by givenagift | Jul 25, 2012 | Given A Gift, How We Began, Positively Encouraging, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Writings
Our family is very blessed to be in a location that often times we are unable to leave due to various weather conditions. In addition, I have a profession that allows us to stay back here sometimes weeks at a time without having to enter today's society. Some may...
by givenagift | Apr 5, 2012 | Given A Gift, How We Began, Writings
Although Spring is much anticipated here in the Northern Idaho Wilderness, how can we deny the beauty of the wilderness around us? We have many projects ahead of us this Spring so we are anxiously awaiting it’s arrival this year. We have had...
by givenagift | Sep 7, 2011 | Given A Gift, How We Began, Writings
This post is for Sue Allison and Megan Shetterly…. It is nice to know that people are checking our blog for updates and missing our news. We got in the house and real life took over.. Important update… There is officially no snow on the ground in Northern...
by givenagift | Feb 28, 2011 | Given A Gift, How We Began, Writings
Well we have hunkered down for winter… YEAH!!!! This Thursday it will be 4 weeks that we have been back here and unable to leave via the truck. We have left 5 times on the snowmobile and right now the snow is almost too deep to continue using...
by givenagift | Feb 11, 2011 | Given A Gift, How We Began, Writings
WOW!! We are doing it… We are living our dream… It is amazing and almost hard to comprehend that we are living extremely traditionally in the 21st Century… It is hard to believe that we are residing in such a remote location, off grid and...
by givenagift | Dec 26, 2010 | Given A Gift, How We Began, Writings
Glen was on a mission – Christmas day he started running the wiring in the house. We have had the solar for a bit, but have not had the time to get the wiring within the house. We had a test outlet down in the utility room, but we got to fancy in our...
