Frugality has always been in my life. I spent my summers as a child with my grandma in a very very small town about 150 miles away from where I lived the rest of the year. My grandpa is/was a farmer, had cows, and a diesel mechanic. My grandma was a farmer’s wife. I learned how to garden, sew, cook, move pipe, change oil, and learned how to drive on a tractor. At home during the school year none of these tasks were put to use. We lived in a suburb of a city with nearly 50,000 people, we didn’t have a garden, we had a dishwasher, etc. So at the end of the school year I was ecstatic to get to go my grandma’s house! I loved being there; I loved the fruits of my labor there. I felt as though I had a purpose. Fast forward to 5 years ago. I graduated high school, moved to Phoenix, got into a heap of money issues, wanted everything in sight, forgot everything my grandma ever taught me and then I moved back to Idaho. About a year and a half later I came to the realization that something had to...
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Love that picture! Antique cars have always been something that I have enjoyed looking at
ReplyDeleteThanks Brenda, this is actually a car my father built from scratch when I was a child. Great memories.
ReplyDeleteBrandi, Thanks for following me! I love your blog, you give me a LOT to think about! And your pics are great! Now I am your newest follower! Robbin
ReplyDeleteI love old things - they have such a mystery to them. I have an old box of photos and things my mom gave me and I'm loving searching through it all.
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