Welcome To Our Blog

Some of you already know that Anchalee and I have made the decision to move to the village where she was born. I am intending to use this blog to talk about the experience. So far we have made plans to renovate Anchalee's house from a a small wooden house on stilts (600 square feet), to a much larger 2200 square foot house with four bedrooms and modern features such as a kitchen and indoor plumbing. So follow along as we, in faith, attempt to do this big job on a tiny budget.

In order to move into the house, we need to use the entire lower area of the house. This area is currently being used as dry storage by Anchalee's father. He keeps his plow there and the corn he harvests. He also uses this area to fix motorcycles, which is a sideline for him. And the under part of the house is where people go to get out of the sun. if we take all that away we will have to make something else in return. So the very first part of this project is to make another sheltered multipurpose area.

On the property there is a half building where he stores his rice. It is made up with rough lumber and it is quite a mess, but I think we can make it into something much better. Tomorrow I will go up there with my bike, take some photos and make up a plan. It will also mark the first long drive (3 hours) I have made with my Chinese enduro motorcycle. I have been looking for an opportunity to give it a good test.

If all goes well I will back in a few days with an update, and maybe some photos too, if I can figure out how to add pictures to this blog. See you soon.