Hints of things to come

There is a lot going on around my little farm and I feel at times that I am being pulled in many directions at once. so below is a little hint at one of the major projects that have been in play here for the last few weeks. Let me know what you think is going on.

The currently running project is useable at the moment, but far from being finished.  and this area of the property looks vastly so stay tuned to my YouTube channel for what is going on. For bigger hints check out my Instagram! Enjoy

Changes to YouTube, Google+ and a New Google + Community

Off Grid Jenn | My Sustainable Life

I don't know what happened but for some reason I am no longer the owner of the Off Grid Documentary Community on Google +. That is okay really didn't go anywhere to begin with. I think I lost the permissions when I deleted the accompanying youtube channel a while back when I had pretty much lost all hope of ever getting my dream off the ground. 

Well I now have a new community titled Off Grid Jenn | My Sustainable Life I plan on posting in there a lot! I hope you will stop by and take a look. If your feeling up to it Join as well. 

I have been making a few changes here today on my Google entwined Social Media sites. I have deleted all but two of my YouTube sites and their accompanying Google+ pages. To be honest it was a bit much to deal with. Not to mention extremely confusing when trying to simply upload a video. I don't like having to have my YouTube and Google+ linked together like they are. I feel it was a bad move on Google's part. The better thing to have done would to have combined the two into just one site. I like aspects of both sites but it is a bit much to deal with at times. The being forced to  constantly flip between the two is annoying as hell! Not to mention that when I went to delete a seeming unrelated Google+ page it completely took out my business webpage, and all attached Google+ Pages. I nearly deleted all my youtube and Google+ accounts then and there. 

I have taken a few deep breaths now and calmed down quite a bit. Life is back to good at the moment. I am hoping that the addition of the new community will be a successful one. 

My Tiny House Dream

Will my tiny house dream become a true reality? I am not sure yet, but I am working on it that is for sure! I have found my dream shell of a home. Well that is what I call it anyway. I have found the building that I want to convert into a tiny home, it is originally a shed but considering it is 16’ X 40’ it will be roughly 200 sq. ft. smaller than my Orlando apartment. With this I could turn the RV back over to my ex and build my little dream house.

Now with that said comes the question of “Where do I put it?” My Ex’s parents have some land, and to be honest I kind of miss my family. If I were to move out to their land and do my cabin there, my daughter could be right there with her dad and still have me around. This in no way would signify my Ex and I getting back together though. He and I are best friends and always will be, the relationship boat has sailed.

Now with that said I am not apposed to the living in the middle of the country, it has its perks like the quiet and slow pace. My only con is that you have to drive an hour to get anywhere that resembles a city, again not a bad thing. The whole point of living out somewhere in a tiny home is to get the peace and quiet right?

On an even brighter note I will be able to empty out my storage locker, and retrieve everything from my grandmothers house and put them all into one place saving myself near $100.00 a month. So there is one plus to this little venture in my favor.  The fact that I would not have to pay rent is another plus, however I would probably give them the 100.00 I saved as a gesture that I am sure they would appreciate.

I have been sitting here trying to figure out just how I would build it out on the inside. I have been able to total up al the important stuff like shower, sinks, toilet, stove, fridge and the like for around $2000. This does not include drywall, insulation, electrical wiring, plugs, light fixtures, etc. and so on.  But I figure if I get all the expensive things out of the way first that leaves room to get the rest done as I can… Right?

My other option is to find some land that I could put it on, that would be an ideal to say the least.  I would love to have my own little piece of property and my own tiny house to put on it.  Time will tell what the outcome of this little idea of mine.

People Make me laugh

The looks that I get from people that I have not known for a very long time when they here me talking to understanding friends about my plans to buy land and build my home just cracks me up. What most people do not know about me is that I have owned many pieces of property over the years, some were primary residences and others were rentals. HGTV has always been a weakness and watching it usually entails walls disappearing and things popping up in my homes. I think it will be awesome to actually build a home. Now with that said there are some things that I am studying that I know I have no chance in hell of accomplishing on my own, Roofing to be one! I have this height thing that will make that impossible! I have been watching hot to videos on YouTube, I have ordered books on the subject, and I hope like hell that I can find someone that will do a good job and wont screw me... Just my house! 

I also gave my self a refresher course on how to make concrete counter tops. How to frame walls, doors, and windows. Pretty easy peezy, I cannot wait til I have it all together. This class I have been doing in Vector works has me sketching  ideas for homes on paper and soon to be creating them in the computer.  I am pretty handy with a computer and a hammer go figure lol. I just ordered books on solar power as I honestly know nothing about it. I need to also figure out my distribution center as well as other things like wiring. 

I am not opposed to a composting toilet as long as I could have running water. I also want to create a grey water filtration system that would allowed me to recycle the grey water for things like gardening and the like. So many things that I need to figure out! I am so excited. I feel my creativity bursting out again after being trapped for so long. More on this tomorrow:)