Hey guys, Jenna here. It's been a long
time since I've done a vlog style post. And so I'm going to give you some
updates on what's going on in my world. First of all, let me just do a short recap on my
story behind me is my tiny house. It's 160 square feet, depending
on if you count the lofts or not. I built this house with a bunch
of help from friends and family in 2014 And um, I lived in it with my
ex-boyfriend for a little while, and then with myself and
my dog after we broke up. And. I'm not going to really touch on that, even though that is probably the
most like commented thing that I get is why did you guys break
up? First of all, it was in 2016, so way over it guys. Second of
all, things happen, you know, and it's just the way it is. I will say that I did pay him
for his half of the tiny house. Cause we built it together.
We decided on a price. I paid him monthly
installments for a whole year. So anybody who says I stole or took
the tiny house or took advantage of him is completely wrong. And we made the decision together that
I would be the one that continued on living in the tiny house. I lived in a tiny house alone for a
while until I met my husband Nabil. And then we decided after dating for about
a year that I would move in with him. So like I've said on here, I don't know how many times I don't
actually live in this tiny house anymore, but people still get confused. So,
um, here I am saying it once again, I own and built and
lived in this tiny house, but now I just use it as a vacation home
in an Airbnb and you guys can come and stay anytime you want. I'll put a
link to my Airbnb in the description. So another one of the questions that I
always get is why did I move out of my tiny house? So when I
bought this tiny house, I wasn't really thinking way far ahead. My whole goal was to pay off
all my debts, my student debt, that all happened. I saved a bunch of money and it
really did accomplish all my goals. And then I continued to live in it
for a while. Cause I just loved it. Then I met my husband, who's six foot six, And that's one reason why we
don't live in my tiny house. He actually doesn't fit. I'm. Not saying you can't live in a
tiny house. If you're super tall, you totally can, but you need
to design the house for that. And Nabil has been in hundreds
of tiny homes with me. And I've dragged him all over the U S
doing my tiny house tours and he's gone to lots of different festivals and there
are very few that he actually fits in. So he bangs his head a lot
when we're here, you know, he's like a good sport about it. And
you know, he's just a positive person. So he's, he's fine with it, but I don't
think he'd want to live in it full time. And I would never ask him
to live in it full-time The other reason is that an appeal has
a 460 square foot house in Seattle. And so he already lived tiny and
that made me feel good and attracted to him and happy about, you know, moving from 160 square
feet to 460 square feet. I still consider 460 square feet, pretty
tiny. And I think most people would. And finally, the last reason why I no longer
live in my tiny house full time is because I always knew I wanted
to have kids one day. And, um, I didn't build this tiny house thinking
that I would ever have kids in this tiny house. I know a lot of people
do. I cover them on this channel. I think it's great. If you can live in
a really teeny, tiny space with kids, and I think you need to
design the space for that. I don't think I could remodel this house
and live in it with kids comfortably. I think I'd go insane. That's me
though. Everybody's different. And I have a huge amount of respect
for the people who can live in their tiny homes or buses or
vans or whatever with their kids. I just don't think I could. And
so when Nabil and I got married, we knew that we weren't going to be
able to live in the tiny house with our kids. It just made more sense for me to move
in with him than for him to move in with me. And that actually brings
me to my final announcement. The plan that I had for my
life was to become debt-free to own a house. This was the
first house I ever owned now, Nabil and I own his house together. And to start a family and I'm
34 and all of those things have happened. And a lot of it is because I decided
to build a tiny house when I was 26 So, um, dreams do come true
guys. So one final thing, we're actually remodeling Nabil's house
right now, the 460 square foot house. And we are blowing down walls
and making it more open concept. This house is a hundred years old.
It was literally built in 1920. So it really needed a lot of TLC. Mom and dad are working
hard, mostly dad. Okay there, you'll see this one day and
see what we had to do for you. So we are remodeling that house, getting ready for baby and maybe even
talking about adding on an addition. So that one day a little
one can have their own room. We're spending a lot of money doing that
and we can do that because one reason why is because I'm debt-free. Hopefully. You guys will have some comments for me, I'm sure there'll be some negative
comments about how I've sold out. And I moved out of the tiny house. I never said I was going
to live in this forever. And I'm not saying we're going
to live in that house forever. People change your life
changes. And with that, you better change too otherwise
you're going to be miserable. Why don't you let me know in the comments, if you'd like to see some updates on
my 460 square foot remodel or what else you'd like to see from this channel? Because I'm always wondering what
you guys want to see next. So, uh, I hope you guys enjoy the little update
that I've just given you and, um, come back for more videos
every single Friday.
