July came in a hurry with lots of sunshine and warm weather. Overall the summer was shaping up to be one of the nicest we’ve had in a while. Good thing too! Since little did we know it was going to be our last!! After hosting our second Adventure Builder Club meeting, J and I discussed the possibility of selling the property… Would it take long? We weren’t sure and discussed it a bit more. July 19th brought Bellatrix into toddlerhood as an official 1 year old!! She received a cute Baby doll to match Aurora’s (which Aurora immediately claimed charge of “until Bellatrix is big”) complete with a pacifier to match her own. She received money for fun and a beautiful handmade heirloom quilt. She has been sleeping with it every night since… We also began picking up our local CSA vegetable and egg share (community shared agriculture) from the local organic farm run by Suzanne and Tim at Luna Bleu. We’ve participated in this for the last 3 years and have really been enjoying the freshest vegetables and eggs available (short of growing our own, in Vermont that’s hard if you’re only part year).
August arrived in style bringing very few rain showers, enough to soak the ground and cool off the forest. J decided to try his hand at a kickstarter project, which did not succeed. But I think we are a bit relieved, since that would’ve been more work than we could handle right now. Toy sales are going moderately well, nothing spectacular. Hopefully we’ll see the big numbers they promised at the end of the year. Fingers crossed. We also began collecting our CSA meat share this month! It is definitely amazing to me that the Luna bleu staff offer all these awesome share options every year, year round. We really don’t get much from the grocery store these days and when we do, we aim for locally sourced items and/or organic when possible.
September brought us more beautiful weather and a final decision to sell the dome. Where would we go if it sold quickly? J came to me with an idea to buy a box truck and convert it into a mobile living space! So we found a local U-haul with several trucks available (in Manchester, NH), headed over (on a Sunday) and J test drove four!! The last one was the winner. We talked them down to $4k from $5k (it had been marked down from $6.5k) and checked in to a hotel for the night (we didn’t bring a temp tag and the DMV isn’t open on Sunday! Duh! Oops.) By Monday afternoon, we were caravaning back home. J drove the truck. A few days later J posted a video up on youtube about selling the dome and began receiving an onslaught of offers. Some serious, some more like wishful thinking. By the end of the week we had a family of four visit us for the weekend and make us an offer we were happy to accept!
We’ll miss our friends we’ve made along the years in Vermont, but it’s time to move on to other adventures!! For those of you abroad or in other locations we can’t get to at the moment, If you would like to keep up with where we are and what’s happening in our lives with the girls, the toys, or just to say hi every now and then, go to my webpage Dashaina’s Webpage and subscribe to my blog or youtube page. I will begin updating it on a more regular basis starting in October.