I know, but I over slept, with reason.

I asked to be allowed to sleep in this morning. I woke at 5 am, and groaned, and fell back to sleep. It wasn't until 730 am that I actually got out of bed. Had coffee, made a mad dash to get the morning chores done in a world that is covered in a frost.

And promptly had a cigarette. Funny that here I am harping on the benefits of natural foods, and I am addicted to a genetically modified substance. Welcome to day one of Soul Ties.

I have not eaten anything today, ugh. And hopefully I can slowly quit smoking. Safety pins and cloth with my vices on it are in place. so, if I get a little snappy during the next 5 days, please remember it is not you my friends, it is me giving up food and smoking. I will be grumpy.

New to homesteading, Endless reaffirmation, mentioned on her blog the other day that when you look at homesteader blog tags, tools are not or rarely listed. I agree that we tend not to devote to much time to the subject. We write about the tools inside of other posts.

Starting Monday, I will start a series about the tools of homesteading. At least the tools that we use here on the 'stead.

If you have a certain tool that you are not sure how to use, or you don't think you are using correctly. Let me know about it so that we can figure it out together. I have run into some tools that I will just stare out, until my husband snickers and asked "do you know what it does?" ummm no. Luckily he does and can get me going in the right direction.

Have a great weekend and I will see you on Monday, and so will my tools of the trade.

Did you get here late, want to know more about Soul Ties? Read Soul and Spirit Ties, and How to break Soul and Spirit Ties.