My name is Rori and I am a 35-year-old mom of 4 children (ages 6 months to 10 years old). I am obsessed with reading, gardening, rivers, hot springs, thrift store shopping, traveling, and the color lavender.
Being a mother is my greatest (and most challenging) role in life so far.
I am blessed to co-parent with my partner of 13 years, Alejandro. He works hard for our family as a handyman/landscaper. Yes, it’s true, he is the main person keeping our veggies and plants alive on our homestead!
Some other jobs I’ve had in my life have included being an after-school teacher, pizza maker, Trader Joe’s cashier, and census employee. My strangest job to date was working at a haunted hotel where I washed and folded sheets for the hotel rooms!
With all these fun, yet tiring and demanding jobs behind me I am so excited to now be able to do what I’ve always dreamed of doing – living off the grid, growing a permaculture garden, and running an epic homestead. The best part of my dream is that I’m doing all this in my partner’s home country of Mexico!
In August of 2022, we said goodbye to our family and friends in our tiny mountain town in California and packed up our trailer and the RV we were living in. We made it to Baja California and stayed with family for a month until we found our little slice of nirvana in the form of 1/2 an acre of raw land.
Immediately after purchasing the raw land, we started clearing the overgrown chaparral vegetation by hand with a pick and axe. Luckily, we had help from Alejandro’s family and were able to clear the land in a couple of days. Even my little 2-month fetus helped clear the land from inside the womb!
After clearing and burning the shrubs we were able to park our RV in the middle of our lot, which in turn enabled us to settle into our new homestead! Next came the necessities: water, solar-powered electricity, and the pooping quarters!
