Tired of the busy and chaotic life in Las Vegas, Nevada for nearly ten years, my family and I decided to slow down to lead an eco-friendly life. None of us felt that this could be ______ where we were living and we all agreed that a move to the country would be great for everyone.

Before long we ______ looking for a home in Yucca, Arizona, a very small town of less than 1,000 people. When I called to ______ about the property, I was informed that there was no electricity available in the area. What? No electricity? I almost ______ the idea immediately. But what better way is there to go green? After giving it a second ______, we decided to put in a(n) ______ and moved in on Thanksgiving Day.

When we first moved to the property, we did some ______ and stayed in our motor home. We were faced with real challenges at the time. But the ______ just made us work harder. We slowly got things fixed and moved into the house after 38 days.

While living here for the past four months has been a big ______, there are many benefits to living off the grid (电网). I think one of the most ______ lessons is teaching my kids the importance of ______. We started taking quicker showers, doing only full loads of laundry, turning off the water while brushing our teeth. ______, we are also trying to make other changes which include reducing the amount of trash we generate by ______, growing our own organic vegetables and re-purposing things that we would ______ throw.

Overall, going off the grid has been ______ to our family. I hope that once my kids moveout of the house, they will keep the habits that they have learned by living off the grid.