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.