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My second find online and a deal so far is an self inflatable camping/hiking pillow. It compresses and rolls up to about the size of a large cantaloupe. Those super duper OMG where did they grow those sizes. I found it on AliExpress for $6.35 and with shipping it came out to $7.90. The order was placed on August…
So occasionally I get these ideas (Ok..it’s often I get these ideas) to see how I acquire a nice product, but save some cash while doing so. Take this for example. I’ve been thinking about getting a pack-able down sleeping bag that would work in cool weather (30-50F). The problem is I’m not so sure I’d like to spend…
Growing up in the 1960’s through the 1980’s weekends and summers were spent at the lake. Nothing fancy like what we see today, but it was a cabin built by my dad and it was perfect. From what I remember it was a design and floor plan that they saw in a magazine for Jim Walter Homes. The plans…
I’m stepping out here a little bit and venturing into the art of cooking in a hay box. What is a hay box? Think “slow cooker – unplugged”. Researching the concept of slow fire-less cooking I found that the idea is not new. I’ve been able to find newspaper articles and research papers mention using a fire-less cooker as…
I love to research old cookbooks even though I rarely cook during the week. On weekends I may try my hand at recreating old recipes just to see what our ancestors may have been eating. It’s fun to experiment, but sometimes things don’t go as planned, or the actual measurements have to be guessed. It’s kind of like my…
