We found out very quickly that it doesn’t take a lot of things to fill up 290 square feet. We had kitchen and bathroom supplies all over the place, and one bedroom worth of things covered the rest of the floor. I (Michael) was starting to feel like we were living in the belly of…
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We Ran Out Of Water
We have a 3000 gallon water tank on site that we use for our water source. It was 25% full when we moved into our shipping container. This is our first time living on this type of water system, so we had no idea how long it would last for a family of four. After…
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We Sold And Gave Away Almost Everything
In November of 2017, my wife and I (Michael) talked about repositioning ourselves financially. We were spending way too much money on our one income. There was nothing else in our finances we could cut in order to save money. Then a friend of mine offered for us to stay on his camp land so…
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Welcome
Hello there. Welcome to our site. Here you’ll find the life stories of myself (Michael) and my wife Jackie written by both of us at different times. We have two children and we live in a shipping container in Texas. We look forward to sharing more about who we are and what we’re up to.…
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Micheal and Jackie 