It's a caravan....

....no, it's a mobile home....no, it's a.... TRUCK?! 
Love this, if we could create/covert a truck and it be as beautiful and functional as the one in the link is, then we will be very happy!  It has slides outs (dining and sofa area) AND a full solar roof, amazing!!!!

Alternate living is back in the game!

Spoke to hubby this morning, and the fact we would be MORTGAGE FREE, be able to build a fancy trailer/convert a bus AND buy a boat is enough to spur us on....I spotted a beautiful boat online last week, and hubby keeps mentioning it (when we met, he was due to leave France and go sailing around the world, going from job to job, but obviously he didn't). 
Although it would be hard living in such a small space, when we already feel like sardines squeezed into our 4 bed detached house, with an integral garage, a garden chalet/garage, various (small) outbuildings/shelters for our animals, it would give us the way of life we desperately crave....
I can't begin to imagine what an impact it will have on our girls, being more with nature and less with a screen in front of them, showing more respect to our resources (cause we will be off grid so electric and water will limited), sailing wherever and whenever the mood takes us (as long as we have pet sitters lol). 
I know it feels like too big an adventure, what if we don't enjoy it, what if we regret it....but I can't see a reason for any regrets, or any reasons why we wouldn't enjoy it!

The latest purchase!

So, below there should be a video of our new purchase, 2 acres of gorgeousness!  

In case I'm being a bit backwards (highly likely) and the video doesn't work, I will post a photo too ;)

Wow, time for an update!

Well, the last time I blogged I was happy to share the news of my new job....6 weeks in I was made redundant :(  I was sooooo happy there, and the other staff and the boss were great!  However, business wasn't doing well and myself and the other newest member of the team had to be laid off. 
I'm back job hunting, but it has got me thinking.... this year, between my seasonal job and the new job, I had been working full time hours, which is busy when you're a mum too, and even more busy when you've got so many animals and several plots of land to look after!!!! 
I would love to not need the money, but bills to pay and all that....But, what if....what if we did it, what if we just went for it, and converted a bus or a trailer, or got a boat, there would be no mortgage, no utility bills (self sufficient), even the council tax would be minimal as we'd be living as gypsies on our own agricultural land.  Oh I wish I was brave enough to just jump right into the adventure rather than being sooooo cautious and unsure!