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Living: How'd that happen?</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/feeds/6121279609642189792/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html'/><author><name>mmpaints</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05626939370845488942</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ECCDviZgbMw/SUsgNOShQMI/AAAAAAAAADw/IBSpiQ33oOA/S220/Arizona1986.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-4855204606680150661</id><published>2011-12-30T20:21:51.367-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T20:21:51.367-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Don&amp;#39;t know how in the heck you could work any ...</title><content type='html'>Don&amp;#39;t know how in the heck you could work any harder than you already do!! You have more energy than 10 people!!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/4855204606680150661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/4855204606680150661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html?showComment=1325298111367#c4855204606680150661' title=''/><author><name>Debby</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17319991952705204675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02733180032008361272'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-6121279609642189792' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/posts/default/6121279609642189792' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-204816516'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-7648579417859596982</id><published>2011-12-30T15:31:43.248-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T15:31:43.248-06:00</updated><title type='text'>btw, I saw this cartoon drawing showing a Mayan du...</title><content type='html'>btw, I saw this cartoon drawing showing a Mayan dude chiseling on a big,round piece of stone. The whole surface was covered with *writing*. He turns to his wife and says...&amp;quot;I ran out of space (on the calendar)...THAT will freak somebody out someday&amp;quot;.  LOL</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/7648579417859596982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/7648579417859596982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html?showComment=1325280703248#c7648579417859596982' title=''/><author><name>milton f</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04222904984648426127</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hQstUdJBAxA/SeBXn5rU3hI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Lpz0leOIXZo/S220/DSC_1883.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-6121279609642189792' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/posts/default/6121279609642189792' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-641166597'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-307035349602931330</id><published>2011-12-30T15:28:41.836-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T15:28:41.836-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Well Kat, if you think 2011 was bad then how bad d...</title><content type='html'>Well Kat, if you think 2011 was bad then how bad do you think the end of the world will be?  We are in the 365 day countdown period after all!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LOL. I hope that you can reach your goals, and continue to educate folks like me along the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy New Year to you, and yours.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/307035349602931330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/307035349602931330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html?showComment=1325280521836#c307035349602931330' title=''/><author><name>milton f</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04222904984648426127</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hQstUdJBAxA/SeBXn5rU3hI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Lpz0leOIXZo/S220/DSC_1883.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-6121279609642189792' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/posts/default/6121279609642189792' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-641166597'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-2273739779543179651</id><published>2011-12-29T00:41:24.448-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-29T00:41:24.448-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Monsanto scares me. There is a plant right up the ...</title><content type='html'>Monsanto scares me. There is a plant right up the road. I always wonder what they are up to when I drive by. Defy Authority!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/2273739779543179651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/2273739779543179651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html?showComment=1325140884448#c2273739779543179651' title=''/><author><name>Practical Parsimony</name><uri>http://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-6121279609642189792' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/posts/default/6121279609642189792' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2080733542'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-7285694356109347446</id><published>2011-12-28T19:13:48.081-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-28T19:13:48.081-06:00</updated><title type='text'>those missouri snows usually are quite lovely- at ...</title><content type='html'>those missouri snows usually are quite lovely- at least until they turn into whiteouts! i absolutely love your new years resolutions...there are a whole lotta folks that share your sentiments exactly. i dont know that i would be able to completely go off electric grid ...well, i could and am prepared to should something happen like an emp. i would like to get my water supply and storage up to better standards. i have propane gas stove and fireplace insert that if need be i can convert back to wood should the need arise. i am waiting for my husband to go on a week long hunting/fishing trip so i can go off grid for practice. he just turned 71 yrs old and feels like if the power goes out then he will just curl up and croak. i am old enough to remember how hard life was growing up without money and the simple luxuries of electric, phone etc..but i am also young enough to do a whole lot for myself too. i have been talking up a storm with folks around these mississippi piney woods about things fixing to come upon us..the general feedback i am getting though is that i am crazy as a betsy bug and need to get a life. anyway, i am with you on those new years promises to ourselves.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/7285694356109347446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/7285694356109347446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html?showComment=1325121228081#c7285694356109347446' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-6121279609642189792' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/posts/default/6121279609642189792' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2099272705'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-8737492835162760265</id><published>2011-12-28T15:41:22.776-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-28T15:41:22.776-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Amen Kat. Please keep on posting, you are helping ...</title><content type='html'>Amen Kat. Please keep on posting, you are helping lots of us that way.  You keep me motivated.  This Fall I was ready to give up and become sheeple.  With so many obstacles and failures it seemed hopeless.  Now I am ready to fight even harder and your blog played a part in renewing my commitment.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/8737492835162760265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/8737492835162760265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html?showComment=1325108482776#c8737492835162760265' title=''/><author><name>Lorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08627658822705830258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05628765815926351540'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jf6u8OKDPLo/Tl1APRkeGfI/AAAAAAAABFw/dpYuC6Q56fM/s220/1177370_flowers_3-1-1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-6121279609642189792' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/posts/default/6121279609642189792' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-854861'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-7286733277336472841</id><published>2011-12-28T12:42:23.304-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-28T12:42:23.304-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Oy...the thing that gets me is the notion that nat...</title><content type='html'>Oy...the thing that gets me is the notion that nature can be controlled.  Isn&amp;#39;t it obvious that as soon as someone thinks they&amp;#39;ve controlled it, it evolves and mutates?  I&amp;#39;m right there with you in your frustration and resolutions.  All we can do is our best, be proactive and hope that others will follow suit.  Hope you have a fantastic New Year!  Cheers to change and the path to self-sufficiency :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/7286733277336472841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/7286733277336472841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html?showComment=1325097743304#c7286733277336472841' title=''/><author><name>Bee Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04046727605273717050</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aGqWd6QhE88/Tr_RpRShmnI/AAAAAAAABQ0/pGJ9OQRCJBo/s220/me-2009.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-6121279609642189792' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/posts/default/6121279609642189792' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-880724533'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-7008956399803052197</id><published>2011-12-28T10:57:14.754-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-28T10:57:14.754-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m right there with ya! That&amp;#39;s my resolut...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;m right there with ya! That&amp;#39;s my resolution too.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/7008956399803052197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/6121279609642189792/comments/default/7008956399803052197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html?showComment=1325091434754#c7008956399803052197' title=''/><author><name>small farm girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01485314092236803411</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01917293407543569912'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qKxy4Lk-65Q/Sdko1ZVDbHI/AAAAAAAAAAw/XKhZGkbaXeI/S220/DSCF2337.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.selfsustainedliving.net/2011/12/howd-that-happen.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188198933297385827.post-6121279609642189792' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9188198933297385827/posts/default/6121279609642189792' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1648074523'/></entry></feed>
