After months of excited planning, I recently started growing vegetables and flowers in a grow room in our basement. Overall, it has gone well and we will have lots ready to plant in the garden. I did, however, make one big mistake this first time starting seedlings in a grow …
Happy New Year from Our Kaleidoscope Homestead! We hope your holiday season was filled with joy and happy memories, and that you’re feeling refreshed and motivated for the wonderful year ahead of us. The past few months have been very busy for us, and we have a couple of very …
Greetings from our homestead! In the near decade since this blog was born, I’ve worked diligently to achieve better balance between work and so many other passions. Now, I have two ways to share some of my acquired skills and knowledge with everyone. As a New Years’ gift, I …
In February of 2020, we took our five kids on an epic RV road trip all over California. Our trip started off with a visit to my sister, near Los Angeles, and then it was time for the real adventure. Our first stops were the La Brea Tar Pits & …
Happy Summer! It’s time for a little update on our family’s journey to build a homestead that will support our dream of financial semi-independence, and all the things we enjoy along the way. Family The kids have been out of school for a couple of weeks now, and they …
Greetings from Our Kaleidoscope Homestead. While it has been a eventful winter that kept us busy, we’ve been anxiously awaiting the next season at our new home. Here is your update on what’s been happening and what’s to come, as we build our financially semi-independent, family homestead. Our Home Older …
It can be tempting at times, to focus on your accomplishments, and decide that you’ve done enough. We have been working so hard for the past decade. After paying off our debt and moving to the forever homestead, it’s been difficult to resist the lure of celebration, relaxing, and letting …
Finally closing on our forever homestead felt like so much more than just buying a house, because it represented an arrival at the destination we had been dreaming of through a long journey. From paying off debt and being surprised by twins, to surviving a pandemic, this milestone has been …
Just one month ago, we were making adjustments and accepting that it may take a bit longer than expected to move to our forever homestead. My most recent blog post was even about this acquiescence. But, it wasn’t time to give up yet. Exciting news: We found a wonderful property …
We have been ready to move to our forever homestead for some time now, but the right property has yet to hit the market. At the same time, it’s impossible not to notice the rising prices of well, everything. We realize that flexibility continues to be a huge key to …
