18-19 May 2026
A little bit of a different post today. I wanted to take some time to write down a couple nerd / computer things, as well as outline where we are looking to go in the future while I wait for the kids to have their swim practice, before we run off to Scouts after.
2026 so far…
It has been challenging to keep up with all of the irons in the fire, but still we persist. Spring came this year and we were not quite fully prepared with what that entailed on a homestead. We should have been starting seeds and the garden in November / December, but we were starting them in February this year.
We got some more baby chicks and baby ducks, as well as hatched some geese, but we were also behind on the infrastructure we needed to support them.
Combine that with (attempting) to maintain a full press on homeschooling, with sports and Scouts ramping up with fundraisers, Meagan and I got overwhelmed. It’s amazing when you spend your weekends doing fundraising how much you miss them for other things to do around the house.
Amongst all of that, I continue to manage my server, which this site, among others runs on. I even have a few paying clients for email and web hosting! I need to add these offerings to my consulting page – https://www.lonewolftech.services. I thought I had done so, but I see that I did not.
I have been tuning the server and it is performing better now as I learn how to administer it better.
This blog and Patreon.
On our 2024 RV Trip, I started using Patreon to manage users and share things. At the time, it was too much for me to unscrew the spammers and such on wordpress. I think it’s gotten better, and/or I’ve gotten better. One of the significant reasons to using Patreon is that it would cross-publish from there to here. The problem, however, is that it doesn’t push all the images. I wish to have a copy of what I do, and not have to go back and recreate it if something untoward should happen or if Patreon takes exception to something. So, I have shifted back to posting here primarily, and cross posting a link to Patreon. If I can figure out how to push all the images so that they are not solely hosted on Patreon, then I will try to simplify it more.
For now, though, I will be posting here on this blog as primary, and backing up to Patreon. I do appreciate my paid suscriber!
I do know who you are, and thank you very much! It has inspired me to continue to post our adventures.
Lines of effort
What are we working on? Well, we have a few irons in the fire right now.
The house
Bathroom remodel is underway, and was put on pause for tax season and spring.
I have another infrastructure project to run power to the shop and water lines around the yard as well, but that’s going to wait until the bathroom remodel is finished.
Lone Wolf Tech Services, LLC
This is the main self employed LLC for running the business side of things.
Allaboard Acres Farm
This is a DBA of LWTS, for the cottage sourdough bread that I’m making, as well as our animals and raw milk.
I have gotten good reviews for the bread, so that is very encouraging. Now, we just need to build a market for it!
Allaboard Bouncers
Another DBA, but for doing a bounce house rentals in the area. We have the bounce houses, but I need to get the contracts and back end done to my satisfaction, as well as do some trailer maintenance before I’m ready to make deliveries.
And in all of this, home school continues amongst all the other activities. The RV has a bunch of maintenance that it needs as well, so yay!
The Future
What does the future hold? Well, I don’t know exactly, but I do have a vision of where we want to go.
When we moved back here, I said that I figured we had 3-5 years before we would have to move. That would be 2 – 4 years as of this writing. There are two parts of the waiting – getting through some of the teen years and various doctor things – braces and such. The other is waiting for prices to correct, as anything resembling what we would like to do is presently out of reach, perhaps I should have gambled on bitcoin or Gamestop stock shenanigans earlier. Oh well.
So, if I could write our story, what would it be?
In the next few years, we find a suitable property / farm that we can move to. The property will be mostly flat and have a good source of water on it, ideally a stream with some elevation drop. It may have caves on it, and support a basement and/or root cellar. The land will be mostly flat with some terrain. We will have a nice homestead and be able to run livestock and have a market garden. We would use draft horses in addition to tractors and other mechanical means. There of course, would be a shop with a large parking bay suitable for a fifth wheel size trailer, a pole barn, and perhaps a couple auxiliary dwelling units or spaces for them. We think that it is reasonable that the kids may have to continue to live on the farm, or may opt to. We would like to have the option to offer the kids and other family. There will also be space to offer RV spots and/or Air BNB style places.
On or adjacent to the property we would have a general store with a restaurant. One of my current futures is running a tavern type place, where I can make and serve the various smoked meats, bread, brew mead and beer, and other quality food with real ingredients. The farm / homestead would feed the store / restaurant with farm-to-table. The farm store / tavern would be a community center where folks could gather and socialize, building those connections which hold people together and make them stronger. It would also make meals easier for us – we’ve joked that we need a commercial kitchen just to make dinner for the family.
The farm and store will be on the edge of a metro area, far enough away to be ‘country’ and close enough for people and for access to activities for kids and other benefits of concentrated humanity. Meagan and I have spent a lot of time discussing the balance between country and the desire to have activities and things for kids, but we may have to choose one or the other.
For now, though, we work on the projects at hand, and are slowly moving through the things that the kids have finally outgrown. The event horizon of the ‘youngest child’ has finally moved on and a large amount of things are now ‘too small’ or no longer needed. We just have to get past the emotions of letting go.
More to come, as we work to refine things, but I have a toilet to fix (leaking seal). Losing a toilet with a large family is no bueno. I’ll have a separate post on that, but right now waiting for it to dry before I re-seat later tonight. We have Swim team followed by Cub Scouts also tonight. Never a dull moment!
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