live.each.moment

Easier said than done.

I'm going to give this blog another shot (I'm pretty sure that 2 posts don't count as even an attempt).  Several years, life changes, and well - living - have placed me in the position to give more thought to a presence online.

So, here we go.

One of the aforementioned changes in my life has caused an increase in the number of possessions I live with on a daily basis.  I have always been a collector of sorts and "things" hold memories for me.  I have had the intention of paring down but it can be difficult and emotional.  Today, I am going to make a change that will help me live.each.moment in the long run.  When we are attached to possessions it distracts us from living and from the truly meaningful things that surround us.  Today I am going to select 25 items from around my home to pass on to others.

New thing #3 - simplifying my life - 9.28.14

Man vs. Wild

Today was rather uneventful.  That is until my husband came home and decided to watch Man vs. Wild.  We are now watching a camel being skinned, gutted and used for shelter.  I pray that there never comes a day where I have to drink the water from a camels stomach in order to stay alive.

Speaking of staying alive, we have been talking about preparedness for awhile now and have even tried to pick up a few useful skills.  Food storage, morse code, fire starting - it may all be useful someday.  You never know.  There are still so many things that I want to learn. 

Here's some of my list:
-Learn to make my own bread
-Attempt to can something
-Learn morse code well enough to use it
-Grow a garden (I have an unusually hard time growing ANYTHING so this is somewhat of a dream)

What other things may be useful to know? 

New thing #2 - How to skin & gut a camel - 3.6.11

New Beginnings

I hate it when I can't sleep.  Tonight was one of those nights-so here I am-starting a blog at 4 am.  I have thought about blogging many times but hestiated because there are so many blogs out there and the world really doesn't need another one.  But alas, here I am joining the masses.

I chose live.each.moment because that is truly what I want to do.  I want to live my life.  There have been times when it's almost as if I've woken up from months long hibernation and I realize I have barely lived.  So, it is my goal to share what it means to live with whoever is out there that chooses to listen.  When I was in college I kept a list of all the new things I did through out the year-trying sushi, ballroom dancing-that kind of stuff.  Now, I am going to try to do something new everyday and tell you about it.  We'll see how it goes.

New thing #1   -   My first blog post!!   -  3.5.11