Knotty Oak Homestead: Getting Things Done

Canned salsa?........ Check

Canned pasta sauce?......... Check

Laundry drying in the sun?........ Check

Vacuumed?

Cleaned the toilets?

Washed the sinks?

Swept the floors?

Finished the dishes?

Mopped?............ Uuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh...

A little more about Sarah

I have a passion for self-reliance, food from scratch, books, and history. I cook and read a lot! I graduated from Utah State University with a degree in History and a minor in Museum Studies. I've worked in museums since I was 13 and consider them to be an invaluable resource to our communities! My goal is to make history accessible, hands-on, and interesting for everyone, and I hope to eventually create a program/curriculum that I can share with homeschoolers and groups at museums.

My historical interests include: Early 20th century domestic life, the domestic experience of WWI & WWII, and technology that impacted the 1800 - early 1900s American home (the invention of the sewing machine and frozen food for example) or what I like to call "domesticated technology."

Some Goals of Mine

Help preserve heirloom breeds of animals
Raise a pig - wanted to since I was a teenager :-)
Make my own sausage
Have a few sled dogs to mush with
Live for a month without electricity to see if I could hack it
Build my own log cabin - even if it's a tiny one
Learn to knit sweaters & socks
Finish the quilts I've already started (3! - it's shameful I know)
Sew more of my own clothes
Own a spinning wheel & get better at spinning wool
Raise chickens
Have a cat or two
Have a practical garden w/ food we actually eat
Own a modest-sized homestead
Turn a lifetime of writing into a published book
Make my own cheese & yogurt
Make my own soap (hand, laundry)

Knotty Oak Homestead

Schooling at Home

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Getting Things Done

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