Chronicles of Our Desert Homestead–Ch. 1

Where and Why

A couple of years ago I announced Ken and I were moving to Chicago, only to denounce it a couple of weeks later.

We finally found our “what’s next,” and I decided to wait until it was a done deal before mentioning it publicly (lesson learned). Alas, here we are with a for-real announcement:

On August 8th, Ken and I closed on a house with a detached shop on 10 acres of fenced desert land.

There’ve been lots of questions, and I have lots of answers. (See the Q&A section at the bottom of this post for a few to start!)
But there’s also a whole lot more to it than just snatching up a new place.

I’ve been trying to figure out where to start with the whole story, but my indecision has kept me from posting at all, which is the opposite of what I want. I want to share with you!

So, I will experiment with a Monday-night Write to see if I can unfold the story as we go.

Tonight’s entry is a bit of background. Let’s call it:

Where and Why

Ken and I (married in 2020) own a super sweet online business that we built together. We launched in August of 2016, working with a local manufacturer for printing/cutting/sewing, and packing/shipping orders from our home.

In Aug of 2018, we started leasing a warehouse, bought some machinery, and took over the manufacturing so we could…