I’ve been dreaming of ways I can live more simply and more green. I have a lot of hopes in mind of things that will make my submission involve more homemade products, homemade cooking, and recycling projects. I’ve got this pull to be more molly homemaker-like. I read a blog for simple living that has really got my attention. The blog is Down To Earth. It’s written by an Australian woman that has a a homestead where she lives simply. From stockpiling and sewing, to water collection and gardening. She has her own chickens too! I love reading it because I find pieces of it that I could turn into my own way of living. It will be a slow process but Master is encouraging of anything I find that would enhance our lives.

One of the things I’ve decided to try doing is knitting dishclothes. I’ve never knitted before so picking up needles and a tutorial was fun. I finished my first dishcloth today. It’s larger than I want them ultimately so this one may end up in the bathroom as a washcloth. I’ve had fun doing it and plan on making more in the near future. I’ve also found an interesting tutorial on a dish scrubber too. I’m going to try this one yet this week.

More cleaning is planned for tomorrow while Master is working along with some crafting. I found my whole box of craft things and now I have the itch to get back into it now that the internet really has weakened its hold on me. Right now I want to be a homemaker. I want to learn to knit and crochet and sew. I’d like to get better at baking and preparing home cooked meals. Then I’d still like to read up on canning and learn how to do some of my own.

I found a basic crocheted lap quilt I started over 8 years ago that perhaps I can finish if I can find more yarn in a similar dye lot for it. I think I would really love to have homemade things around the house again. I can cross stitch and embroider. I’d like to get back into doing that again. There is nothing home-y around the house and I think that would really content me.

One of the things that I’d like to do but Master isn’t that forgiving is powering off all the computers at night. He leaves the servers running but I’m never really sure why. They aren’t doing anything at night usually. Saving energy just isn’t in the cards for us yet. I’m sure I’ll find other ways to enhance my submission and home living.

–luna