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Living the Good Life - Homestead Living and Making an Old House a Home.

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How We Simplified Life

April 4, 2024

What does a simple life mean? For us, it means trimming all excess in our lives – material, financial and emotional. It means our life is uncomplicated, drama-free, uncluttered, and financially stable. It also extends to our health and what...

Urban Homesteading

March 8, 2024

Urban Homestead is a relatively new term. Or is it? The word homestead can suggest various things – a large property where people farm, raise crops and run cattle: or early homesteaders, pioneers taming new land to make a living....

Learning One New Skill a Month 2024

February 1, 2024

Hello! It has been a long time between blog posts and I am a little late getting this one out. Life has been good for us here on our little evolving urban homestead. I hope all has been good for...

How We Found Our New Home

May 31, 2022

This week it will be three months since we moved to our new home in Inverell, NSW, Australia. We bought a lovely old 114-year-old home. The most asked question we get is "Why Inverell?" So, this is our story of...

6 Habits That Make Me Happy

August 4, 2021

It's a strange world we are living in. Now, more than ever it is so important to find a way to live peacefully, stress-free, and create a reality we love. Sure, easier said than done you say. It's crazy out...

Did COVID-19 Change the Direction of My Life?

April 9, 2020

Last year I walked the Camino. I knew it would change me. I just didn't know in what way or how much of an impact it would actually have. It took me a fair amount of time to process the...

Creating A Good Life

April 8, 2020

There's a saying, "Create a life you don't need to escape". Maybe a little cliche, but I often wondered if it was possible. As a travel lover and a travel planner for the last eight years, I doubted home could...