Today is Sunday. We are having a big yard sale this Friday, getting rid of EVERYTHING. At about 2:00pm, we are shutting down the yard sale, going to our first dispersed camp site, and setting up our first camp. We will have several hours to set up camp, make it nice and cozy for us, before sun down. A celebratory dinner is planned, perhaps at Filiberto's, a new Mexican restaurant that just opened up in Prescott. Then we bunk down in our tent for the first time.
I started a youtube account, and will be taking footage this weekend of our yardsale, how much stuff we are getting rid of this weekend! I will also make a video of our campsite, after we are all set up.
Saturday morning, Scott is back to work, while the kids and I go back to manning the yardsale. DAV is coming on Wednesday to pick up all the stuff left from the yardsale. Kids and I will finish detail cleaning the house Sunday, the carpet cleaner is coming on Monday, and the new folks are moving in Tuesday!
Busy week ahead!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Camping as a Lifestyle: Part 2
But wait, you say. You can't live in a tent all the time. What about the kids? How are you going to stay warm? Cook? Sleep? Shower? This is not how people live.
My response:
People have actually lived in tents for a very long time. We are not exactly trying something that has never been done before. Kids have lived with these people, and they do fine. Our particular kids are excited to be living the camping lifestyle. They look forward to being outside more, and learning how to cook over an open campfire.
Warmth: We already own a tent heater, and we are currently looking at some alternatives, like woodstoves and other types of heating. We will have nice comfy sleeping bags, and will be investing in cots.
We have a two burner camping stove, and some nights we will cook over a fire.
We are joining the YMCA, so we can shower there, as well as swim and workout. We will be clean. : )
I am looking forward to not having to maintain an entire house, and having time to write and play with my kids. October 1 is the date! Those of you in the Prescott area, come to our yardsale September 23 and 24!
My response:
People have actually lived in tents for a very long time. We are not exactly trying something that has never been done before. Kids have lived with these people, and they do fine. Our particular kids are excited to be living the camping lifestyle. They look forward to being outside more, and learning how to cook over an open campfire.
Warmth: We already own a tent heater, and we are currently looking at some alternatives, like woodstoves and other types of heating. We will have nice comfy sleeping bags, and will be investing in cots.
We have a two burner camping stove, and some nights we will cook over a fire.
We are joining the YMCA, so we can shower there, as well as swim and workout. We will be clean. : )
I am looking forward to not having to maintain an entire house, and having time to write and play with my kids. October 1 is the date! Those of you in the Prescott area, come to our yardsale September 23 and 24!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Camping as a Lifestyle
Well, I'm back. I find myself in an all too common situation. I would really like to own my home, be self reliant, grow things, spend more time with my family, raise livestock, and enjoy my life. I don't believe these are extraordinary goals. I do believe they are attainable.
I became proactive. I am choosing this adventure, right? I wasn't feeling like I had too many choices, living paycheck to paycheck, both of us working as much as possible. I am not living my dream living this way. So I, along with my husband and our children, are choosing a different way of living. Not only are we choosing a different way, we are also making a BIG change in our way of living.
We have decided to camp. Go camping. For a few months. Or a few seasons. We love to camp. It is a vacation for us. Now we are going to live our vacation. We are going to save a bunch of money by doing this, to go toward our dream and goal of having a more sustainable home on some acreage.
More to come on this topic!
I became proactive. I am choosing this adventure, right? I wasn't feeling like I had too many choices, living paycheck to paycheck, both of us working as much as possible. I am not living my dream living this way. So I, along with my husband and our children, are choosing a different way of living. Not only are we choosing a different way, we are also making a BIG change in our way of living.
We have decided to camp. Go camping. For a few months. Or a few seasons. We love to camp. It is a vacation for us. Now we are going to live our vacation. We are going to save a bunch of money by doing this, to go toward our dream and goal of having a more sustainable home on some acreage.
More to come on this topic!
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