Here is some good news coming from North Carolina. With a name so close to my own, I am bound to like it.
A City Council has approved to building what they are calling "accessory house". Clearly to us is a tiny house. They are saying anything under 800 square feet will fall into this category.
Though this is not solely into a blank land, it is now ok to place it in your backyard which is what most do anyways. I see the next step being a community of Tiny Houses since more people will be able to live affordably.
To read more on this story please click HERE.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Dream a little
While there seems to be a bigger interest from a lot of people lately building a Tiny House, how to make that a reality is actually something of a mystery.
While the main component for me living in a tiny house is the living without a mortgage thing. First and foremost I need to get one built. The cost of building one can either go two ways.
Either I build one (which is not likely) or I get someone to build it (as in a builder). The list for builders seems to increase each passing day. The more I research about this the more builders I am finding along the way. There are two who are standing out for me at this moment.
The first builder I really like is a guy by the name of Chris. He has several pictures that on his site that I dream of being mine every time I see it.
Eventually I will post once I get my TH dream coming true. I do believe that it will occur, I just have to try to figure out how first.
While the main component for me living in a tiny house is the living without a mortgage thing. First and foremost I need to get one built. The cost of building one can either go two ways.
Either I build one (which is not likely) or I get someone to build it (as in a builder). The list for builders seems to increase each passing day. The more I research about this the more builders I am finding along the way. There are two who are standing out for me at this moment.
The first builder I really like is a guy by the name of Chris. He has several pictures that on his site that I dream of being mine every time I see it.
Eventually I will post once I get my TH dream coming true. I do believe that it will occur, I just have to try to figure out how first.
Encounters
Yesterday while out and about I had picked up several people, nothing out of the ordinary since this is what I do on a normal day anyways. It is not uncommon here in LA to actually run into someone famous, though I have yet to run into anyone I actually know or recognize.
Yesterday was really a different day. I had a good feeling and its always good to have that in a day. I had decided to start my day later in the day and not do the early AM commute (and by early I mean start at 430ish).
One of the first notable people I picked up first was an older gentleman whom stated was a writer in his days. I could actually tell that he was not just one of those people who said they were someone but actually really was a credible person. I never know anyone last name, due to the whole privacy thing, but he did give me his blog address (Just Thinking). After reading a few of this entries, I now realize that this guy really knows his stuff and is really what I'd like to call "Hollywood". He truly lives the life, or lived since I technically do not know him personally.
It was a very short trip and all I got from him was his site and a little hello there. Which pretty much sums up most of my trips. I continue my day and get a the normal Jane and Joe's who are like me, or at least I think so. A little later in the day I pick up my other interesting passenger.
I pull up by this tall building in Santa Monica and this little old lady comes in. Being that she shares my mother's name I knew I was going to enjoy this ride. Her name was Terry and when she spoke I could feel her energy as if she was very young and vibrant. She made several calls in my car and spoke to people about trips and things I only dream of. She told me she has been an actress since she was 10 and was famous in the 40s and 50s. Though I did not recognize her, she did tell me she still active in the film industry as an actress. After I dropped her off to have lunch with her friends before she went on to a comedy class, I looked her up. Her name was Terry Moore.
After meeting two amazing people during my day. I realized that though I do not live a very famous or interesting life. I want to start to write more than I am now. I see that Earl writes and post what appears to daily. I need to be more proactive.
I just want to thank them for something they don't even know happen. Give me strength in more ways than I can explain (or wish to share).
Yesterday was really a different day. I had a good feeling and its always good to have that in a day. I had decided to start my day later in the day and not do the early AM commute (and by early I mean start at 430ish).
One of the first notable people I picked up first was an older gentleman whom stated was a writer in his days. I could actually tell that he was not just one of those people who said they were someone but actually really was a credible person. I never know anyone last name, due to the whole privacy thing, but he did give me his blog address (Just Thinking). After reading a few of this entries, I now realize that this guy really knows his stuff and is really what I'd like to call "Hollywood". He truly lives the life, or lived since I technically do not know him personally.
It was a very short trip and all I got from him was his site and a little hello there. Which pretty much sums up most of my trips. I continue my day and get a the normal Jane and Joe's who are like me, or at least I think so. A little later in the day I pick up my other interesting passenger.
I pull up by this tall building in Santa Monica and this little old lady comes in. Being that she shares my mother's name I knew I was going to enjoy this ride. Her name was Terry and when she spoke I could feel her energy as if she was very young and vibrant. She made several calls in my car and spoke to people about trips and things I only dream of. She told me she has been an actress since she was 10 and was famous in the 40s and 50s. Though I did not recognize her, she did tell me she still active in the film industry as an actress. After I dropped her off to have lunch with her friends before she went on to a comedy class, I looked her up. Her name was Terry Moore.
After meeting two amazing people during my day. I realized that though I do not live a very famous or interesting life. I want to start to write more than I am now. I see that Earl writes and post what appears to daily. I need to be more proactive.
I just want to thank them for something they don't even know happen. Give me strength in more ways than I can explain (or wish to share).
Friday, April 17, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Ambitious
Maybe my goals are a little to high for this vast Los Angeles city. Or maybe its just that I have yet to find the right people to share my thoughts and ideas who would help me get my thoughts into action.
The more I drive the more I see homeless people. Today I saw a very nice size building totally empty. My first thought was "wow, this would be a great place to make micro apartments to be affordable housing". Again just a thought. I would love to be able to make this thought a reality.
At this time, I have no idea how to get in contact with anyone who would be able to help me (or the city per say) get this lovely idea of affordable housing here or to even make it a reality. There are many many buildings that I would love see being converted into micro apartments and be a more affordable way of living in this city.
I believe this would be a win win on every side. One, the investor would get a lot of people who are interested in living affordably therefore the need to fill every apartment in the building would be fulfilled quiet rapidly. Two, all the people who wish to have a little place of their own will gladly move into a place that is affordable and reasonable.
My other idea would be of course back to the Tiny House Community. This again will be achieve when there enough people who will be able to place their tiny house into a vacant lot, preferably with a lot of trees (this is my preference, but I'm not sure its oppose by others)
Well, I have not been posting like I want (daily), I do have to find a way to make this a habit. I'll gladly hear any suggestions on how I can make this happen. The habit of writing.
The more I drive the more I see homeless people. Today I saw a very nice size building totally empty. My first thought was "wow, this would be a great place to make micro apartments to be affordable housing". Again just a thought. I would love to be able to make this thought a reality.
At this time, I have no idea how to get in contact with anyone who would be able to help me (or the city per say) get this lovely idea of affordable housing here or to even make it a reality. There are many many buildings that I would love see being converted into micro apartments and be a more affordable way of living in this city.
I believe this would be a win win on every side. One, the investor would get a lot of people who are interested in living affordably therefore the need to fill every apartment in the building would be fulfilled quiet rapidly. Two, all the people who wish to have a little place of their own will gladly move into a place that is affordable and reasonable.
My other idea would be of course back to the Tiny House Community. This again will be achieve when there enough people who will be able to place their tiny house into a vacant lot, preferably with a lot of trees (this is my preference, but I'm not sure its oppose by others)
Well, I have not been posting like I want (daily), I do have to find a way to make this a habit. I'll gladly hear any suggestions on how I can make this happen. The habit of writing.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Dark before its Light?
The past few months has been dark. It seems... well no, things were going south and south.. honestly I don't even know how to go about it.
I have read many quotes in so many different words but basically they all say the same thing...
Things get bad before they get better.
Lately I have personally been going through so much... and it seems that no one really knows and honestly I don't really want them to because then comes the "oh my gosh, what is going on"... which mostly turns into gossip.. I'm not really in the mood to talk about anything to anyone..
So what is one to do? Well, I have found a very good thing to put my mind into... Tiny House.
Now so much comes to my mind and it starts to run wild, such as: houses for homeless (to start) and how to get single parents into a more affordable place. And of course makes me want a tiny more than anything.
I have lately been reading about it and the more I read and look at pictures this is what I really want.
Problem numero 1: Where do I park this?
Problem numero 2: How do I afford one?
and the list goes on..
So, even though I am going through so many things and have so much stress that I start to lose count. Darkness will eventually turn into light.
I have read many quotes in so many different words but basically they all say the same thing...
Things get bad before they get better.
Lately I have personally been going through so much... and it seems that no one really knows and honestly I don't really want them to because then comes the "oh my gosh, what is going on"... which mostly turns into gossip.. I'm not really in the mood to talk about anything to anyone..
So what is one to do? Well, I have found a very good thing to put my mind into... Tiny House.
Now so much comes to my mind and it starts to run wild, such as: houses for homeless (to start) and how to get single parents into a more affordable place. And of course makes me want a tiny more than anything.
I have lately been reading about it and the more I read and look at pictures this is what I really want.
Problem numero 1: Where do I park this?
Problem numero 2: How do I afford one?
and the list goes on..
So, even though I am going through so many things and have so much stress that I start to lose count. Darkness will eventually turn into light.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Life is a journey (BP)
Life is truly a journey that you cannot predict. It has taken me on a path that I could not see coming.
I constantly wonder how can someone be in such a HUGE (I know because I drive it daily) city and yet feel extremely lonely. Nothing is as it was before. Things has changed drastically and I'm here just .... i don't know ...
Most of the time, I am constantly missing people. Some whom I cannot on my own free will call .. and am scared of various things, which is probably because of all the things I see while out driving.
I heard of a 100daysofawesome today and so I decided, I'm going to try to blog for 100 days..
I think or plan on posting something positive and sometimes (or probably mostly) my feelings and ideas and thoughts. And sometimes randomly I will post recipes I plan on saving for a later day to make.
I constantly wonder how can someone be in such a HUGE (I know because I drive it daily) city and yet feel extremely lonely. Nothing is as it was before. Things has changed drastically and I'm here just .... i don't know ...
Most of the time, I am constantly missing people. Some whom I cannot on my own free will call .. and am scared of various things, which is probably because of all the things I see while out driving.
I heard of a 100daysofawesome today and so I decided, I'm going to try to blog for 100 days..
I think or plan on posting something positive and sometimes (or probably mostly) my feelings and ideas and thoughts. And sometimes randomly I will post recipes I plan on saving for a later day to make.
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