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Before Falling in Love with a Tiny House . . . A Philosophy Check

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Before Falling in Love with a Tiny House Ah, yurts, house trucks, cabins on wheels, and gypsy caravans. Something about them calls to some of us wanderlusting hearts and nearly compels us to throw everything away and follow them into the sunset. But wait! Just before chucking all your possessions to the curb and delving headfirst into the simplified, streamlined life of a tiny house, why not pause and reflect on this amazing life transformation for what it is and what it means! Especially concerning the many, many months of preparation and exhaustively hard work you will be going through if you commit… Read moreBefore Falling in Love with a Tiny House . . . A Philosophy Check

A Rainbow of Alpaca Wool

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Rainbow of Alpaca Wool A rainbow in Yellowstone. Opening up the boxes of alpaca wool for our tiny house insulation was exciting.  We had waited months to be able to hand stuff the subfloor insulation, and the feel of the clean, soft wool in our hands was lovely. alpaca wool insulation tiny housealpaca wool crimp It even smelled good, like hundreds of wool sweaters! And it came in a rainbow of colors: snowy white, tawny brown, auburn, gray, and black. Now to get to work! Fluffing and Stuffing Alpaca Wool Stuffing tiny house subfloor with alpaca woolsubfloor full of wool… Read moreA Rainbow of Alpaca Wool

A Wild Student Loan Payoff Plan

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“I feel I kind of ruined my life by going to college; I can’t plan for an actual future.” Gazing forlornly out the window with her cat by her side (who has pets while under a mountain of debt?) Jackie Krowen, 32, of Portland, Oregon, discusses the student loan burden acquired in her education to become a nurse. student loan pay off debt “Special Report: the Student Debt Crisis,” the latest front-page story in Consumer Reports magazine, attempts to paint a sobering and sympathetic picture of various students that have fallen victim to the conspiring powers benefiting from the billion dollar student loan industry…. Read moreA Wild Student Loan Payoff Plan

Broken Toes, Horse Bites, and Sunshine

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They say that when it rains, it pours.  And in this season of our lives, when it pours, we’re getting drenched because our home isn’t built yet!  Delay after delay, somehow we’re still (foolishly?) optimistic about getting this tiny house project done in time to have somewhere to live this fall. Tiny house trailer Dan Louche Tiny house trailer It was an exciting day when our trailer arrived one snowy day back in March, although little did we know it would take over three months for us to be ready to attach any house to it. Sigh. Multiple illnesses, morning… Read moreBroken Toes, Horse Bites, and Sunshine

We are Liberty and Big Country

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Liberty and Big Country Welcome!  We are Liberty and Big Country. We’ve been married the better part of an adventurous decade, and our dreams and schemes keep on rolling. This year is no different as we’ve jettisoned our stuff, signed up for winter and summer house-sitting with travel in between, and are designing and building a cedar and alpaca tiny house on wheels. We have two little toddlers whose bright spirits keep us laughing, hopeful, tired, and persevering. And a baby on the way, arriving in October!  Maybe we are crazy. Our twenties follow a meandering path through the white-hot desert of Arizona, wooded… Read moreWe are Liberty and Big Country