I can see a time down the road where I can post photos and stories of our wonderful days on the road or in a warmer climate! But right now it is down to the hard work of figuring out the hows and whens of getting to that point!
We have spent hours, I mean hours on hours of research on trailers. We were thinking of going with a vintage very low weight trailer, but Thank God common sense caught up with us!! LOL 10 minutes in my kitchen with hubby and two Great Danes is a reality check!!! Then we measured the width of our narrow living room, and figured out YES we need a slide out in the trailer!
So we are armed with the knowledge the trailer on our list, has to have a slide out (part of the trailer slides out sidways and enlarges the trailer, typically the sofa and dining area are in one of these), be as long as it can be and still be hauled by our 1/2 ton van (that involves a lot of math and accurate information), have a queen size bed, and windows. You would be suprised how many trailers have these itsy bitsy windows. Damn I am traveling to see the country. Part of that time I will be inside for weather or comfort. I would like to see the vistas I have traveled to, not the wallpaper and cupboards!!!
With luck the $$ for the trailer will be available before we sell the house! The Treasure Trails are getting better all the time! Not as good as the late 90's early 2000's. Since this is at the bottom of the food chain, good news for the economy ahead! It will slowly work its way up to the rest of you!! LOL
So I will begin sorting through things getting ready for multiple garage/estate sales. May 10th may be the first one if I want to haul my things over to Heathers. They will be having citywide sales, and she will have the pool open. That's a lot of incentive!!
Since I sold my glass studio and have to sort through the jewelry mess. I have been figuring out what I will take with me to keep my fingers busy, other than a good book. I already have my watercolors, my crocheting and I am not leaving my sewing maching behind!! As my glass addiction was started with a book on mobiles and led me to making glass beads! I found a book over a year ago, that I couldn't find myself selling, I fell in love with it. Judith Baker Montano, is a fiber artis, specializing in embroidery, crazy quilts and silk embroidery. She makes some amazing things and has inspired me to give it a try. I have done embroidery over the years, but the floral stitches she uses and the crazy quilt pallet really has me hooked. My first sampler project is done, and I am working on another! I love it!!!
The one thing that has not changed since the beginning of the year is our dedication to cut meat out of our diet! No chicken, beef, pork or fish/seafood. Our one cheat is we use eggs, not a lot but occasionally when called for in a recipe. I have found tons of wonderful reciples, but our favorite is Pizza. I do a home made pizza, but we still order from Papa Murphy their Gourmet Vegetarian! YUMMY
You all take care, stay warm, and lets hope for an early spring!
Dilly
I wasn't going to give you a hard time for falling off the "blog wagon." So glad to see that you're back on track.
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Hey Dilly, don't worry when the time comes to move you will have everything under control, we did. Can't wait to hear about your adventure on the road.
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