08-04-2013, 09:14 PM
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Originally posted by unknownjulie
OH no, I feel this thread veering off into "parenting territory"! Anyhow, I dont really know why anyone would think a single woman with three little kids would "want to" or "have the time" to be messing with catchment water, solar systems, milling her own grain to make homemade pizza crusts, or refusing to shop at Walmart. It's not like my tiny little house or a yurt would have a large "ecological footprint". And I do love the phrase, "the best parents are the ones who dont have kids". Anyhow, my philosophies on "solar power" or "shopping at walmart" or whatever - come second to taking care of my kids, and they are the priority right now. IT is not going to be good for my kids to have me in tears, and stressed, and taking time, dealing with a solar system- having strange workmen around to "take a look at it", or being berrated on this message board because I "should have thought of this prior to moving into a house with solar power" (which is really just another way of saying, "why isnt your man around to take care of it, and what did you do to make you become a single parent?"). I know very well that I am not 'handy" and cant deal with solar at all. It is good to know ones limitations.
I hear ya unknownjulie, I respect that you know what is good for you. Why the concrete stemwall...why not a wood deck on piers? Much easier. Solar isn't for everyone but I love it.