My daughter started tagging along with me to craft fairs this past year, and I think she’s hooked. Ms. Tornado is excited about earning and saving up money. In anticipation of attending more craft fairs this year, we have been researching different products for her to make and sell. Craft …
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 …
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 …
Time for an update on our progress in Creating Our Kaleidoscope of a life: even though our family is mostly settled into the new home, there is still more work to be done towards our next goal of financial semi-independence. The Holidays We just hosted Thanksgiving for our …
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 …
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 …
Now that we’ve survived the shopping frenzy associated with Black Friday and Cyber Monday (the younger sibling), I have a question for anyone that attempted to find some good deals this year. Did you see anything for sale that could last long enough to be an heirloom for your children, …
We have been laser-focused on repairing our finances throughout the life of this blog, so it makes sense that there would be many, many posts about frugality and side hustles. However, one of the reasons we work so hard is to have more time for family, travel, and hobbies. As …
