Today is Amazon Prime Day. There are lot's of cool gadgets and supplies on sale that I will need for my adventures a la camper van but I don't want to get too far ahead of myself. It is so tempting to start stockpiling but my first order of business is to get rid of a BUNCH of STUFF.

I have been researching vans and campers and I think I am going to go with a high top cargo van and do my own van build. That way I can have just what I need and customize as I go. Of course now everywhere I go I see cargo vans. Never noticed them before but I must have seen ten of them while out running an errand this morning. Granted they were not campers but they were the size and body type that I am leaning toward.

Another project I am about to embark on is conserving water. Carrying water on the road is limited. I am so mindful now while washing dishes of how much water I waste.  Not to mention showers. Fortunately with all the rain we have had this summer I have not needed to water my lawn much. So I have decided starting tomorrow morning I am going to time my shower and then try each day to make it shorter and shorter. Rethinking the need to fill the dishwasher, too. Even though I only run it every three days, the water I used to rinse the dishes before I put them in there can just as easily be used to just wash them at that time. I can't wait to see my  water bill over the next few months.

My son gave up drinking Dr. Pepper. He said I should give up the Diet Coke, too. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! We are doing it until Christmas. But hopefully will have broke free of the addiction to not want it anyway. I have not had a DC since Saturday. So far, so good. Removed the remaining six pack from the house yesterday. Still having my coffee in the morning but will gradually cut back on that as well.

So that is it for today. Need to get back to loading boxes for Goodwill. I plan to have an indoor garage sale before long. Can't stand the heat outside. Hopefully cooler customers may look longer and buy more.

Blessing to all!

To New Beginnings

Today marks the beginning of my quest for a nomadic life. Having been thoroughly mesmerized for the past year or so by YouTube videos on RV life and how to actually do it, I have decided that this is the life for me. For any goal to succeed it must start with a plan. I can honestly say I have never been a goal setter or plan maker. I have always just taken life as it comes, only acting on what I need to as situations present themselves.

I have also always been a procrastinator. Fear of failure seems to be my nemesis. But what I have finally realized is that I am not getting any younger. I don't want my life to end with everyone saying, what a shame she never got to live her dream of traveling the country in an RV.

I have been doing research and learning a lot thanks to Robin with Creativity RV and her book, Be A Nomad Change Your Life.  And perhaps the thing that Robin said which opened my eyes to fulfilling my dream instead of just wishing for it was when her sister asked her "If you knew you only had 2 years to live..." WOW! That did the same thing for me.

My husband and I talked of RVing around the country one day when we retired. Would we have actually made it happen? I like to think we would have. He decided he didn't want to retire at age 65 and since he was fifteen months older, I said "okay wait for me and we will retire together and start traveling." But one week shy of his 65th birthday The Lord decided to call him Home. That was 21 months ago. I still grieve but having been to grief share classes, I have learned that to move on doesn't mean I am leaving him behind but that my new normal is life on my own and I must continue to live. So now that I know it is possible for me to carry out our dream as a solo traveler, I am going to make it happen so when I go home to meet him in our Father's house, I can tell him all about it.

Armed with knowledge, I feel like my new journey begins tonight. From this point on all that I do will advance me to my goal of heading out into this great country that I live in and seeing in all her glory God's magnificent creation.

The purpose of this Blog is for me to record my progress and plot my course. One of my favorite quotes is from Mark Twain. I think this one makes a great mantra for me.