So Jon's folks have one of those old beat up pop up campers that's been closed for a decade....Tiny house? I think so-oooo.
Seriously, I am obsessed. I can't even count the number of times I've picked up magazines or read articles on these small homes. I'm obsessed with storage. Not very good at it, I must admit. But my house is also gigantic. I really am considering applying this tiny house theory to my gigantic house. I mean it's not really that bad when you consider 3 families live here. It's not wasted space. Once I can get the funds together to make the improvements to make it efficient it will make more sense.
I sent Jon a text to ask if we could make a tiny house out of the camper. He didn't respond, yet. Either way it's something fun for me to think about :)
Family. Friends. House that needs fixing. Playing. Creativity. Learning. Sharing. Being broke but having fun.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Weekends, Mondays, Tiny houses?
This weekend was awesome. So awesome that I'm not entirely bummed out that it's Monday, morning, and my kidneys still hurt.
I played Friday Lazy. I had to recover from my fantastic Thursday night dinner with the in-laws at Taste of Texas BBQ. Outlaw potato=love. And these kidneys, they're driving me insane. Or back. Or whatever it is they figure out is hurting me this week. Went to dinner. Bought last mine pres for last min b-day party in the AM.
Saturday was pretty fine. Jon worked. Aubs had a last minute B-day party. Got veg bag from CSA. Mom came over to help me tidy. Mabel slept for many hours. Jon slept for many hours. B-day party for Besties dad, final hugs before they go back to England till whoknowswhen either they come back or I scrape together the funds for passports and airfare for the fantastic four. Sigh.
Sunday, another pretty fine day. Cookout at the park for friend's bday, with ample veg food :D I have to say, it's so nice to have friends that eat veg food too. Although I have had chicken a couple times this last week. I'm supposed to back of the spinach and soy till they figure out what's up with the kidneys. I just have to find something else I'm excited about. Black beans, most likely :)
So anyways. A weekend of many distractions. Much much needed distractions. I've been anxious about today for over a month now. Custody battle for 5 munchkins is to be decided today. We are, or at least were, part of a family action plan to house said munchkins, and BIL, if he has custody and has to leave the military. No idea if any progress has been made. Just waiting for the call. Meanwhile, we had to take control of the 2bdrm apt upstairs, in the event he has the kids, they will need a place to live. The big odd family strikes again. Now, we wait.
The idea of having a family of 6 move into our apartment has helped to feed my latest (officially as of this weekend) obsession....TINY HOUSES!
Oh. My. Goodness.
I've been stalking them a while. I've been reading blogs, magazines, news articles whenever they come up. Jon saw one on yahoo over the weekend, and suggested a tiny house we could tow pending I opt for out of state residency when school's over (long shot, but it's fun to plan a 1 yr relocation to the midwest :) )
Well, I had this idea. My house, well, it's far from tiny. It's gigantic. Inefficent. Old. I LOVE it. What if we made it tiny homes? Like revamped the apartments, the attic, tiny house style? That'd be sweet. I'm really thinking on it.
We need some major work done first, siding, roof, insulation. I've been having a hard time with these because if I'm paying an arm and a leg I want to be able to do it the way I want. I want it to be efficient. Sustainable. For lack of a better term "green". We are eligible for some grants, but they don't seem to fund the type of work I'd want to have done. So I've been torn. But wouldn't that be fun? I think it'd be sweet.
If your not familiar with the tiny house idea...here's some links and pics...
This is one of the blogs I'm obsessed with:
http://tinyhouseblog.com/
This is the place that was on yahoo the other day
www.tumbleweedhouses.com
Anyways, back to cleaning. Long and random, but that's what I've got.
I played Friday Lazy. I had to recover from my fantastic Thursday night dinner with the in-laws at Taste of Texas BBQ. Outlaw potato=love. And these kidneys, they're driving me insane. Or back. Or whatever it is they figure out is hurting me this week. Went to dinner. Bought last mine pres for last min b-day party in the AM.
Saturday was pretty fine. Jon worked. Aubs had a last minute B-day party. Got veg bag from CSA. Mom came over to help me tidy. Mabel slept for many hours. Jon slept for many hours. B-day party for Besties dad, final hugs before they go back to England till whoknowswhen either they come back or I scrape together the funds for passports and airfare for the fantastic four. Sigh.
Sunday, another pretty fine day. Cookout at the park for friend's bday, with ample veg food :D I have to say, it's so nice to have friends that eat veg food too. Although I have had chicken a couple times this last week. I'm supposed to back of the spinach and soy till they figure out what's up with the kidneys. I just have to find something else I'm excited about. Black beans, most likely :)
So anyways. A weekend of many distractions. Much much needed distractions. I've been anxious about today for over a month now. Custody battle for 5 munchkins is to be decided today. We are, or at least were, part of a family action plan to house said munchkins, and BIL, if he has custody and has to leave the military. No idea if any progress has been made. Just waiting for the call. Meanwhile, we had to take control of the 2bdrm apt upstairs, in the event he has the kids, they will need a place to live. The big odd family strikes again. Now, we wait.
The idea of having a family of 6 move into our apartment has helped to feed my latest (officially as of this weekend) obsession....TINY HOUSES!
Oh. My. Goodness.
I've been stalking them a while. I've been reading blogs, magazines, news articles whenever they come up. Jon saw one on yahoo over the weekend, and suggested a tiny house we could tow pending I opt for out of state residency when school's over (long shot, but it's fun to plan a 1 yr relocation to the midwest :) )
Well, I had this idea. My house, well, it's far from tiny. It's gigantic. Inefficent. Old. I LOVE it. What if we made it tiny homes? Like revamped the apartments, the attic, tiny house style? That'd be sweet. I'm really thinking on it.
We need some major work done first, siding, roof, insulation. I've been having a hard time with these because if I'm paying an arm and a leg I want to be able to do it the way I want. I want it to be efficient. Sustainable. For lack of a better term "green". We are eligible for some grants, but they don't seem to fund the type of work I'd want to have done. So I've been torn. But wouldn't that be fun? I think it'd be sweet.
If your not familiar with the tiny house idea...here's some links and pics...
This is one of the blogs I'm obsessed with:
http://tinyhouseblog.com/
This is the place that was on yahoo the other day
www.tumbleweedhouses.com
Anyways, back to cleaning. Long and random, but that's what I've got.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Monday, Mondayyy
I would love to have Mondays off, forever. It really makes the week much more awesome.
This has been a good day, so far.
I am on day 3 of trying new back meds. Man, as ironic as it is, I hate meds. I hate that the solution is taking meds until they can get me into the chiro and back in water therapy. But I decided that I hate not being able to move and play and run around more than I hate meds, so I've been choking them down. I'm a little less like a space cadet today. Which is good. I was able to run a pile of errands with the wee one without having to take a break before getting her in and out of the car. I even got to wear her on my back to drop Aubs off to the camp bus this morning.
We cleaned, ran our errands. I am stoked that the small grocery store carries most of what we need for our day to day now. Of course, life is easier when I can just wash diapers at home, and give Mabel the food from the farm. I think in the last few months we really have reduced our shopping spending dramatically, just by making some really small changes.
I made the most yum casserole today. Zukes and summer squashes baked in cheesey creamy goodness. I am loving not eating meat again. I'm so much better at cooking veggies than dead things. My stomach feels a million times better, which is good especially with these new hard on my tum meds. So far we've used most of our farm goods before they go bad, which is quite the task. I used 8 zukes and 3 squashes today, so far!! It helps that my kids like all that strange stuff, like beets and squashes and bok choy. Although eating this casserole is making it harder to resist a nap!
Thinking about starting some pot-luck dinners up.
This likely concludes my fun portion of Monday. Finishing laundry and dishes and then off to traffic court :(
This has been a good day, so far.
I am on day 3 of trying new back meds. Man, as ironic as it is, I hate meds. I hate that the solution is taking meds until they can get me into the chiro and back in water therapy. But I decided that I hate not being able to move and play and run around more than I hate meds, so I've been choking them down. I'm a little less like a space cadet today. Which is good. I was able to run a pile of errands with the wee one without having to take a break before getting her in and out of the car. I even got to wear her on my back to drop Aubs off to the camp bus this morning.
We cleaned, ran our errands. I am stoked that the small grocery store carries most of what we need for our day to day now. Of course, life is easier when I can just wash diapers at home, and give Mabel the food from the farm. I think in the last few months we really have reduced our shopping spending dramatically, just by making some really small changes.
I made the most yum casserole today. Zukes and summer squashes baked in cheesey creamy goodness. I am loving not eating meat again. I'm so much better at cooking veggies than dead things. My stomach feels a million times better, which is good especially with these new hard on my tum meds. So far we've used most of our farm goods before they go bad, which is quite the task. I used 8 zukes and 3 squashes today, so far!! It helps that my kids like all that strange stuff, like beets and squashes and bok choy. Although eating this casserole is making it harder to resist a nap!
Thinking about starting some pot-luck dinners up.
This likely concludes my fun portion of Monday. Finishing laundry and dishes and then off to traffic court :(
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