Yum yum!!

Wow , God is so good! My wife, Teresa , just fixed spaghetti. In that delicious plate of spaghetti she use deer meat in place of beef. BOOM! That was good. We ate super fresh. The deer was eating ryegrass about 7 days ago.  We skinned it butchered it ourselves, so I  know that there was no preservatives or hormones in the meat, you can't do that when you buy it from the store! The only problem is I wish that y'all, the reader, could taste it!!

I know that some folks are thinking that it can't taste that good, but my wife has some fantastic recipes that was handed down to her and ones that she has come up with. So be looking for a general cook book put out by Teresa Ryan in the near future! 

Muzzleloading

Well I missed 2 deer with my bow this year due to jitters and the "flinch" move the deer use to evade and oncoming arrow like an f-18 fighter plane avoiding an oncoming missle!  Ha, but now it is the early primitive season, so I can take my muzzleloader and prayerfully put some meat in the freezer.  If I do, I will post some pictures and and article about it.  We plan on grinding this deer down for ground meet, with ground beef at 4$ per pound were we are at, we sure could use the deer!! So be watching for our adventure into grinding our own meat.  

Working hard!!

This is Benjamin learning how to run a sander! 

 Today was a day that me and Benjamin got to work together. I really enjoy these days because I get to teach he some skill sets that he can have for the rest of his life. Like he learned about angles today and he already knows how to read a measuring tape, and he can lay out stud walls! He is learning so much! He looks forward to these days as well, he can put a few bucks in his piggy bank and he gets away from the house for a day.  He is doing fantastic in school, his grades are incredible, thanks to his teacher teaching him, which happens to be his momma! On days where he gets to go with me, I get to teach him about God, and sustainabllity and how they are not seperate from each other. You see, God is who sustains us.  If we grow our own food, God makes it grow, if we raise our own animals, God make them healthy and function, if we harvest a wild game, God is who delivered that game for harvesting.  See, God is in control of everything.  "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19 KJV)" 

Supplications!

Hey folks.  Sorry I have not written in a few day.  But we as a family have been in prayer mode for our family to move more towards a sustainable life style. We would appreciate your prayers for our discernment

Freezer broke....no problem!

Well if you can't eat meat in wich you killed, you can still eat fresh and cheap when you have to purchase.  Remember, stay sustainable. So here is what happened.  See our freezer went out 2 weeks ago and I have not been able to harvest a deer.  So our local super market ran a special on whole fryer chickens, .79 per lb., so we were able to pick up one for our family of five. Our local farmers market ran a special on sweet potatoes.  So my lovely bride made a roasted whole chicken and a sweet potato casserole.  And for desert she made monkey bread!!!!!!. WOW. It was delicious, and easy on the pocket book! So you can still eat fresh and healthy even if your freezer is meatless! 

Sorry I forgot to get a pic of the finished

Casarole! 

Best life ever!

Part of living sustainable is trying to stay healthy!  We like to eat fairly healthy and try to exercise some. If you are not healthy and strong you can't toil!  We also take plexus slim to help us take in our herbs.  God is so good to have made an earth that we can be healthy and be sustained from His hand. 

"Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. (Genesis 9:3 KJV)"

Stay sustainable my friend. 

Double freezer!!!!

Wow, well with the good harvest this season that God blessed us with, we had to purchase another freezer, so that we could have enough room for our vegetables and our meats. I am praying for a good hunting season this year.  We also purchased a meat grinder to make our own sausage and our own ground meats. We hated making two sizable purchases at the same time, but it was necessary. It's important to set yourself up for success when you can afford to, so that you're not in a bind when you can't. Call me a dork, but it was so nice and shiny, I took a picture. 

Well have a good night, stay sustainable, my friend. 

Grocery shopping!

Well, here in Mississippi it is time for me (Michael) to go grocery shopping! This means it is archery season for deer.  It is a big part of me teaching my kids how to be sustainable.  We all love deer meat in this house, any way we can get it.  We roast it, fry it, broil it, grill it, grind it, and stew it.  This winter we will be posting some cooking tips and recipes for wild game.  So I hope God blesses you, the hunter, and may your freezers be full! "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:28 KJV)"

Sustainability rocks!!

Wow! Well yesterday my lovely wife found out that she has hypothyroidism, and today my daughter found out that she has the same problem.  Though it is , in my opinion, best to eat healthy and take natual vitamins and stay away from procesed foods and medicines, because we live in a fallen world our bodies will still break down.  So thankfull we have a God that has blesses folks with the ability to create certain medicine to make us better. This is why I am trying hard to become sustainable so that I can support my family the best possible way. 

Love the second amendment!

This past Friday my wife, Teresa, and I had a date weekend! My parents kept our three children and it gave us some time to ourselves, and boy did we have a great weekend!  My sister and brother-in-law invited us to shoot at their house Friday after we dropped the children off.  So we took them up on it.  And my beautiful wife suggested that we go because it has been a while since she has shot.  It is good to practice occasionally even if you don't care for shooting. If you own a gun, you need to practice with it.  Teresa shoots and carries a ruger LC9, it fits her very well, and she is an accurate shot!  We, as a family, shoot regularly because it is our freedom that we are practicing. My children shoot a 22 and my son enjoys shooting his BB gun in the backyard, he says he is practicing for hunting.  That is what it is about: living a sustainable life style, practicing your rights, and enjoying what you harvest!