Posts Tagged by House
Ladybug Apocalypse
| November 6, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Nature |
How do I know that fall has arrived at The Wallow? The Ladybug Apocalypse has begun! Keep Reading
Heating Isn’t A Challenge
| November 3, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Simple-Eco-Happy |
I’ve been seeing “challenges” related to heating your home pop up on different eco-crunchy-green blogs I read. One is the Freeze Yer Buns Challenge at Crunchy Chicken and another is The No-Heat Challenge at The Non-Consumer Advocate. I’ve never gotten interested in the various challenges, and I think the main reason is that I’m not really trying to “challenge” myself, I’m just trying to do what makes sense for me. The Wallow came with a wonderful wood-burning stove installed, and what makes sense here is to heat the house with wood. Keep Reading
Rewind – Gateway Drugs to a Simpler Life
| August 2, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Simple-Eco-Happy |
A friend of mine said the other day that she could never see herself giving up her car for a bike. I realized that two years ago, I couldn’t either. If someone had suggested the idea, I would have claimed that I was too lazy, too out of shape, I liked my car too much, it was so much more convenient, and I just generally wouldn’t have been able to picture myself trying it. I realized that there was a small string of decisions that led me to do it, and it all started with my natural gas being shut off.
Here’s what happened: Keep Reading
How to Cool Your Home Naturally – Part Two
| May 27, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Simple-Eco-Happy |
You’re probably not going to make large-scale changes to your home and you might not want to invest in awnings and there’s only so much you can do with your appliances. What you really want to know is how to simply use your windows to make your home cooler. This is where window magic comes in. (And this is my favorite part!) Keep Reading
How to Cool Your Home Naturally – Part One
| May 25, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Simple-Eco-Happy |
When Joshua and I moved in at The Wallow, it was going on winter. Our home has an awesome wood stove, so we were able to heat the house just with wood, even though the house also has central air and heat. Now it’s summer, and we’re also committed to cooling the house without A/C. So far, the experiment is going well. It has yet to get over 75 in the house, even as outside temperatures have approached 90. In many other houses, I’ve tried to cool naturally with much less success, as I’m sure many other have. Here’s a little primer on how to cool your house naturally in case you’d like to give it a try. Keep Reading
Formspring Questions
| April 19, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Uncategorized |
A bit ago Iput up the link to my Formspring page, which is a place where you can ask anonymous (or not) questions. Feel free to pop over there and ask your own questions or to read the others I’ve answered. It’s completely open ended – questions can be intimate, rude, silly, thought-provoking, completely random – so ask away! Here are some of my favorite questions that I got and my answers to them: Keep Reading
Rewind – Failure of Expectation
| March 1, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Think About It |
A friend recently asked me about why I was living in a van. Didn’t I like living in a house? I said, yes, I had liked my house okay, but I was never there. Between work, being at my boyfriend’s house, etc., I was only there a couple of nights a week, and then mostly to just grab some stuff or to sleep.
I had an odd little moment where I realized that that’s mostly what I’m doing with the van, too. With temperatures being so high, I’m mostly just in the van to grab some things or to go to sleep. I spend my time at my boyfriend’s house, working online at Chick fil A, or spending all day at the gaming bar on free ladies day. So why the van, if I’m not living in it any more than I was living in my house.
I realized that expectation is the difference in what makes the van more comfortable for me. Having a whole house creates a certain set of expectations just by its being and by your having it. Keep Reading
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