Taking a break from office purging. (Let me tell you it's not really all that much fun.)
Tonight we were hanging around the kitchen preparing dinner. The cats were nearby in the Dining Room. Natasha sized up the situation and made an observation.
"Here we are all are, in a space that's just about equal to Bullwinkle."
True. The dining room and kitchen in our stick house are pretty darn close to the dimensions of Bullwinkle...with the slides out.
"This is it," Natasha proclaimed. "We're scaling everything we're living in now to just this."
Boris came to the rescue.
"True," he said. "This is equal to the space where we will eat and sleep."
Then, he really came to the rescue.
"But our living space," he said, "is North America."
Love it!
Weekend Agenda
No "camping" this weekend. So, we're loading up our agenda with fulltiming prep chores. It's been awhile since we've concentrated our efforts there. (Too busy camping!) So, we're looking forward to accomplishing lots.
On the agenda:Purging our home office. (Yikes!) Reviewing our preliminary fulltiming budget. (It's looking really good so far!) Making Thanksgiving reservations. (OK. That really has nothing to do with fulltiming, but we need something fun to look forward to this weekend!)
While Natasha is purging in the office, Boris says he'll be "thinning" here and there. That's how we work. Natasha "whooshes" and tackles one big project at once. Boris, on the other hand, prefers to "whittle" -- doing a little here and a little there until it all gets done. It's just one more thing that makes us a great team!
Happy weekend!
On the agenda:
While Natasha is purging in the office, Boris says he'll be "thinning" here and there. That's how we work. Natasha "whooshes" and tackles one big project at once. Boris, on the other hand, prefers to "whittle" -- doing a little here and a little there until it all gets done. It's just one more thing that makes us a great team!
Happy weekend!
Two Faces of the Campground
Arriving at a county campground on a Friday night and staying until Monday afternoon revealed something very interesting: Two faces of the same campground.
When we arrived Friday night at Sandy Beach, the place was in full swing: Families of all shapes and sizes were munching on burgers and dogs after a fun afternoon at the beach along the river. Campsites varied from a simple tent or two with a couple of couples to a complex of three neighboring sites filled with fivers and travel trailers and shared by what appeared to be members of the same family (or very good friends). Kids were everywhere, enjoying the last blast of Summer before school begins.
The fun and festivities continued to build through the sunny Saturday. While we prepared dinner on Saturday night, we watched kids of all ages frolic in the lawn. It was quite a fun scene.
Sunday morning had a bit of a solemn aire, as just about everybody squeezed out the last bit of Summer fun and then started to pack up and move. By Sunday evening, we just about had the place to ourselves.
A couple of others pulled out before we had our Monday morning coffee. As we strolled around the campground with coffees in hand, we paid a visit to the river. This place that had been so busy over the weekend that we really couldn't even approach was now quiet, calm, peaceful and inviting. We lapped up every bit of the peace and quiet we could before we checked out Monday afternoon and headed back to reality.
As we pulled out of the peaceful campground, we passed a Class A and a fiver with happy campers inside. Maybe they were fulltimers, perhaps they were retirees enjoying an extended holiday. Whatever the case, they were savoring the best this campground had to offer: a weekday.
As we're back to another work week, we find ourselves yearning for weekdays spent in a lovely campground instead of an office. Meanwhile, we'll enjoy this most recent peaceful memory.
When we arrived Friday night at Sandy Beach, the place was in full swing: Families of all shapes and sizes were munching on burgers and dogs after a fun afternoon at the beach along the river. Campsites varied from a simple tent or two with a couple of couples to a complex of three neighboring sites filled with fivers and travel trailers and shared by what appeared to be members of the same family (or very good friends). Kids were everywhere, enjoying the last blast of Summer before school begins.
The fun and festivities continued to build through the sunny Saturday. While we prepared dinner on Saturday night, we watched kids of all ages frolic in the lawn. It was quite a fun scene.
Sunday morning had a bit of a solemn aire, as just about everybody squeezed out the last bit of Summer fun and then started to pack up and move. By Sunday evening, we just about had the place to ourselves.
A couple of others pulled out before we had our Monday morning coffee. As we strolled around the campground with coffees in hand, we paid a visit to the river. This place that had been so busy over the weekend that we really couldn't even approach was now quiet, calm, peaceful and inviting. We lapped up every bit of the peace and quiet we could before we checked out Monday afternoon and headed back to reality.
As we pulled out of the peaceful campground, we passed a Class A and a fiver with happy campers inside. Maybe they were fulltimers, perhaps they were retirees enjoying an extended holiday. Whatever the case, they were savoring the best this campground had to offer: a weekday.
As we're back to another work week, we find ourselves yearning for weekdays spent in a lovely campground instead of an office. Meanwhile, we'll enjoy this most recent peaceful memory.
Winded
We're rested, refreshed and well-winded after our long weekend near the Sacramento River delta.
Check Bullwinkle's Travels for the details.
And, yes, we're still looking for our home campground.
Check Bullwinkle's Travels for the details.
And, yes, we're still looking for our home campground.
Go Do It
One of us, who shall remain nameless (but does most of the writing on this blog), has developed quite an obsession about this fulltiming thing. I spend just about any spare moment doing something related to fulltiming. Seems I'm either adding to our list of things to do before we go, taking inventory of all of our stuff and figuring out where it will go, reading a blog of a current or future fulltimer, checking out the fulltiming topics on an RV forum, researching campground reviews across the country or adding to our list of places we'd love to explore on the road.
Yes, it's serious. The other of us is totally on board and passionate about this idea, of course. We're both growing a bit concerned about my obsession.
Until today.
On my way home from work I spotted a quote in a store window:
Yes, it's serious. The other of us is totally on board and passionate about this idea, of course. We're both growing a bit concerned about my obsession.
Until today.
On my way home from work I spotted a quote in a store window:
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
The words belong to Howard Thurman, an American theologian and civil rights leader.
Today this quotable quote inspires me to keep moving toward our fulltiming dream. It's not a crazy, worthless obsession as I've lately worried. I've wondered if we should be pursuing something more noble and less self-serving.
What I know is pursuing this idea of really seeing our country for a year or three makes us both come alive. I can't imagine how alive we'll be when we're actually doing it.
And, I love the thought that it might do the world a bit of good.
Today this quotable quote inspires me to keep moving toward our fulltiming dream. It's not a crazy, worthless obsession as I've lately worried. I've wondered if we should be pursuing something more noble and less self-serving.
What I know is pursuing this idea of really seeing our country for a year or three makes us both come alive. I can't imagine how alive we'll be when we're actually doing it.
And, I love the thought that it might do the world a bit of good.
New Grill
Our new grill is here!
I had it shipped to my office...because our UPS driver at home has been known to throw things at our front door. Plus, who needs a shiny new BBQ grill all boxed up sitting on your front porch just waiting for someone to carry it away? I laughed as one of my colleagues pushed the 45-pound box toward my office door.
We got it home and Boris went to work doing the "some assembly" that was required. Moments later he had the propane tank connected and the burner firing.
Something tells me we're going to grill many meals this weekend!
I had it shipped to my office...because our UPS driver at home has been known to throw things at our front door. Plus, who needs a shiny new BBQ grill all boxed up sitting on your front porch just waiting for someone to carry it away? I laughed as one of my colleagues pushed the 45-pound box toward my office door.
We got it home and Boris went to work doing the "some assembly" that was required. Moments later he had the propane tank connected and the burner firing.
Something tells me we're going to grill many meals this weekend!
100 Days
It's the beginning of a new week, and we're the first to admit we are a bit overwhelmed. The reality is starting to sink in: If we accelerate our plans, everything - from packing to leaving our jobs - starts coming at us faster and faster.
Yowza!
But then, we think back. It was just 100 days or so ago that we completed our trip in the rented Tioga that got us hooked on this lifestyle in the first place. In 100 days we've researched, shopped for, found and purchased a motorhome that we can play in now and fulltime in later. In those 100 days we have gone out on four outings and spent 10 nights in our new home away from home. While we still have tons to learn, we are beginning to get the hang of it all. In those same 100 days we've given birth to an idea to make a major lifestyle change and embark on a great RV escape. We've taken very early steps to begin the big purge. We've started to inventory our house and all our possessions. Heck, somewhere in those 100 days we even launched a blog or two. We are on our way.
So, when overwhelm hits, and we can't believe how much is in front of us, we just look back at how much we've accomplished in just 100 days.
With some one, two or three hundred days ahead of us -- give or take a hundred or two -- to do what we need to do, we're reminding ourselves of how much we have done and how much we are capable of doing.
Yowza!
But then, we think back. It was just 100 days or so ago that we completed our trip in the rented Tioga that got us hooked on this lifestyle in the first place. In 100 days we've researched, shopped for, found and purchased a motorhome that we can play in now and fulltime in later. In those 100 days we have gone out on four outings and spent 10 nights in our new home away from home. While we still have tons to learn, we are beginning to get the hang of it all. In those same 100 days we've given birth to an idea to make a major lifestyle change and embark on a great RV escape. We've taken very early steps to begin the big purge. We've started to inventory our house and all our possessions. Heck, somewhere in those 100 days we even launched a blog or two. We are on our way.
So, when overwhelm hits, and we can't believe how much is in front of us, we just look back at how much we've accomplished in just 100 days.
With some one, two or three hundred days ahead of us -- give or take a hundred or two -- to do what we need to do, we're reminding ourselves of how much we have done and how much we are capable of doing.
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