by Millie Copper | Dec 30, 2014 | Budgeting, frugal options, Life in Wyoming
2014 was an expensive year for us. Our biggest expense was building our cabin. In 2013 we bought 20 acres a few hours away with the plan to eventually build a Tiny House type structure to live in while we slowly, over time, built our permanent home. Then early in 2014...
by Millie Copper | Dec 8, 2014 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid
We’re so excited to have the shell of our new cabin completed. It is absolutely amazing. To be quite honest, it is beyond anything we could have imagined. Are you ready for a tour? This side of the cabin is the bedroom end. While it’s just a big box right...
by Millie Copper | Oct 8, 2014 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid
Our new cabin is coming right along! Last month when I posted about our cabin we had just left the property with the foundation complete and the floor in progress. You can read that post here. Our builders have been hard at it and are making great progress. In fact,...
by Millie Copper | Sep 8, 2014 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid
We spent the weekend up at our property with our builders. We’re super excited about the progress that was made. When we left last weekend the cement piers and first beams were in place from the builder’s first visit in July. After a few hours of work this...
by Millie Copper | Jul 8, 2014 | Life in Wyoming
Over the 4th of July weekend we took a scenic drive. The drive started with Chief Joseph Scenic Highway which is outside of Cody, Wyoming. This part of the drive follows parts of the route taken by Chief Joseph as he led the Nez Perce tribe out of Yellowstone while...
by Millie Copper | Jun 30, 2014 | Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Two Acre Homestead
June was all about baby poultry. The chickens and ducks that were born in May are growing up fast and any day now will be put in the big house with the full grown birds. Early in June our broody hen had her chicks. She actually hatched all six eggs she was...