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That's a lot to be thankful for! May God keep blessing you.

What are you thankful for today?

What are you thankful for today?

You look very nice for the New Year. HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥳

I would think so😊❤

Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 You have worked very hard!!

Congrats!

Congrats!

Awesome

Congrats!!!! 🎉🎉 On all the things! Monetizing, saying goodbye to the camper, new steps! I appreciate your regular/consistent content (I enjoy having quality things to listen to when I stitch in the evening and especially content I can comfortably show my kids.) You already know I wasn't interested in monetizing, so let me tell you... as a less than part-time YTer I made $100/year for the last 2 years.

Congratulations hun! That is awesome, I am so happy for you. Thank you for all the time you share with us.

Managing power usage is something people on the grid basically NEVER think about. Cloudy days are even more less enjoyable now that we use solar. We do have the option to turn the grid back on when we want to, but we have opted to run the generator instead a few times in the last 4 months. Even if it costs a few pennies more to use propane instead of the grid I'm really irked with how they have altered the grid billing and I basically never want to turn it on again.

I have the same rings. I don't use them as often for just that reason.

I love these cases, I have a couple of them.

Actually the ring is reusable, the lid is not.

Can you reuse the sealing lids? If so how many times?

Have you heard of forejars? I haven't gotten to try them (homeless) but many people I'm watching are having amazing luck with them and they are made in the USA. 😊

It's true. Better to toss than to risk, especially with beans. Botulism isn't worth it.

Always smiling 🎉

Lovely relaxing video, and great tip about rolling in sugar! Thank you. :)

Hi There, Your content is fantastic, and it's clear you’re offering real value to your viewers! But after reviewing your channel, I noticed some areas where small improvements could make a big difference. With RUclips’s ever-changing algorithms, standing out and reaching the right audience can feel overwhelming.💡 I’d love to share some specific suggestions with you. 💡 If you’re interested, let’s schedule a quick 10-minute call tomorrow! ⏰ Looking forward to connecting! 😊

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Thankfully there are sunny days mixed in between the cloudy days! Do sunny days make you smile a bit brighter?

Sometimes you just need days of nothing in order to appreciate and enjoy all the surroundings you work so hard to create and maintain. When we sit in a chair outside and just watch the trees and listen to the birds I always end up expressing thankfulness for the little peace of heaven we get to enjoy after decades of pressing toward it. Because of everyone else's schedules we ended up packing 4 gatherings into 1 day this year (all within 5 minutes of each other). I was tempted to complain, but realized we won't always have that many people around to accommodate for. It ended up being a very fun day, but it is a little downer the day after knowing the seasonal fun is over.

We have been sharing these cookies with friends and the reports are super positive! It means something for “tough guys” to compliment your gingerbread cookies! 😊

We still have our “main” Christmas get-together. I’m kind of glad we get to extend our Christmas season. 😊

That was a relaxing visit in your kitchen. I almost bought a box mix for this cookie at Trader Joe's yesterday. I forgot about it altogether, but now that I saw the recipe I will probably make these with my girls tomorrow. Thanks!

Thai was my first time making these cookies. They are vegan, and our whole family gave two thumbs up! 👍 👍

If you hang small mirrors or pictures with a lot of white in them under the lights it will make a big difference. A 5 watt led can light a mid size room, also having mirrors or white /light colored things on each wall will allow the light to be more efficient. As a young and dumb guy . Years ago I painted a small room black. A 100 watt bulb was not enough to see to tie a shoe, when it was white, a 40 watt bulb was too bright! Instead of having a single 60 watt replacement led bulb, maybe use 3, 20 watt bulbs for example, spread out a dimmer light. A mirror under it can light a room. Maybe make a picture using reflective white stickers, and paint a picture over it or something to have a artistic way of reflecting light, to be more efficient with power and the light..

I use to always give truth brushes. Plus I may gift them again with my tradition cabin socks.

I would get a small diesel engine. And a pma alternator, use used vegetable oil as fuel. And a midnite classic charge controller. To charge the battery with up to 150 vdc input and maybe 80 amps output output, at 48-60 volts is a fair amount of power, near 5kw? without doing any math.

Bless you and your family this holiday season and beyond.

I live at 4300" in Eastern Oregon and just set up a small emergency solar system. Our electricity is so inexpensive it doesn't pay to go full solar. I'm learning as much as I can from folks like yourself on RUclips. It is cold here and on a bright sunny day my 800w system can produce around 900w. We get a lot of sunny days but the sun is so low we only get about 2 hours of full sun. Thanks for the video. This the first I have watched. I gave you a thumbs up and subscribed.

The people who use diesel heaters have found that there is at least 1Kw available as waste heat from the exhaust pipe. You could probably look into recovering heat from the generator exhaust and use it for water or space heating. The BIG problem with generators for battery charging is that the generator may be rated at 2 or 5Kw but the charger is probably only rated at 500w so there is a big generator making very little electricity.

Beautiful, thank you for sharing 🥰

We used to do stockings, but as we've gotten older, we don't. But what we do is on Christmas eve when we have supper all together we put a wrapped package on each person's plate. They are opened oldest to youngest and even though this is a tradition my x sister-in-laws family did, we like it so do it as well. It's just something different.

What about getting a solar generator? We really love ours. You could charge it up on a sunny day and use it for extras. Like if you want to leave the tree lights on? You could get a small ouoes that's really affordable. Or like us we got a Rockwell a few years ago while we were still on grid to keep our fridge running when we were out of power.

The cabin is SO gorgeous especially with all the lights! We don't do Christmas anymore but when we did it was much like yours a collection of random ornaments and I always let the kids decorate it so it was jumble mess, but they always loved it way more than an organize matchy tree. I hope you have a blessed holiday.

your home is so beautiful! ✨

This time of year is the worst, a cloudy day your array will produce 8 to 10% of rated max. Now it is generator season, 36 hours so far. I only have electric heat but since it's so warm this year I discharge 8kw a day. I went with propane gen, fill 2 times a year, soon I will get a larger tank fill once every 2 years.

I have red cranberry like beads if you like. Glad to share. Let me know if you are interested.

What family Christmas traditions bring a smile to your face? 😊

But then you have to seal it everytime you open the jar to use it. I won’t be getting a vacuum sealer lol. It’s a waste

The skills and opportunities you have provided for your boys will be with them for life. I love your phrase "the redhead on the ridge".

Loved watching the journey and glad to hear your likes. Can't wait to spring and see the gardens again