Progress

Spoke to my father today, who went up and saw the little house in progress yesterday. He said that the framing is complete, and plywood is up.

Bub said they will be doing the windows today, and maybe start on the siding if there is time.

Meanwhile, I am trying to find a door ASAP!

We've settled into our little Fauxtel pretty nicely... we tried to order in some chinese, but they had a 25 dollar minimum. Luckily, the mall right down the street has Chinese, Indian, and Thai food all available side by side at the food court, which is pretty sweet. I don't eat much traditional food these days, but I have a HUGE weakness for ethnically diverse foods because I only started trying them a few years ago.

Of course, it's the FRUIT we eat during the DAY that gives us the power and vigor to pursue such lofty goals, such as building a tiny house on a trailer. ;) Take out at night does nothing for energy (saps some of it actually) but it is very tasty and comforting at this point of our upheaval and temporary relocation.

As long as we eat lots of fruit during the day, a little take out at night doesn't seem TOO destructive.

I also realized that we can walk to the movie theater, or to Barnes'n'Nobles pretty easily.

Fruit-Fancy

Okay, factoring in a high fruit diet, I think that northern California is the best place to be.

In the long term, A green house should allow us to grow the varieties of fruits we want to eat...

And in the short term, the tropical fruit availability is only half a state away. We should be able to easily ship in plenty of fresh produce from SoCal.

Finally, I believe that if I were there I would very likely work on an organic farm and maybe even make a living out of it, eventually buying land to build my own farm.

And odds are, if I work for a farm, they will let us live on the land in a tiny house. So organic farming could be a temporary solution until we have bought land even.

These have been a record of my current thoughts. :)

Updates

So far, no responses from my dad or my uncle. Can't seem to get ahold of anybody helpful!

I am going to call the Sonoma Shanty guy later today and talk to him about how much of it we could have done for 15k or so.

Also, as I increase my fruit intake again, I am becoming aware of the limitations of eating oranges and bananas back and forth endlessly. Realistically, when we move it should be to a climate that can grow what we need, or very close to it. I think the only reason we've been thinking that this area's fruit supply is effective enough is because we add so many cooked vegan meals in.

Eyeballing California again because of that.

Ah well.

Fueling The Escape

I didn't always have the energy necessary to pursue this. Over the last couple years, I've dramatically changed my diet to a high-fruit-intake arrangement.

We eat a lot of fruit. It gives me the energy so very necessary to make my dreams become reality.

Without the fruit, I was lethargic and morose. I came home from work and felt sad because my energy was all spent on someone else's interests, and now I had none left for me.

I eat about 2500-3000 calories in fruit a day. If i want other foods later in the day, I eat them. I don't restrict myself, but I do make sure to be realistic about making sure I get the fuel I need to function.

The more fruit I eat, the more efficient I am. This is an undeniable truth of my existence.