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i am soooo excited i just had to share! we bought acreage in oregon last summer and we are saving to build an off-grid, strawbale home on our new homestead. in the meantime, we are living in california, and the cost-of-living is killing us, literally. i am having panic attacks and constant stress. and we're not even in debt! we are trying to live on $1600/month for a family of soon-to-be 5.
our dear friends (ayurvedic therapist and solar builder/certified green plumber and their dd) and a waldorf teacher and her dd are all moving to 15 acres of pure bliss in the mountains! there is already a huge fenced garden, a well, a generator, outdoor shower and an adorable cabin that will be the "community" hang-out. there will be other yurts for other families to live in.
the owner of the property is giving us a small travel trailer that a bear broke into for FREE!!!!
i am going to strip it completely bare (including floor and walls), put in new copper piping and an on-demand water heater, a big kitchen sink and possibly new shower surround, new electrical system ran off solar power and back-up batteries that can also be charged with a generator, a composting toilet, new floor and walls from recycled plywood - painted and sealed with all-natural paints.
when we move to our property in oregon, we'll be living in the trailer while we build, with a smallish tipi to hang out in when the trailer feels to close. WE HAVE A HOME!!!
during the renovation process we will be living in an awesome mongolian yurt! we'll have our compost toilet and a small wood burning stove inside.
i think i may be giving birth in a yurt!
you guys have no idea how excited i am! this is the key to our family's future! i have been working toward this for many, many years now and it's all coming together! hooray universe!

i am soooo excited i just had to share! we bought acreage in oregon last summer and we are saving to build an off-grid, strawbale home on our new homestead. in the meantime, we are living in california, and the cost-of-living is killing us, literally. i am having panic attacks and constant stress. and we're not even in debt! we are trying to live on $1600/month for a family of soon-to-be 5.
our dear friends (ayurvedic therapist and solar builder/certified green plumber and their dd) and a waldorf teacher and her dd are all moving to 15 acres of pure bliss in the mountains! there is already a huge fenced garden, a well, a generator, outdoor shower and an adorable cabin that will be the "community" hang-out. there will be other yurts for other families to live in.
the owner of the property is giving us a small travel trailer that a bear broke into for FREE!!!!

when we move to our property in oregon, we'll be living in the trailer while we build, with a smallish tipi to hang out in when the trailer feels to close. WE HAVE A HOME!!!
during the renovation process we will be living in an awesome mongolian yurt! we'll have our compost toilet and a small wood burning stove inside.
i think i may be giving birth in a yurt!



you guys have no idea how excited i am! this is the key to our family's future! i have been working toward this for many, many years now and it's all coming together! hooray universe!