Our entire family read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up long before we told the boys we were moving onto a converted school bus. This was one of the many things we did to slowly prepare them for the changes that were coming to their lives. The boys both wrote opinion pieces on it when we finished as part of… Read More »The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
The hardest part of embracing minimalism was taking a close look at the personal mementos we were hauling around on this Earth and determining which of them needed to go. The answer was that the bulk of them had to go if we were going to live tiny and embrace minimalism. Full Disclosure We have a storage unit. There are… Read More »Minimalism | Digitalize Your Keepsakes
This worksheet is no longer available to download for free. To receive future worksheets for free, please join our mailing list. The worksheet can now be purchased here. We are so excited to share our free field trip worksheet with you! We are often asked what we think homeschool will look like on the road. Our hope is that it looks… Read More »Free Field Trip Worksheet + Giveaway! | We Live on a Bus
We get asked a lot of questions about what items we chose for our skoolie conversion and why we chose them. We are posting a list here of items we have purchased for the actual build. Click on the item to be directed to the web site where we purchased it. ]Tools & Utilities DeWALT Lithium Drill Driver/Impact Combo Kit:… Read More »Skoolie Conversion Purchases
Removing School Bus Home Rust Since we never intended to do any of the demo on our school bus home, I wasn’t mentally prepared for what we would find when we lifted the flooring of our skoolie to expose the metal floor. So. Much. Rust. If I had spent any time at all looking at other buses that were at… Read More »Removing School Bus Home Rust
We started dreaming of the perfect skoolie floor plan before we even purchased a bus. Since that first plan, it has changed 2,351 times. That is just a rough estimate of course. The photo below is what we have settled on. That is, until our builder points out the 20 reasons why he doesn’t think it will work. Maybe he… Read More »Skoolie Floor Plan
Now that we have the floor plan figured out, I can narrow down which tiny sink for our tiny bathroom. Here is a look at the bathroom area of our floor plan: So, you can’t tell my from my super fancy drawing, but the white space is actually all open area. It can be closed off with a curtain to… Read More »4 Tiny Sink Ideas for Tiny Homes
If you are interested in joining a team, you should really consider our doTerra team. Just let me know via email first. I will scour the pages for any special buys and see if I can get a goodie bag sent your way with your sign up! More free oils. If you read this article, then you know how much… Read More »doTerra Wellness Advocate | Sign Up
Transposition of the Greater Arteries Hi, I’m Elijah. When I was born I was diagnosed with Transposition of the Greater Arteries. My biological mother (I am adopted) told me my body was blue when I was born. Due to Transposition of the Greater Arteries, my heart was pumping oxygen-poor blood through my body. This is because with Transposition of the… Read More »Transposition of the Greater Arteries
I love talking about homeschool. I really love talking about how we homeschool using the specific goals of each child. I really, really love talking about the vocabulary building program we have developed over the last couple of years. When we first started homeschool, it was important to me that the boys learn where they are. Spelling tests were an… Read More »Free Homeschool Vocabulary Dictionary Page