Thank you very much, it has definitely been an interesting journey and tough at times. I guess I wouldn't be the same person if it had been otherwise though.
I am actually in Portugal because this is where my family lives and I got a feeling I should come back for a little while. I'm still not sure if we will end up settling here or not but there are a lot of little communities here of people looking to live sustainably and off the grid. It actually gives me a lot of hope to see that. I will have to check out that blog and see where he is =)