Living Off the Grid:How a Family of City-Dwellers Discovered the Simple Life

1. We bought a home off the grid

1.1. We moved in on Thanksgiving Day

2. We decided to slow things down

2.1. daughter:wanted a horse

2.2. husband:wanted porperty

2.3. son:wanted a dirt bike

2.4. wife:wanted the family to be more self-sufficient

3. we were confronted with real challenges

3.1. power kept going out

3.2. the main water line to the house broke

3.3. the plumbing backed up into the front yard

3.4. the generator died

4. the setbacks made us work harder

5. We have so many changes

5.1. cut down the amount of water

5.2. conservation of electricity

5.3. recovery profit

5.4. growing vegetables

6. Going off the grid has been great for our family