Our Family Is Split Again
It wasn’t an easy decision, but it was a smart decision. We hate being apart, but now seemed like the right time. Eben is [...]
Why The Radio Silence On The Blog
I have been living the past few weeks feeling like my tank has not been running on full. Or actually that it has been [...]
Decorating Our House On A Budget
While Eben was away in St Thomas I was working on daily projects, decorating our house to make it fill more like a home. [...]
House Hunting In Mexico: Seeing Beyond The Renos
Following our greatly successful road trip from Canada, through the States, and down the Baja we found ourselves in Todos Santos, homeless, again! Our [...]
Our Plans After Hurricane Irma
Remember the post about being flexible with "plans". Well here is another example of it! We had things figured for the next little bit. [...]
Our Adventures In Building Our Own House: Chopping Trees, Peeling, and Putting Up Logs
Standing around, behind a row of protective trees, I have to say that I felt pretty useless. Eben was cutting down the first of [...]
Our Adventures In Building Our Own House: Plans, a Shipping Container, Forms, and Rebar
Looking at our build site, sometimes I feel like we haven’t made much advancement at all. But now, looking at everything we have done [...]
How Many Times Can We Change Our Minds: The New Plan
How often do you figure I can write a post titled “we’ve changed our minds”!? So we’re all over the map, we know it. [...]
Moving Projects From The To Do List To Priority
As a kid, I specifically remember my mother telling me, “don’t marry a carpenter”. Her reasoning was quite simple, and true. Together with your carpenter [...]
How Do We Afford This?
Can you guess what the #1 question that we get asked is? It usually sounds something like this, "This is none of my business, [...]