Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 7, 2009, 5:13 pm
Just a reminder, a week from tonight, Monday Dec 14, from 7-9 pm CST, I will be a guest on Big John's radio program. The second hour you will be able to call in and ask me questions. I realize th...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 7, 2009, 12:14 pm
While reading a fellow blogger's blog, I found an interesting text reader that can be integrated into a blog. I liked how it worked and sounded so I signed up. It's called Odiogo, it basically...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 6, 2009, 4:33 pm
Thanks you A Big Fan Of for this info. OK, this is the best I have found yet for personal (internet tracking) protection, as well as being the easiest! Go here, do this: http://geekdrop.com/content...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 3, 2009, 5:18 pm
Words cannot describe how beautiful this place is when it's dusted with ice. It truly is a west Texas winter wonderland. A couple of days ago, the temps dropped down into the low 20s F, the highs...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Dec 2, 2009, 2:14 pm
Yesterday I had a delightful conversation with Randi, she is the show manager of Don't Tread On Me Radio Show, Big John's show. This was a mini-interview, I suspect this was as much to have so...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 27, 2009, 4:55 pm
I have some exciting news, I am going to be a guest on Big John Libscomb's radio show. The date and time are December 14th (Monday) at 7pm central time.  We will be discussing homesteading, o...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Nov 26, 2009, 10:01 am

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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 26, 2009, 9:50 am
This is going to be a short list, culled from the long list of things I am thankful for. In no particular order I am thankful for my relationship with God I am thankful that I met Bob and he is in m...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 24, 2009, 3:00 pm
I have to say that I LOVE my little bug, there is nothing like driving someone elses car for a day to make me realize how great my rattly, bone jarring, bouncy little bug is. :) Yesterday I had to go...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 24, 2009, 12:08 am
I do not want FORCED health care coverage, I do not want nationalized health care, especially if we are all forced to take it under penalty of fines and jail time, I don't care what they call it, ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 19, 2009, 10:50 pm
Tuesday I ground about 6 pounds of dry, uncooked pinto beans. The idea is to cut down the cooking time. I ground them using a heavy, cast iron corn grinder. So I ground the beans in batches, first I p...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Nov 19, 2009, 2:53 pm

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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 16, 2009, 2:49 am
I am about to log off for the night, but wanted to tell you, no, tease you with an up and coming post I am working on about beans. Specifically pinto beans, I am working on a 2 part experiment with th...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 16, 2009, 1:20 am
I found a good source of ebooks (pdf's), these are all out of print books, about homesteading, check it out, oh and they are free to download. I snagged a few myself. :) http://www.soilandhealth....
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 15, 2009, 1:25 pm
Woohoo! I received my first check from ClickBank! That's the hardest one to get, to keep down fraud, before you can get your first payment (as an affiliate) you have to get 5 unique sales with 2 d...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Nov 13, 2009, 10:59 am

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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Nov 12, 2009, 4:53 pm

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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 11, 2009, 7:30 pm
...who fought and continue to fight for all of us. In honor of all those who died for us. In honor of all of those who served and continue to serve. My son in the Army, stationed in Iraq, I also hav...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Nov 8, 2009, 7:59 pm
Now that the rainy season has ended, and the really hot days have passed us by, it's time to get back to work on the old, er make that relatively new homestead. This is the beginning of our third ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Nov 5, 2009, 12:11 am

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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Nov 3, 2009, 11:34 pm

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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Nov 3, 2009, 3:41 am

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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Nov 1, 2009, 4:13 pm

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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Oct 31, 2009, 7:03 pm

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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 31, 2009, 2:52 am
I have heard about these before, now I want one, it's called a Vortex Blender. This is a food blender that is human powered. It appears to be sturdy, it's a 2 speed affair. I understand that i...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 27, 2009, 10:54 am
Last night was officially below freezing, at least according to my thermometer. It got down to 28.9 F outside, inside the sky castle was 37.4 F. Yep, we let it get that cold inside. Why you might ask?...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Oct 25, 2009, 1:19 am

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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Oct 24, 2009, 1:20 am

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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Oct 23, 2009, 4:15 pm
I finally saw the new ghost hunter type show called Ghost Lab, I watched it on line last night. I was hoping that the network would stream the show, but it seems that they aren't doing that, but I...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 22, 2009, 12:58 am
As many of you know, I don't own a TV (gave it to our neighbor), I get most of my entertainment through the internet. I don't watch a lot of TV shows, fortunately the ones I do like are stream...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Oct 20, 2009, 3:10 pm
Well, it happened, and within the timeframe specified... This is in response to the "something's coming" and "no more chicken" post a few weeks ago. I felt like something was going to happen, I di...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Oct 20, 2009, 4:18 am
I had a bit of fun today, well technically it was yesterday, I went over to my friend's house, the one who loaned me the book by Joey Korn. I took my homemade dowsing rods with me, I haven't h...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 15, 2009, 9:14 pm
Reading, learning, it’s what I enjoy doing. Before the internet, I would go to the three local libraries in my hometown, I would check out as many books as each on would allow, take them all home, r...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Oct 15, 2009, 1:35 pm
Otherwise known ad Near Death Experiences. Death is usually considered a negative thing by many people, the honest truth is we will all experience it sooner or later. Our minds are programmed to belie...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Oct 12, 2009, 11:40 pm
... probably hurt his back while trying to strain. At any rate, after sending out the healing energy, he appeared to be feeling better. I didn't say anything to anyone about that, I figured it ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 11, 2009, 1:36 pm
I found this on another blog, (thanks Hermit), “As I grow in age, I value women ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Oct 11, 2009, 1:32 pm
I found this on another blog, (thanks Hermit), “As I grow in age, I value women ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 10, 2009, 10:48 am
 I typically do reviews on eBooks, but a while back I was contacted by James Ballou to do a review of a hard copy, Makeshift Workshop Skills for Survival and Self-Reliance, published by Paladin P...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 10, 2009, 12:27 am
I am in such pain, it's just not fair... I have laughed until I hurt! If you have ever been curious about what tickles my funny bone, you have got to visit this blog http://thecookshack.blogspot.c...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 9, 2009, 11:51 pm
More on privacy and those pesky Feedjit type sites. I am still waging a battle against Feedjit and other sites such as Maploco, yes I do track my visitors, BUT the stats are not readily visible to ev...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Oct 7, 2009, 2:01 pm
Sometimes I can act like such a chicken, I know in my heart that what I hear and receive is accurate, yet when it comes to putting it out here, before it happens, I begin to doubt myself, I wonder, wh...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Oct 4, 2009, 6:03 pm
A while back, I had some trouble with the government about buying cigarettes from outside the country (USA), it is perfectly legal to order cigarettes for import into the USA for personal use. I assur...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Sep 29, 2009, 10:11 am
I am looking more and more into dowsing using dowsing rods and pendulums, I have to be careful, for many reasons, so here goes. Ask a question, get an answer. I used a pendulum to ask a series of qu...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Sep 27, 2009, 5:27 pm
I feel something coming, I don't know what it is, it doesn't feel bad, or good, I know that may be hard to understand, I don't question it too much, I just try to observe. Sometimes I wish...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Sep 22, 2009, 2:21 am
Here is a strange occurrence that happened to me. This happened back in 87 or 88, my (now ex) husband and our almost 2 year old son were living in Oregon with my inlaws. We slept in the converted atti...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Things That Go Bump In The Night - Sep 20, 2009, 2:36 pm
Had a somewhat disturbing dream this morning, I dreamed I was living where I am right now, but Bob had died, it was a few days after his death and burial. In the dream I was riding my bike from place ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Sep 20, 2009, 1:12 am
This is a tarantula that MMB found crawling on the skycastle, I can live with big spiders hanging around as long as they STAY OUTSIDE! Wretha Thanks for visiting! . . . . .
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Sep 20, 2009, 12:45 am
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Sep 20, 2009, 12:43 am
Mountain Man Bob has done more work on the Bug, it's paint job is now complete, at least for now, that is subject to change. The other thing he has been doing is working on the inside. He removed ...
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Wretha S. posted an article on Wretha's Adventures 100% Off Grid - Sep 18, 2009, 6:06 pm
Remember those silly little Chia Pets? Little did we know then that those strange little seeds painted on those cheesy terracotta pots shaped like animals were actually GOOD for us... It turns out tha...
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