So I hitched up my ox, grabbed my pack and went out into the strong winds on foot.  We left the boy and dog behind because they wouldn’t make the 10 mile hike to the post office traveling the various terrain and the howling winds.  We set out in some...

Austin received the best birthday present a 14 year old could receive….   He was blessed with the warmth of a fire and a good nights sleep in his now shouse… We settled in at about 2am this morning…. Caroyln – Check out the color of the stove….  ...

Although power IS overrated – Let me say – WOOOHOOOO….. Today we flipped finished wiring the panels outside and we flipped the switch….  We have power and our batteries are charging!!!  Let me say again WOOOOHOOOO!! Keep in mind the above panel construction...

Ok….  This is very much overdue and there are no pictures on this one. We did not get away without incident on our venture.  Some of you are aware of this, but others are not.  I apologize that my posts have been far and few between, but since 09.28.10...

Ok…  This post is care of Carolyn… Thanks for pointing this out to me... Carolyn brought it to my attention that our building looked rather industrial and she was wondering if this was our house or our garage...  Well...  It is our shop and home so from now on in all...

Austin is doing AMAZING!!  Did I mention that he is doing AMAZING!! Austin started 8th grade this year at a 4th grade curriculum.  Because of the autism he has been behind and ended his 7th grade year between a 3rd and 5th grade curriculum dependent on the...

     For those of you that are really worried about us – DON’T…  We are ok – we will admit to tiring some, but look above at where we live.  For those of you that know us all – imagine how ecstatic we are to see the daily beauties that we...

It is truly all about the simple pleasures in life.    This one is for you Mom…  Yes – I can go days without a shower… Last night we were blessed with the wonderful hospitality of some of our new friends Eric and Tracy Berard from church.  An...

   I made Glen take a break and blow the snow off of our new essential toy for our location.  He has been working so so hard and truly just needed a break and needed a bit of down time.    We had been told of an access area that would...

We were looking forward to spending our 1st Thanksgiving in our home with our new found friends and neighbors from WA George and Gudrun Stotz.  As it was – this did not work out – we were not able to get into our home and George and Gudrun could not make it over...