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By: pandora style beads

pandora style beads — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:39:31 +0000

There is a wonderful feeling that comes with making it your own and putting down roots. I’m not saying that we won’t ever own again. I just want people to really examine WHY they are buying a home…and to look at all the options that are out there.

By: Mountain Bike Cycling

Mountain Bike Cycling — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:18:41 +0000

I’ve gained a recent interest in mountain biking and wanted to know what kind of bike is the best, I’ve got a shimano right now, but read about mountain bikes and hear it’s not as good as gary fisher… I don’t have tons of money, is mine good enough?

By: Living Simply « As We Grow Green

Living Simply « As We Grow Green — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:54:30 +0000

[...] was less that 700 sq. ft. Again, to many people that is incredibly small. I loved reading at Walk Slowly, Live Wildly about alternative living, which is something Andrew and I are very interested [...]

By: anna

anna — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:29:59 +0000

yep, ‘nother old post…

it’s funny how my hubby and i can’t quite line up our idealistic phases… a bit over a year ago, rich (hubby) was *convinced* that we should sell our house and find an intentional community to live in – but they’re few and far between in perth. i was dead-set against it – i’m very much an introvert, and hated the idea of sharing “my” space with random people. but now, i’m at the let’s-be-hippies stage, and rich isn’t there… we’ve been looking at houses for sale in our area – he’s been looking for same-size-or-slightly-bigger, i’ve been looking at same-size-or-smaller. it’s not going to happen – with the housing market the way it is at the moment, our mortgage would increase, and i’m not prepared to do that. we’re quite happy here (been here three years, and can likely pay off the mortgage in another ten years – not bad for a thirty year death pledge…

By: Lacey

Lacey — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:58:33 +0000

I stumbled upon your website as I was searching for yurts, and I am DEVOURING your blogs! You’re a woman after my own heart! My husband and I are currently pursuing living in an intentional community with other families on some acreage in yurts and tree houses living completely sustained on the land and off the grid. I can’t wait to read more!!!

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:41:24 +0000

I love that people are posting about http://www.ruralvillage.org here! I worked with Sarah & Josh, the husband and wife team behind it all, during the initial site plan phase.

Working in the architectural field, it’s so wonderful to read about these different housing options. I can’t wait for the day when I can build my own small house

By: A Grown Up Book Report on The 21 Balloons « Fruitful Words

A Grown Up Book Report on The 21 Balloons « Fruitful Words — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:43:46 +0000

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By: Tamara Cosby

Tamara Cosby — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:02:58 +0000

So I haven’t had time to read this post in its entirety…but one part caught my eye…the commune…some friends of ours and our family have been talking about that type of thing for awhile…we are struggling to find out what we really want but this is so close to what we have been finding we keep coming back to…really want to live somewhere and depend on other people, FRIENDS…the land, the gifts God gave us…you are amazing!

By: Jenni in KS

Jenni in KS — Sun, 27 May 2007 01:56:22 +0000

I can’t remember for sure how I got here (Scatterbrained?–the blog, not me), but I’m glad I followed the link. It looks like we share some interests even if I live in a rather large house and am partial to meat;o)

I really enjoyed this post about alternative housing styles and construction methods. My dh is 3rd generation construction and some of the women in the family are trying to get the menfolk to look into these things. I recently spent some time looking at earthship houses made with tires. Very cool! Maybe if our kids take over the business someday they (and the rest of Kansas) will be more open to some of these ideas. I would love to be in on the design portion of it. I also love the idea of communal living or at least being more involved in a close-knit community and getting the things we need from within that community as much as possible.

I’ve bookmarked your blog. I will definitely be back.

By: Mrs. T

Mrs. T — Fri, 18 May 2007 01:50:37 +0000

Hi Sara,

It’s Mrs. T, from Keeper Of My Home. Thanks for the encouraging comment. I did read your article about alternative housing. Hubby actually brought up the idea of living in a Tiny House this evening, which is a complete blessing because I never thought he would go for something like that, therefore, I’ve never even brought it up…but he did! Sorry…I’m a little excited.

Anyway, hubby kind of looked at me like I had two heads when I told him my goal of 500 items out by 11/30 but he is ALL for it. Thanks again for the encouragement!

Mrs. T