Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Feb 6, 2012, 5:26 am
Had another one of those "little voice" experiences, well, maybe less of a voice and more of an intelligent prickle... a couple of days ago I was going to my friend's house, my neighborhood has nothing but unpaved, aka dirt roads that go up and down, in and out, there are no traffic signs (stop, yie...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Feb 6, 2012, 4:43 am
mi·nor adjective, noun 1. lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share. 2. not serious, important, etc.: a minor wound; a minor role. 3. having low rank, status, position, etc.: a minor official. 4. under the leg...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Feb 5, 2012, 5:09 am
... on a lower back molar. Unfortunately the dentist we went to had ... deal with it. He unceremoniously scraped the tartar from my teeth, filled ... with hope, I sat there with the dozens of other stylists soaking ... here and continue with a part 2 in a few days... I ... physical health. ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Feb 5, 2012, 2:50 am
I admit it, I needed to go on a diet, when I hit 301, I just couldn't add any more... ...blogs to follow. What, did you think I was talking about something else??? hehehe It seems that the magic number to hit the maximum blogs to follow is 300, or perhaps it's 301, in any case, it was hi...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Jan 29, 2012, 4:46 pm
PB was inspired by a friend's video (a friend and PB's brother), he liked the camera setup on the hood of the vehicle, so PB decided to DIY his video mount on the bug, he documented his ride to church. All written text from this blog are copyrighted and owned by Wretha unless otherwise stated. All ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Jan 15, 2012, 11:45 pm
Now that the holidays are over (that means Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year), life is going back to normal, well as normal as they can be for me. I was finally able to crochet a scarf for myself, I made 6 of them to give out as gifts, that's not counting the all the false starts and starting ove...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Jan 6, 2012, 2:09 am
It's funny, for some people they absolutely have to understand something before they will accept it, fortunately that isn't the case for me, that's not to say I don't have a curiosity about how things work, I do, but I have enough faith to accept that which I do not understand. One of th...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Jan 2, 2012, 1:23 am
Had an interesting experience last Thursday,  I am a driver for a visually impaired friend, we went to a health food store in town, there were very few people in there, my friend had everything she needed and was about to check out, there was someone ahead of her so it was going to be a few minutes...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Dec 27, 2011, 11:55 pm
Been dreaming a lot of dreams lately, I generally dream a lot but I don't often remember them, or they fade away quickly upon awakening. I rarely dream things that mean anything, but when I do, they really stick with me. The latest dream I had that woke me up a few mornings ago, first let...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 24, 2011, 12:57 pm
All written text from this blog are copyrighted and owned by Wretha unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved, You may download or copy for your own personal enjoyment, but please do not distribute without written permission. You may post a portion of this (or any) message from this blog on anoth...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 23, 2011, 10:56 am
I can't believe I almost missed our 4 year anniversary (living off grid), it was yesterday and I didn't think about it until late last night, oh well, I have excuses, really I do: Our life, living off grid, we don't pay attention to dates and times, honestly, I have to use email and Google calendar ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 20, 2011, 3:32 pm
Today is a light day, in a couple of ways, the only place I have to go is to church class (Francis Chan, Crazy Love), I need to study the chapter we are in, the other way things are light is we finally have some SUNSHINE, it's been 2 weeks since I had more than one blink on my charge controller, as ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 20, 2011, 3:46 am
Part of being more self sufficient is being able to take care of minor medical issues yourself. It can become rather expensive to run to the doctor or hospital (or clinic) for every little sniffle or scratch. Like so many people, health insurance just isn’t an option, so I try to live in a hea...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Dec 14, 2011, 5:05 pm
Christmas is nearly here, things are going very well for us. I'm still experiencing the paranormal, the main thing I'm seeing right now is sparkly lights, I see them regularly, the way I test to know if it's something going on in my eyes (floaters and such), when I see one of these sparkly lights, I...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 14, 2011, 4:24 pm
It's nearly Christmas and life is good. I've been busier than ever, working and volunteering.  I work for a company as a caretaker for a friend of mine, I go to her house 3 times a week and do things like light housework, cooking and running errands. The volunteering comes in when I drive her t...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 4, 2011, 10:43 pm
Just had to post a quickie, it's snowing, can't tell how much yet, too dark, but there is enough that it is blanketing everything and it's sticking. :) All written text from this blog are copyrighted and owned by Wretha unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved, You may download or copy for your ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 4, 2011, 8:17 pm
Grabbed some pix of the new (old) bug, as a good friend of mine likes to say, it's not as bad as it looks (LOL)... actually our current bug looked about like that when we first got it, PB says it's in better shape than our original one was... PB putting on good tires...Some rust, but not bad...His n...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 29, 2011, 5:20 pm
Still working on the water pump, we use a Shurflo 12 volt water pump, a couple of winters ago, the plastic part of the pump head cracked, presumably caused by a super cold overnight temperature drop, we purchased just that part of the pump and was going to install it when PB decided the cracked head...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 28, 2011, 3:18 pm
Every now and again I think you need to be reminded of where you came from, I got one of those this afternoon. Because of circumstances beyond my control (you'll have to ask PB about that LOL), I had no water coming out of my faucets, we had water, it was just below the level that the pump hose can ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 28, 2011, 5:44 pm
I am amazed at the items and deals I run across from time to time, yesterday I was in town, on the way home, my friend and I stopped at a local thrift shop to drop off some clothes, we drove to the back of the building and I spotted something that had a wringer attachment on the top, other than that...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 26, 2011, 12:56 pm
For anyone who had trouble with the video or just want to see more of this crocheted scarf, here are a few pictures, I have misplaced my camera so I had to make do with the web cam on my laptop, I even went outside on the second and third picture to get better light :) This is done with the m...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 23, 2011, 8:16 pm
OK, I decided to make a video of the scarf, sorry it's a bit dark, but it's the best I could do at the time. Enjoy Whew, could they have picked a worse spot to use as the beginning??? They do give options to choose from but believe it or not, this was the best of the 3. :p All written t...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 19, 2011, 11:36 pm
I've started crocheting again, I've had the itch for a while now but didn't have the time all summer, now that I do have the time, I'm crocheting a scarf for a friend who is having a birthday at the end of this month, she doesn't have a computer so I don't worry about her reading this. :) She surpri...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Oct 9, 2011, 9:01 pm
Here I am, still alive and kicking :) The summer has been really busy for me, had family out for an extended visit, now everything has slowed down to normal for me, I can start writing more. A little while back, I was contacted by a publisher to do a book review, I replied saying that I would be mor...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Sep 28, 2011, 6:53 pm
Lots of things to report, my shower is finished, well it's finished enough to take a shower in, be sure to click "read more" below to see the entire post... The end wall is closed in now, though I kinda liked the openness of it and the view, I wouldn't have liked it as much when the temps got...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Off Grid On The Cheap - Sep 25, 2011, 2:46 am
Just a picture I found online, I often wonder what Jesus was writing in the dirt...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Sep 19, 2011, 1:56 pm
Hi everyone, long time no post... I'm still here, just been busy with family, my dad and son came out for a visit at the beginning of the month, so I've been playing the host role and doing some tourist stuff... they are leaving tomorrow, so things (and posts) will return to their irregularly schedu...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Aug 29, 2011, 1:57 am
Homesteading, it’s a buzzword that means different things to different people, back in the day, it meant getting land for free as long as you lived on it and improved it for x number of years. It was a way to get people to move west (in the USA), back when travel was slow and painful, even dan...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Aug 21, 2011, 1:53 am
Things have been going on pretty normally, at least normal for me LOL, that is until a few days ago, things have been pretty quiet, then I began to see odd things, I am seeing "movement" in the air, usually looking like a bit of smoke or a disturbance in the air, it's usually almost directly where I...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Aug 7, 2011, 10:39 am
Things are starting to slow down a bit for me, sort of... now I am working on a book review, and it's well overdue, this book looks like it's going to be a good one. It's called The Ultimate Guide to Homesteading: An Encyclopedia of Independent Living (The Ultimate Guides), at first glance I can you...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Aug 6, 2011, 5:48 am
Have you ever heard the phrase "The Lord provides."? Well, I can tell you that He does, I had an extra paycheck show up this week, normally I have direct deposits, and I was paid on the 29th of July as normal, then a few days later I received a check in the mail from the company I work for, it was d...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Jul 14, 2011, 4:06 pm
Or maybe it's not so simple... If you could change one thing about your life (or yourself), what would be it and why? Leave your answer in the comments section. I'm very curious to see what will be written, I'll write my answer later, I have one but don't want to influence anyone's answer. :)...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Jul 5, 2011, 2:54 pm
I'm liking the look of the site, hope you do to. :) I found a great video made by LA Marzulli, he also has a blog, I first discovered him on Coast to Coast am, his take on UFO and paranormal phenomena is Biblical in nature, I'm starting to lean more toward his beliefs about these sorts of...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Jul 4, 2011, 9:39 am
One has nothing to do with the other, but I'm writing about them in the same post, so here goes, LOL! Yesterday after church, I went by a friend's house to buy some eggs, like many people who live in my neighborhood, they have far more laying chickens than they really need for just the 2 of th...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Jul 4, 2011, 4:36 am
Summer is in full swing, the garden is growing, the sky castle is growing, well sort of growing, it's being improved anyhow. PB has been working on the roof of the extra room on the end of the west deck. I like saying "west deck" because I hope to someday have other decks around the sky castle. It's...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Jun 20, 2011, 12:43 am
I know this is late in the day, but the day is still here, so I'll write HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to my Dad, who just happens to be the best Dad in the world! I love my Dad so much, and I am so fortunate to still have him and he is in good health, and at almost 83 years of age, he still driv...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Jun 18, 2011, 12:25 am
If you have been following this blog for any length of time, you are aware of my baby girl Pekoe, my long hair chihuahua. I have had her since she was weaned, she was always a good dog, quiet, never a barkey or nippy dog, well maybe she was a nippy dog, especially to strangers (we just kept her at a...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Jun 10, 2011, 11:44 pm
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Jun 8, 2011, 3:46 am
I'm working on some changes to this blog, it's time to freshen this little spot on the internet, I'm still playing, so be patient with me, I usually do this sort of thing late at night so I hope I don't interrupt too many of you, my wonderful readers! Life is goooood!
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Jun 7, 2011, 3:54 am
A  few weeks ago, during a weekly Christian class I attend, I was made aware that "casting lots" meant more than just gambling, I'm talking about what I would call a sort of divination, a way to get answers from God that was used in the past (Bible days). After my baptism, I didn't want ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Jun 6, 2011, 9:49 pm
Things are moving along quite nicely for me, I have been praying, studying and seeking about this prophesy thing, and you know what? It turns out I've been doing it all along, I just didn't have a name for it, I've gotten much more comfortable with it too, not complacent though, I have to be careful...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Jun 3, 2011, 2:47 pm
As you can imagine, I didn't get much sleep last night, though I was confident that if the fire began coming back, the firefighters would let us know, they stayed at my church all night watching the fire, you just don't fight fires in the brushy wilderness at night, God bless each and every one of t...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Jun 3, 2011, 2:08 am
We had the promise of some rain, some much needed rain, but instead all we got was a lot of lightening, thunder and fires... that was a couple of days ago, and fortunately our wonderful volunteer fire departments were able to put those fires out before they got too bad. Today I went into town ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - May 26, 2011, 1:20 pm
Hi everyone, you may have noticed a new sponsor on my page, the one at the upper left side, this goes an interesting site all about the different ways you can build or make a home, some are quite conventional, some are pretty far out there, but they are all great ideas, probably some you haven't eve...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - May 24, 2011, 3:47 am
Friday night, the 20th of May, I had a dream, I don't normally remember my dreams, not that I don't dream or I don't remember all of my dreams, they just usually aren't something that I think about much after I wake up. I know I dream and some leave impressions on me, but I don't usually "dream" abo...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - May 23, 2011, 12:52 am
I have been meaning to write more here, don't ya just hate it when a blogger keeps saying that? So here I am. My spiritual life has been growing and growing.  I am getting more and more comfortable with myself and my spirituality at the same time. I had a few adjustments to make after my baptism, t...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - May 2, 2011, 2:19 pm
There are people who have seemingly unlimited funds to purchase whatever goodies they want. This book is not written for them, though they could glean some great ideas. It's really written for the rest of us, those who have limited incomes but still want to go off grid and live comfortably. Dirt-Che...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Apr 19, 2011, 12:29 am
I started my garden, I am fully using the The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book methods, namely using a thick thick layer of hay for mulch, I purchased 4 bales of coastal hay, I didn't till my garden this year, I barely cleaned it up from last year's garden, I just knocked down the big stuff, I did rak...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Apr 16, 2011, 6:58 pm
The fires were scary, we are still getting smoked out from time to time, but the smoke is from backfires being purposely set to deprive the fire of fuel. This fire started last Saturday, today was the first time since that day that I have been able to go into town, I was able to see the local extent...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Apr 11, 2011, 1:30 pm
Just a quickie update, there has been a huge fire in the area where I live, but we are fine, the wind was both friend and foe, causing the fire to spread super fast, but blowing away from our neighborhood. The surrounding towns were badly affected by the fire. Fortunately there was no human injuries...
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