more normal than not

You can move to the desert and live pretty cheaply.

That’s nuts.

Nuts….but….true.

We drove through Suwanee Ga on our way back from the High Museum in Atlanta….and found that there was a huge Asian population.

Surprise!

I guess that what’s going on is that a lot of Asian people are moving from the west coast, where they’re selling their million dollar properties and moving to a cheaper location.

You can sell your house in San Francisco for MILLIONS and move to the Atlanta area where a bigger home with a yard is a fraction of the cost of the houses out west.

This lady is building small homes with earth bags for a fraction of that….like, 300 dollars.

That’s pretty cheap.

It’s funny how location determines how much our homes are going to cost….and what kinds of homes we can build on the property we “own”.

This is a pretty interesting way to build a community.

Earth bags look like a cheap way to build a structure.

One thing is for certain: most of these…..no, that doesn’t sound too “certain”, does it? “Most of these”…..

How about, “All of these…..” Kirsten Dirksen videos are a good thing.

Here’s one about a reclaimed Norwegian sod house….turned into a cabin getaway.

Good stuff.

Thanks, Kirsten.

Listen to these guys….from the “Band Geeks Podcast” on YouTube.

Man….pretty cool.

These guys are having so much fun.

All the covers they do are pretty darn accomplished, too.

Good stuff!

Pretty interesting and not really all that surprising.

You can get a lot for your money if you invest some time and effort and buy your materials carefully.

Of course, I suspect that the “8,000” doesn’t cover the riverfront lot.

But…you can have a simple and nice place for a small amount of cash if you work at it.

This looks like a fun place.

What’s the sound that Homer Simpson makes?

Dohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?

I had a simple and quick post yesterday for my birthday, and, for some reason, it didn’t get posted.

So…..that’s (for the folks who are keeping track) 3 posts out of over a thousand that I’ve missed.

A post a day can be kind of a ridiculous goal….but I do it to try and stay consistent.

It’s a house of cards in a windy room for me to stay consistent with any of this stuff.

So….a missed day because a button isn’t pushed….or because I didn’t watch the computer to it’s attempted conclusion….is kind of a drag.

To me.

It’s a drag to me.

I don’t think that anybody else notices.

I had a really nice birthday…..tacos and a chocolate cake with a boiled fudge frosting. (Boiled fudge! That’s not easy to do and is pretty delicious.)

I like the low key birthdays.

Even if it means missing a post.