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By: the fixer « compact by design

the fixer « compact by design — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:02 +0000

[...] Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in Green Living, Recycling, Simple Living | Tags: re-use, living green, Blogging, eco-friendly, Shopping, reusable bags, The Organic Sister, disposable bags I was so encouraged by the spirit of this post about reusable bags, in part because it touched on my love of all things inherited. Lucky for me, Tara[ "tar" (the road stuff) - "uh"], aka The Organic Sister, is way cool and allowed me to share her words with you. Check out her story, I’m incredibly envious of her family’s up and coming adventure. [...]

By: TravelingOnTheOutskirts

TravelingOnTheOutskirts — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:22:25 +0000

You can do it! Go Winnie!

By: TheOrganicSister

TheOrganicSister — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:31:24 +0000

@remitter: I do, in fact, think it’s not an ideal thing for Zeb to witness us needing to do. But it’s not something we undertake lightly, nor are we doing it because we *want* to. Reading our blog for any amount of time should mean you know what our original goal was – losing our home was not a part of it.
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Thankfully, Zeb’s had 10 years to watch us make responsible choices, he’s heard us speak against credit card debt, and he’s watched us work hard to pay off loans early and live frugally and below our means. Unfortunately, losing a house was never something we thought we’d end up doing. But neither is Justin’s layoff or the economic situation in Las Vegas something we foresaw. Zeb’s seen us agonize over this situation and make the best of what life is handing us. He’s heard us lament the consequences to our credit, as well as the challenge to our own moral compass. Losing a house is never easy but then neither is life and sometimes we just have to roll with the punches.
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Do I think it’s a tough lesson? Yes. For all of us. But I think that makes it a rather good lesson for him to witness.

By: remitter

remitter — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:09:47 +0000

Don’t you feel it’s a bad lesson for Zeb to see you ditching your responsibilities? If you just leave the house you are not fulfilling that which you made an agreement with a lender to do.

By: Wendy Priesnitz

Wendy Priesnitz — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:51:17 +0000

How cool! Our family lived and traveled in a Winnebago in 1976 when we first started unschooling and launched our business publishing Natural Life mag. Rolf was working in construction at the time (he’s a plumber/steamfitter, as well as a mag publisher, community college administrator, etc., etc.) Have fun!!!

By: Trinity Mommy

Trinity Mommy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:01:23 +0000

My husband would LOVE to do this, Im the chicken though!

By: Lisa C

Lisa C — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:34:30 +0000

Wow, life on the road. Now that sounds like an adventure! Good luck with everything. (And what’s this about Las Vegas laying off construction workers? They are ALWAYS doing construction in Vegas! Oh, right, poor economy.)

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:47:06 +0000

I really admire your ability to take something really scary and make it work for your family. Good for you all! I’m sure your adventures will be unforgettable I would love to read about your adventures on the road.

By: Amy @ Six Flower Mom

Amy @ Six Flower Mom — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:39:27 +0000

What fun! I wish I could pack up all the kids and take off!

By: TheOrganicSister » Blog Archive

TheOrganicSister » Blog Archive — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:08:30 +0000

[...] a couple file cabinets and one closet I completely forgot existed. But now that it looks like we’ll be downsizing, I guess I have to rethink it all. Doh! It’s actually been fun to consider what we really [...]