This running electric and plumbing is gonna be the thing that does me in, I’m here to tell ya. And with Mr. working 80+ hours a week (Thank you Lord!!), either I figure it out or I pay someone to do it. Knowing how much they charge per hour… yea, I’m going to figure it…
Power struggles
Power yall. Everyone keeps stressing about power. Grid electricity to be precise.Yup, it came up again.I understand their concern. I really, truly do.It would make life SOO much easier, no doubt!No generator needed. On demand lights, power for the phones, toaster oven. Not to mention drills and saws. And oh golly – heat and air!!! …
A Typical Day
A typical day around here is chaotic from beginning to end. Shocked? No, it’s not for the reasons you are thinking. Ok, well maybe a little bit. It is said that the trials you are going through today, God uses to prepare you for later endeavors.I’m not sure it could be truer in our case.The day…
Clay + driveways = disasters
Let me just tell you what red clay soil and 2 inches of rain in a week does.Actually, they say a picture is worth 1000 words. Here ya go:It makes you spend all day messing with 10 feet of your 600 foot driveway. Because not being able to pass that 10 foot area is not…
Back to the Land
After spending days packing, moving, rearranging, we finally were ready to go back to the house Friday night. But it was 9pm by the time we made it... and the house was in utter disarray from the lack of constant living/constructing/using it as storage from Christmas.So we spent the night in the Excursion. Its times…
5 Random Thoughts
Cause I am just in one of those moods.Mr. Man got a job!! Praise God!! Its kinda sorta like in a similar field as before but much less stress - and we don't have the overhead. Praying it works out well. The owners were concerned about me being due this week and having him take a couple…
Rethinking this whole “off grid” thing
I'm a wuss. I am not afraid to admit it. I'm a southern girl whose mind is never far from the beach. I prefer hot weather over cold any day (ok, until it hits the triple degrees LOL Then its just miserable!). Friday blew in our first real cold snap. At naptime the children were sweating in…
Hold every thought captive
This pregnancy has been unlike any other. Besides the obvious - moving states again, camping for months, DIY'ing a house, job losses.It is the first time I have been ready to be done being pregnant - like since halfway. I embrace being pregnant usually. Yes, heartburn and all! It's amazing, it's exciting, it lasts such a short time…
A busy day ends in glory
A busy day! Lots of needed projects accomplished. The Girls and Littles did a lot of picking up outside. Mr. Man did work on the windows, the front porch and a few other things. Bou tackled this project. I think it turned out pretty good! The idea was adapted from a Pin I saw that…
First night back
The first night on our land we had nothing but a vision. A dream really as we didn't have much of an idea of what the house would look like. 5 months later, after 8 weeks away, we are back. Looking at the product of that dream. Since we got back to camp to late to…
Together Simply 