Plans Changing, D:

Well, our plans to build our tiny house have been set back a year. I had hoped for this blog to be more interesting soon, with the build going on, but it will not be.

Nothing bad happened to make us wait, but a few things did influence our decision. 

1) If we start building this summer, we will have to pay as we go. We will be able to purchase the trailer and the materials to get the house up and waterproofed by June (like the studs, windows, roofing, sheathing, flashing, and housewrap) but the rest will be pay as we go. It sounded good at first, but would take a LOT longer to finish anyways. We wouldn't even be able to be in the house until December, and would have to build during cold weather. If we wait until next April to begin, we can buy ALL of our materials and store them in my Dad's garage, which leads us to...

2) My dad is planning to update his house and extend his garage from a 3 door to a 5 door. If we wait to build our tiny house, and help him with his house and garage, we will get a TON of building experience and be able to build our tiny house faster, more efficiently, and better. This is because not only will we get the experience of building, but we will also have my dad right there telling us if we are doing something wrong and showing us the right way to do it for the next time (if we ever happen to mess up, not like that would ever happen, though ;D) 

3) If we build this summer, we can't help my dad, and he will need lots of help building this garage. And if we weren't helping, he would have to spend all of his spare time building it. That means his health might decline, and also he wouldn't be able to do our electrical work. Since he already knows how to wire electrical stuff in a new building to code, we really need him to help with that. I don't really want to burn our tiny house down with an amateur job. 

So, those are the reasons that we decided to wait.

In further news, a video of the tree we cut down falling.

We have a lot of work to do in the next month. We currently live in my dad's basement while awaiting our tiny house. So, we are redoing his floors for him for his father's day present. This includes the tile for the kitchen and the wood floor for the living room and hallway. We also will be tilling the spot for the garden within the next month and fixing up the yard. We have a fire pit to build, bushes to trim, and junk to get rid of that's just sitting in the yard. Plus cleaning out the garage. And this brings us to....

Chickens and Ducks! We have 6 chicks and 2 ducklings. Which means another thing we have to do is build an insulated hutch and pen/yard for them. We would like to have them free range but with the dogs and cat, we are not sure that is a fantastic idea. 

So, even though our tiny house is not yet built, or being constructed, I will still have plenty of posts about living a more sustainable life by having our own chickens for eggs and growing our own food in the garden (and canning the leftovers). If we just had room for a couple of cows and a pig, we would be set!

Regards, Mollie