Burton and I decided that the lowest cost option with the highest likelihood of maintaining our current jobs is to do the following: Buy our next home. On closing, move most of our belongings into the new house. This clears out the old house so it’s more easily cleaned up to be sold. ~$500 for…
The word “always” is overused. But in this context, it’s accurate. I’ve always been the good girl. I was a quiet toddler at home, giving my mom no problems. I did what the teachers asked me. I was their pet. At my father’s urgings, I studied at a prestigious (and expensive) liberal arts college. I…
Injera is a tangy fermented flat teff bread that (to my knowledge) is primarily eaten in Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is tasty and super easy to make. Ingredients 1 cup flour (I substituted teff flour with freshly ground whole wheat flour) 1 cup of filtered water (since we don’t want to kill any of the…
As we were previously scheming, I became pretty stressed. Once stressed, I frowned more, smiled less, furrowed my brows a lot, and did not enjoy life. Thus, here are rules of engagement I’ve established: If I am no longer enjoying what I’m working on, stop and do something I would enjoy. Plan life things one…
Ok, here’s the deal. To build our dream zero-energy design home, we need the right plot of land in the right community, time, energy, & money. After some brainstorming, we decided that the ideal piece of land needed to be: Southwest / South facing (So we could leverage sun to heat our home and not…
