Stacking the Essentials
There’s something surreal about watching the pieces of your new life arrive in cardboard boxes.
We’ve officially entered the “order it now while we still have an address” phase. It feels strategic… and slightly chaotic. But mostly strategic. 😊
Our Starlink showed up first — still sitting in its box like a promise of wide open skies and signal bars in the middle of nowhere. We don’t need satellite internet here in rural Iowa just yet, so it waits patiently. But knowing we’ll be able to connect from wherever we land? That feels grounding.
Last week our solar-powered battery generator arrived. I’ve been putting it to work immediately — running my home office and computer setup, cycling it down and charging it back up to strengthen the lithium batteries. It feels good to use it intentionally now instead of waiting for “someday.” Every discharge and recharge feels like practice for the life ahead.
Saturday was a big one: our 23-foot bell tent arrived.
This tent will be home while we renovate the bus and begin building what comes next. It’s strange and beautiful to look at something and think, Our family will live inside that. There’s excitement in that thought… and a healthy dose of humility too.
And today, the final “must-have” arrived — our compost toilet and sink.
With that delivery, we officially have the core necessities covered. Shelter. Power. Sanitation. Internet. The baseline of modern life, just reimagined in a more intentional way.
It’s wild how different “needs” feel when you strip everything back. We’re not collecting comforts — we’re building infrastructure. Piece by piece. Box by box.
There’s still so much work ahead. The bus renovation. The land. The unknowns. But standing in a room surrounded by stacked deliveries, I don’t feel overwhelmed.
I feel like we’re preparing.
Thank you for being here as we gather the essentials and step closer to the edge of this next chapter. Your encouragement makes this transition feel less like a leap and more like a journey we’re walking together.
More soon.
