Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Hitch up your wagon for Pioneer Week!

I'm a little late joining in ... but I'm all for i...

2008-11-07T03:07:22.254-08:00

I'm a little late joining in ... but I'm all for it. Been tackling a lot of these things for the past year -- but need some work on t.v. consumption (just going through a phase, usually I'm a big reader)and driving less and buying only necessitites. Great idea and fabulous blog. -sandy
http://sandstone-sandsone.blogspot.com

I forgot to post this yesterday, but I'm in. Food:...

2008-11-04T15:12:52.105-08:00

I forgot to post this yesterday, but I'm in.

Food: The food products that were already in the house that were pre-bought I'm still going to use. But I won't buy new ones, and I haven't bought anything in anticipation of this. I'm just really anal about food storage and have a hard time justifying cutting into my study time to can tomatoes and such when I already have so many cans sitting on my shelves.

I already bake all my own bread, and I already make everything from scratch, so I don't see any real change there. But I will try to make more rustic foods (or maybe even I will make more period foods instead). Right now I'm somewhat obsessed with fully actualising the potential of every food item that crosses my path, so I will consider the furtherance of that as counting for the 'no processed foods' part.

I might make some candy.

Buy nothing: Easy. I'm really busy replenishing my savings after the hurricane, so I can't buy anything anyway. My question: If you have gift cards, does the use of those constitute "buying" something? If so, I won't use those either right now.

Using very little electricity: check.

Water: I will only take one or two baths this week (plus washing my pits and privates in the sink). I will flush the toilet less.

Transportation I'm stuck on. I work 35.6 miles from the house. Though I will continue to combine all my trips as possible.

This sounds like a fun furtherance of the habits I've been trying to develop recently! Thanks!

We are in. Yesterday I even picked up a pioneer h...

2008-11-03T02:55:24.926-08:00

We are in. Yesterday I even picked up a pioneer hat from freecycle.

My blog is
http://ourcompactlocalgreenlife.blogspot.com/
We are on a 1yr mission to be compact.

Have a great week.
Jen

I'm in. Won't have to change too much since I've a...

2008-11-02T10:08:57.069-08:00

I'm in. Won't have to change too much since I've already frozen food in preparation for the new baby and the hubby won't let us turn the heat on! heehee
Now, buying nothing...eesh...all those cravings come. I'll try to be good!

I am with knutty knitter on the made-from-scratch ...

2008-11-01T22:44:45.218-07:00

I am with knutty knitter on the made-from-scratch food thing. I have never known anything different but we will play. I think candle light is a great idea. Maybe we will have a dipping party.

Oh yes. This is great. I know, I too do a lot of...

2008-11-01T20:24:40.766-07:00

Oh yes. This is great. I know, I too do a lot of this but it will really put on the pressure to focus.

Now, I *know* you don't expect us to not watch the elections on the TV.

Like the rest of the stuff, I really try and not alarm the neighbors. Sometimes I more successful than others.

ok, ok... I've been putting this off, wondering ho...

2008-11-01T18:29:44.312-07:00

ok, ok... I've been putting this off, wondering how I'd be able to pull it off. It's one of the bussiest work weeks for me, not to mention elections. But I'm going to do it. I'm going to give my best.

I already know that Saturday is out (I coach colorguard and our last band review is Saturday... that I'm driving to), and I need to use the computer a couple times just to check on medical info for a relative... beyond that, I know I can give my best effort.

Do I need to watch Colbert on election night? ...no. Do I need to drive to work? No (though, my legs will be sore after marching, but it's all good... makes up for no workout videos). All this "no tv/no internet browsing" will give me plenty of time to finish reading my textbooks for class.

So I'm in.

Been feeling a little 'over-challenged" of late, b...

2008-11-01T17:15:34.133-07:00

Been feeling a little 'over-challenged" of late, but this one is too good to resist. I'll try my best (fortunately, already do many of the things on the list); been falling short on the cook from scratch lately due to work tiredness (i.e. convenience). This challenge will serve to get me back on track!

I've been excited to begin Pioneer Week, but forgo...

2008-11-01T14:05:38.606-07:00

I've been excited to begin Pioneer Week, but forgot to sign up. Please add me!

I was waiting to sign up until I got the okay from...

2008-11-01T11:39:54.012-07:00

I was waiting to sign up until I got the okay from DH. I already cook from scratch 99.9% of the time anyway, so that won't be any different. I think the biggest changes we will be making will be to use our hurricane lamps for light, no dryer (hubby is a nurse's aide and has to have fresh, clean clothes every day, so I can't skip to washing clothes by hand once a week) and no computer or TV. The computer will be hardest for me. I will put my e-mail on vacation and turn off all my blog subscriptions. No Ilargi, no Sharon, no Kunstler, no Crunchy! Oh no! I can survive this. It will be a good time to catch up on my Christmas knitting.

I'm in.I could stand to cook my meals at home excl...

2008-10-31T14:40:16.879-07:00

I'm in.

I could stand to cook my meals at home exclusively for a while---that, and it will be nice to cut back on our expenses.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Ah heck, my account is down, so I blogged about it...

2008-10-31T14:07:52.472-07:00

Ah heck, my account is down, so I blogged about it at my Wordpress acct: shreela.wordpress.com

Off to buy flour, veggies, and milk 8^)

I've already done most of this after Ike, except s...

2008-10-31T13:21:50.024-07:00

I've already done most of this after Ike, except some of the foods were packaged LOL

And although I'd really like to participate in full, I doubt hubby would cooperate when it comes to his lunches. But I'll do breakfasts and dinner. I've been meaning to play around with making pasta anyway, and now's as good a time as any ;^)

I already do the energy stuff (easy to do when it's not really cold where I live LOL), and although I watch how much water I use, I've been slipping. I think the hardest part will be butter.

With a 7yr old obsessed with Laura Ingalls, we've ...

2008-10-31T06:33:00.497-07:00

With a 7yr old obsessed with Laura Ingalls, we've been (almost) living like poineers since summer! We really cannot safely walk or ride anywhere in our area - no sidewalks and young kids on a local highway has potential for disaster, but I'm in for the rest.

I will give it a go- BUT IF I END UP MARRIED TO TH...

2008-10-27T21:17:42.060-07:00

I will give it a go- BUT IF I END UP MARRIED TO THAT AWFUL NELLIE OLSON I will whine!

Signing up for the challenge. We're watching Colo...

2008-10-27T19:27:47.875-07:00

Signing up for the challenge. We're watching Colonial House as a prep. If we finish in time, we'll watch Frontier House to get the kids in the right frame of mind. We're pledging to do the stuff we already do and use candlelight in the evening instead of electricity. We'll also try to walk more.

We'll do a day or more, but not the whole week.

2008-10-27T12:14:56.452-07:00

We'll do a day or more, but not the whole week.

I'm in as much as I can be!I'm with some of the ot...

2008-10-26T17:46:42.902-07:00

I'm in as much as I can be!

I'm with some of the others, though-on Election Day, I'll be glued to Fox News!

I'm in! My husband thinks I am nuts! lol

2008-10-25T17:54:23.729-07:00

I'm in! My husband thinks I am nuts! lol

We at the Double Nickel Farm are in on this challe...

2008-10-24T07:38:27.528-07:00

We at the Double Nickel Farm are in on this challenge, and I began explaining on my blog how we are going to accomplish each rule.
Jennifer
doublenickelfarm.blogspot.com

I love the idea of this, Crunchy, but I'm going to...

2008-10-23T11:20:01.484-07:00

I love the idea of this, Crunchy, but I'm going to pass this year. Starting my own foodie blog is taking a lot of time and actually will be forcing me to get back to a little bit more pioneer spirit.

Will you run this one again next year? I can do it then much better with my own place.

Sounds like fun! Count me in...but DH doesn't rea...

2008-10-22T20:11:29.666-07:00

Sounds like fun! Count me in...but DH doesn't really care to join in so I'll do what I can. My friends and I each do one thing each month then share with each other what we learned while working on our thing. This month I'm capturing wild yeast (I just got my starters started today because of moving). I have 4 different kinds of starters started today and the majority will be done right at the end of the month. :o)

Ooooh... that might be hard. 10 November is my bel...

2008-10-22T09:36:40.035-07:00

Ooooh... that might be hard. 10 November is my beloved Marine Corps birthday. I haven't made any rum, so how to celebrate? :)

I'll give it a try, but I'm putting the 10th as an exception.

I would love to participate, sign me up!

2008-10-21T16:15:45.039-07:00

I would love to participate, sign me up!

I'm IN! I do most of this anyway, but I've been ve...

2008-10-21T14:06:24.670-07:00

I'm IN! I do most of this anyway, but I've been very, very bad about the cooking from scratch thing, lately. I'll be re-reading Little House In the Big Woods & Little House On the Prairie in preparation (and because I want to).