Our wee house

We were so lucky to find the house that fit our lives perfectly. We had spent too many hours looking at houses that were too big or had too many rooms; most had too many stairs. Ours is small, on one level and the previous owners had lived in the house very gently. All the doors are intact, the wood floor is warm and beautiful; everything is looking exactly the way a house built in 1950 should. Now that we're settled, we begun to draft a "to do" list; a list we're having difficulty prioritizing. Oddly enough, none of the top 12 or so are cosmetic; all are about efficiency. Living in a small house is part of the desire to minimize our impact on the planet, not living in more space than we need, not using more than our share of resources. Our end goal (perhaps largely my end goal) would be to live largely off the grid, supplying our own power and being ultra-conservative with our water, food, trash. Our "to do" list has become a challenge, not only financially, but also because the world seems determined to convince us to live large and loud, to spend more than we make, and to consume like there is no end. Well, we're going to live as small and cleanly as we can, and will hopefully enjoy the process.