Step One - Burning Down the House

So here is how I'll be doing this blog thing: First I will write something well-researched and packed with information once a week - on Wednesdays. My intro was on Wednesday (yesterday) and next Wednesday I will be exploring all sorts of useful information about buying and stocking an RV for this sort of adventure. I'll give you everything I know, and have collected, unless there is too much information and I have to split it into two parts.

Second, I will be doing small blogs throughout the week (like this one) recapping what new steps have been taken and need to be taken in the coming and last day. So expect a daily journal of preparatory steps that will morph into a daily journal of our adventures when we finally go homeless, alongside a more detailed and in depth analysis, philosophy or informative blog once a week. I'll have some guest bloggers and occasionally let the kids have the wheel, so to speak.

This weekend we're beginning our journey by "Burning Down the House" - not literally, and my landlord will likely read this soon, so let me be clear with my disclaimer: there will be no actual burning. But one of the important steps to being able to make this happen is simplifying our lives and so I have already had a yard sale and now will take what is left and throw a Saturday Stone Soup and Sangria Swap Soiree. People will bring something for the soup pot, a recipe, something for the Sangria pitchers, and stuff to swap - should be loads of fun. If you'd like to join us and didn't get an invitation and you'll be in the Mesa, Arizona area this Saturday, drop me a line and I'll send you an invitation. We'll be throwing a last one just before leaving near the end of April. Today I'm baking bread, cooking soup stock and preparing for the feast.

As a part of this Great Inspiration project, we're committed to finding creative solutions to all our problems. Problems are the mother of invention in our world. This is the first step.