Island in the Sun

This post is an alert for all of you world travelers (or would-be world travelers) out there. You may or may not have seen posts like this floating around sometime this year: The U.S. Virgin Islands Will Actually Pay You To Visit In 2017 I saw this crop up at the end of 2016 and …

Net Worth Tracking

Strap yourselves in folks, because this is another long post about how we manage our money. At the start of the year, we were feeling frustrated because it felt like we were working really hard but never felt like we were “getting ahead” financially. To combat that, we started keeping track of our net worth. …

Work in Progress

For all of you wondering how our upstairs renovation is coming along, the answer is: slooooowly. After all, we can only work on the weekends most of the time, but progress is being made. We’ve shared the overall plan with you in this post, and the last progress picture you’ve seen was in this post. …

Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth

In honor of Earth Day, I wanted to take a time out to talk about climate change. This is not a post designed to teach you about the facts of climate change, so whether or not you think climate change is real, it would be appreciated if you read this post through to the end. …

Wait Until Your Deal Come Round

Alternate post title: How to Get a Deal on Anything So I’m absurdly excited to announce that I bought enough solid bamboo flooring for our ENTIRE HOUSE. That’s right, not just the upstairs. THE WHOLE HOUSE! I am a firm believer that having coherent flooring in a tiny house helps to make it feel more …

Masters of War: Rusty Crayfish

Today’s featured Michigan invasive species is one that I am intimately familiar with since I used them for my graduate school thesis experiments, which I’ll tell you all about another time. This species is the rusty crayfish, and the State of Michigan is serious about controlling their population, for reasons you will learn below. Name: Orconectes …

We Just Disagree: Buying Flooring

This is a joint post. We figured it might be fun to share some of the things we disagree about and get some outside opinions on the matter. Today we’re going to discuss flooring options (for our upstairs renovation, but also just in general). Kayla’s opinion is in blue, and Seth’s is in green. Seth …

At Caesar’s Palace Eating Salads

I made this recipe for dinner the other day, and Seth surprised me by saying it’s one of his favorites. I always thought it was delicious and it’s insanely fast and easy, but I also thought that Seth just tolerated it as food. He will literally eat just about anything. Seriously. But since it is …

Pop a Top

This one is an easy project, but a total game changer, at least at our house. It all started on a summer night when we ordered pizza. We had recently installed a bottle opener in the doorway between our kitchen and dining room, right next to the fridge. Super convenient, right? Our pizza delivery guy …