Ex-Husband Jealous Of My New Book!!!!!! Ha!

My book, My Homesteading Journey has caused some bad feelings in my family. Not exactly, my family.....but my ex-husband wanted my son to bring his copy over so he could read it. Course, he was too cheap to buy a copy! To tell the truth, I did not want to write anything about my previous life anyway. Many of my homesteading friends wanted me to tell that part as it would help someone who was living that "cushy" life who wanted to be set free. So I did. To me, it was an unimportant area of my life. A sad time in my life as my ex-husband was very controlling and not the nicest person. Oh yeah, maybe to the world but not to his own family.

My book covers my complete solar system, All my components. How it is set up. How we have lived for over 8 years with no electric bill. How to watch the meter to be careful of the loads you put on the small system we have. Another area of my book was cooking on wood cook stove. How to buy a used one and what to check on it before purchasing one. How to start the fire in it, how to keep it going, how to cook on one, how to clean it. Nothing that would have been of interest to my ex-husband and his wife who live a life that is the exact opposite of me!

Like cooking on a wood heating stove. How I heat my water on it for washing dishes or taking baths. Or how to cut the firewood we need to keep our stoves running through out the year. I also gave tips on how to cut down on your electric bill. But I don't think they would have paid much attention to that either. They are not the frugal couple! So if I decide to write a story of my life, he will be in big trouble as then I will really tell all those gory details! For now, my life is about homesteading, being self-sufficient & growing my own food. I made no mistakes in those areas of my book.

As an update to this post: My ex-husband died in 2010 under arrest by federal agents for using a Ponti scheme to steal his clients' (and friends) money and pensions that he invested for them. Investments they had with him for years. He took it all to enable a life that was all for show. To keep his wife in the style she wanted for show too. I am not sure of all the details, but the FBI did come to my home and question me for hours. The only good thing to come out of his life and my marriage to him, was that he adopted my son so when he died, my son being a disable adult child was entitled to his Social Security benefit which is  a good income for my son. 

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Larry Lupole Was Awesome in Warren Center, PA

I am so proud! My husband, Larry Lupole played in Warren Center, Pennsylvania last night in a open air concert. It was wonderful. He sang three songs from his music cd, "Classic Fantasy". First he performed "You're A Woman Now", which he dedicated to his beautiful daughter, Hollie Sunshine. Next, he played "I Sit Up Here", which is a song about the musician's life of performing on the road. Then he sang a Eric Clapton favorite, "Wonderful Tonight."

We brought cds to sell and it was a good thing! People wanted them, especially after hearing him sing some of the very songs on it. I have a feeling we will be going back. So if anyone reading this would like one of his music cds, go to my site to purchase one. Plus, if you let me know you want it autographed by Larry Lupole himself, just let me know. He will do that for you. But if he does, your cd will not come sealed in it's wrapper. Just tell me the name you want on it.

You might think from the picture above that Larry sings country music. No, it is Classic Rock. His biggest influences were The Beatles. His sound is very unique. His own style. I think you would really enjoy it.

Today is another beautiful day here in upstate New York. It has to be the best year for gardening. Our plants look the best they have ever looked in our garden. And we keep adding more beds and plants. This week I added the oregano, mint, chives and lemon balm and they are doing very good this morning.

We are also changing our diet to a more plant based. Meat will take a lesser role in our food supply. I think it bogs our systems down. So a good cut of meat once or twice a week and liver once a week should be good for us. We also like cheese and I have recently started making some of our cheeses. I like doing that and plan on making more. So lots of fresh fruits, vegetables and multigrain breads and cereals and beans, lentils and eggs and we should improve our health.

For every health concern I research, they all come down to same things. Nutrition is always first. No smoking, moderate alcohol ( I do not do either), exercise regularly, careful in sunlight by wearing sunglasses and sunscreens, and drink lots of water and fluids. Sounds pretty easy, right? The hard part is making them your regular habits.

My Day Lilies Are In Bloom!!!!!

My day lilies are blooming now! And my road looks the most beautiful now than at any other time of the year. I truly feel blessed by living in a such a beautiful place. It is just like the Garden Of Eden is described in The Bible.

I got locked out of my account here and have been trying for months to get back on here to post on my blog. Finally.....today, I was able to reset my password and get back on. Whew! I love this blog the best of all the ones I have.

Summer is looking good this year in New York state! My garden is looking the best it ever did. Course, I owe that to my wonderful husband, Larry. This year he started helping me and when he does something, he really does a good job. From the way it looks right now, I will be doing alot of canning this year. Putting our food away for the winter.

He built me more raised beds and I tell you, that is the best way to grow a garden. No plowing or rototilling for us. Larry does not like to use anything with gas power on our garden, though he does use a weedwacker around it. Of course, he uses a chainsaw for cutting our firewood, but we don't eat that! Though I do worry about him breathing the fumes when he's working on it.

I had a old milk sink that is used in a barn for processing milk. I put it out in the yard and Larry filled it with composted dirt and now I plan on planting basil in it. Yesterday, a lady I met on FreeCycle gave me some chives, mint, lemon balm and oregano cuttings to plant in one of my stone beds. They survived the transplanting and looked great today. Of course we had some rain too so that helped.

We have had a drier than normal May and June for our area. Usually I am lucky if I get my plants in the ground by the fourth of July. But I did get them in before Memorial Day this year. Lots of tomatoes already! And I will have lots of green beans pretty soon. Potatoes too will do real good I am sure.

Take care and check back with me soon. Take a look at My Homesteading Journey available for sale on my website at My Homesteading Journey. It is the story of my life, and I think you "wannabe" homesteaders just might like it!