kindergarten and one in First grade. You know at the given time I thought everything was great until we all cracked, we could not keep up with everything, we were ordering pizza, having take out due to this life style. I decided to quite my job and become a full time stay at home "homesteader". At this time our life was so busy that there was no "Food from Scratch" at my house being made and due to this my son had many food allergies. We went cold turkey so to speak. We now have fresh eggs daily, make our own bread, yogurt, granola, weekly quiches for breakfast, make our own laundry detergent, cleaning supplies and much more, my son has since put all the weight back on and is a very happy healthy 7 year old! I loving canning and gardening and well teaching what I have learned. Frugal living to many may be the "In" thing to do but for my family it is reality and I would not change it for anything else.
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