Category Archives: Meanderings

Yesterday, I suffered through one of the most horrible experiences of this experience.  I think I may suffer from PTSD when we are through this because of things like what happened yesterday.  I don’t know if I can get through … Continue reading →

This is our third house restoration and I’ve discovered that there are many odors that go along with old house projects.  Some identifiable, some not so much.  All old homes have a very similar odor when they are vacant.  It’s … Continue reading →

We still haven’t heard anything on the house.  It is an extremely frustrating experience.  We are living at the house in our camper and looking longingly at it, but not able to do anything to it yet.  Tomorrow will be … Continue reading →

The farm house has another house on the property that burned down a while back.  The other night, I walked out by that house to show the youngest the hay bale picker-uper truck thingie (technical term) and heard a hissing … Continue reading →

In town, we had a guy who came once a week and cleaned up the dog doo out of the yard.  For $5 per week (per dog), he would come clean up the yard and take the poo with him! … Continue reading →

At one of the Disney parks in Florida, there used to be a ride called “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride”.  I’m not sure if it’s still there, but I believe it was based on The Wind in the Willows.  It was … Continue reading →

We have hot water!  Hot running water and a shower that is bigger than 2 feet square!  It’s wonderful! In this lifestyle of living in the camper and being house-less, I find it’s the little things.  After toiling away on … Continue reading →

The past few days have been busy ones.  On Saturday, we were feeling very frustrated with our situation living at the shop.  It’s not in the best of neighborhoods, the dogs were very difficult to deal with (especially having one … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I went to a laundromat for the first time in a long time.  The most convenient was a place called “Duds and Suds”.  I thought it sounded like a great place to not only wash clothes, but grab a … Continue reading →

Day 3 in the camper, but who’s counting….  Since moving out is now done, I decided to tidy up our living space today.  There were two pallets of block just outside the camper door that were not only ugly to … Continue reading →