"Travel has a way of stretching the mind. The stretch comes not from travel's immediate rewards, the inevitable myriad new sights, smells and sounds, but with experiencing firsthand how others do differently what we believed to be the right and only way." -Ralph Crawshaw
Hard times full of changes for us!! We depend on every single sale. So with July coming up which is the month that we truly do starve because its the slowest month of the year for us. We dread it and fear it. But this year, my wife is taking the challenge to improve things so that we don't have to rely on miracles - but to rely on our hard work paying off. www.MrsCraftyRVing.etsy.com <-------- PLEASE PIN ITEMS, Facebook items, Twitter items for us ... PLEASE this helps and it would cut our budget down a lot.
Starting off with new fresh banners in which where designed by my wife. Instead of hiring someone, she took the risk of making it herself to save some money. This is for our Facebook fan page
We took a major gamble an spent $10.00 on facebook promotion to help more movement in the store and not one single hit, but did manage to get more activity on the fan page - but who cares that was $10 of food in our book. But we took the gamble and maybe one day down the road it will pay off.
We are about hard work and will fight through the hard times as we've always done. We can't thank those who have taken the time to help promote us by those simple clicks... It truly means the world to us.
My favorite thing in the world is FOOD.... My wife love PINTEREST and she found this tip on there, and I had to try it out. Baking eggs?? What?? Are you for REAL??
Water is a huge issue for boondockers. You count every gallon like you count your kids, and this is a tip that will help save your water a little longer....
Cook for about 25 minutes and they come out PERFECT... Quicker to peel and no waste on water. Egg salad is on of my favorite things (done my wife's way) -----> be on the look out for her recipe.
My wife, who is ALWAYs looking for ways to save us money, has hit the jackpot this week. She's done some research and made some calls. And we calculated, that we'll save over $120 a week compared to last years daily driving back and forth to the post office and the in between shopping for fabric supplies and by all means "FOOD".
First of all, your car costs a lot more than you think. Gas is just the start. You also have maintenance, tires, insurance, license, registration, taxes, depreciation, and finance charges (if you have a car loan). According to AAA’s estimates on driving costs, if you drive a medium sedan 10,000 miles per year, the cost per mile figuring in all of those factors is 70.2 cents per mile. Now keep in mind our car is a 40 gallon and with the cost of gas at $3.36 (the closest gas station to us) and to the city is approx 25 miles (yep, I kid you not). Our car goes 12-15 miles per gallon.
You saved $ Riding THEBus ........ Can you believe that?? 1 year savings...... It was real easy of sorts for us. We drove to the gas station and parked our car in the designated area for folks like us, we then called the bus (most area's don't have to call, but since we are in the BOONDOCKS, we are required to call or they won't stop to fetch us)... We made our call this morning and sat in some very comfy seats and took in the views as we headed to town.
THE KICKER of THIS is???? FREE.... FREE.... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE!
So help savethe planet by dumping your car keys for a bus, ... Ride your bike to subway or rail stations rather than driving. ... My wife counting the folks on the bus and whispered to me, do you realized that this bus took, 28 crazy people off the road?? I had to so laugh, it's one way to look at I guess. But, really if your wanting to cut down on some of your travel cost, this is the way to go!!
The bus drivers, have been most helpful and so where the folks riding it, they seemed to love to help outsiders find their way around and we couldn't thank them more. People seem to fear the bus system, thinking they are dirty and the people are weird. Not true at all, we seen business folks, students and well if you think we are strange then yes, some (and I state SOME) strange people. It took the stress of us 100% because now we can enjoy the ride and no we can count on the transportation.
www.idahocitylink.com -------> WOW WOW WOW.... You do amazing things for your state!! Pride and wanting to help people. A job done well, a big thank you!!
I love cooking these days. When my wife went healthy, I decided to support her by learning to cook right. And I have. On the days she goes 100% all veggie. I go MOUNTAIN MAN style that day. And here is my homemade better then the store pot pie.
Drain the most of the juice - this was left over curry pork. It was yummy.
Then I made a batch of dough - using fresh herbs in the batter. Cut up a small potato and some garlic - I also used some shredded carrots too.
Place the dough on top - sprinkle a little cheese on top and bake for about 25 minutes. This is a mini bread pan - so it equals one serving for Mountain Man George. THIS IS NOT HEALTHY and this is why, I have this only once a week. Don't fret, I walked it off with a good hike.
If you have a meal idea - do drop us a comment. Or if you would like to be a Guest Spot cooker - email me for more details. And if you are a company in need of product review/tester - please email me at MountainManGeorgeReviews@gmail.com
Husbands, if you haven't in awhile, do something nice for your wife. Life is so short, it's up to us to make them feel loved, secure, and plenty of forgiveness on our end for leaving those darn socks on the floor. Trust me, when you come across this at 5am in the morning:
One tends to re-think things. This review has saved me for the moment. But first let me me thank Anna Mackenzie a world of thanks. For trusting my thoughts and for putting the perk back into my loving wife's eyes. All is right in the world again.
First, my wife is not big into jewelry. She's active in the outside world. BUT, remembering a talk we had a couple of months ago about getting some new clothing, accessories for date nights this summer, I thought DANG I am in.
I choose purple because, well I do often go with my wife when she buying makeup and that's not very often. But purple is the color for green eye women and purple pulls off the job very well. Simple to the eye but wow an amazing DIFFERENT look for my wife. She doesn't do hoops. These are not cheap by any means, they are super quality metal (you can't bend them - well you can if you put all your force into them, but using them as they meant to be used, they are durable with top notch quality). What I liked about them, is that my wife is crafty and can add thing to the loops if she wants to.
Package came just as you see in the photo's... Cute, simple and reusable. Direction may seem funny for women but, if they are not use to wearing jewelry, then this is most welcomed.
We hit the road in about a month and these are packed away until summer. I scored big time!!
About Anna Mackenzie
Hi,
Opened on Jul 18, 2011
Just touching on to my first year here on Etsy and this little Fiji baby has learnt how to shop online, create Treasuries and met some wonderful wonderful people!
I take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to all who have visited my little shop and for giving me a chance to show you my craft!
I love shopping and trying out different shops.....and okay, I do have some favorites! And I'm forever broke....
My current standing is 179 sales with 533 Feedback's (daughter reckons I have more dollars than sense/cents)....Oh well!!!
Please do browse in my little shop. Hope you will find something you like
What she is also about is this..... Super communication and EASY, EASY to work with. Talk about helping a helpless husband, its her supreme talent. So I am telling you husbands, go with a small business owner, you'll support a number of stay at home Moms, or folks who won't survive without that 2nd job.
We wish to thank http://www.etsy.com/shop/MoYuenCreations for letting us do this review. My thoughts are just that "MY THOUGHTS" - done through a mans vision and we welcome you to test me out.....
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