Since starting my intentional journey I have been working on contentment. Learning to cultivate contentment in sticky situations, when things don’t go the way that I planned, or flat out end up as a disaster. We have had a lot of unforeseen issues with The Palace and it has become a “learning property” versus a […]

There’s a part in Shrek, where Shrek is talking to Donkey. He tells him that “Ogres, are like onions. They have layers” Well, The Palace is like an ogre. Or an onion. It has layers. Many, many layers. It’s one thing to go into a house knowing it’s a gut job, but in this case […]

On Friday, the dumpster arrived. Finally! Demo could begin in earnest. The kids and I put on our gloves and got to work tossing in things from the piles around the exterior of the house. I took breaks to hop in and organize the dumpster. I wanted to maximize the amount that we could fit […]

It’s demo day, or week, or month. Dumpster Blues When we left off, I thought we would have a dumpster in about a week and a half. Well that week went by and I called to see what the schedule was looking like. The not-so-friendly lady told me that I was basically out of luck […]

I somehow have neglected to fully convey the state of The Palace during those first 30 days. As we waited to be able to get rid of the stuff left behind, I worked to get as much as possible down to the basement garage. This involved many boxes, bags, and trips up and down the […]

A New Day Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed we woke up the next morning ready to go back to The Palace. There’s something about diving into a new project that fills you with motivation. The kids eagerly loaded up and we set off to continue cleaning up the personal belongings that remained. The kids had each found […]