After much talk about the RV we wanted, we decided why rush into something and settle when we can just start out with something different and upgrade! I call it investing! That being said, we decided we didn't care if it was a Travel Trailer, Class A, or Class C.
It has been a whole 24 hours since I started the new freelance job! I am very thankful to have it and to be working with the person I am. She has been awesome since we started this journey! I am very grateful for the income also! It doesn't hurt that it is easy work so far and has the flexibility I need as a homeschooling nomadic FTF (full time family) mom.
Still nothing in the way of RVs since we opened up to other things.
Until later...
Monday, March 18, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Freelancing...
We have our own tech business and luckily it goes with us where we go. We have had some work but it varies how busy we will be. So that being said, I started applying for freelance jobs as per recommendations from a couple very amazing people I met through FB FTF (Full Time Families) group. You have to bid on jobs, and there was a LOT of people bidding. I hadn't gotten anything yet, I mean come on I spent time making these great bids etc.
Anyways! I had mentioned to another FTF mom that I was looking for something remote with flexibility! The company she works for had an opening and she thought of me (love her!)! So now I am doing freelance remote work! She is super awesome even willing to give me lots of work!
The running joke around the house is whomever was making money wasn't the "house honey"!!! Tag you are it babe! Although I really hope he gets a job, (yes I said job) that way he can figure out what he wants to do when he grows up. He really hopes it is coding and something he can do on the road (ME TOO!).
PS I started tonight!
Until Later...
Anyways! I had mentioned to another FTF mom that I was looking for something remote with flexibility! The company she works for had an opening and she thought of me (love her!)! So now I am doing freelance remote work! She is super awesome even willing to give me lots of work!
The running joke around the house is whomever was making money wasn't the "house honey"!!! Tag you are it babe! Although I really hope he gets a job, (yes I said job) that way he can figure out what he wants to do when he grows up. He really hopes it is coding and something he can do on the road (ME TOO!).
PS I started tonight!
Until Later...
Saturday, March 16, 2013
The Key, The Key!
We got the key to the mailbox! YEAH we can now claim residency, which is very important when your car tabs are about to expire and you need emissions on them in another STATE! This is what we wanted anyways, to claim residency here. Most lax laws for homeschooling and cottage laws for baking! This means DL changes, PO Box changes, etc.
Who knew a little silver mailbox key would be so exciting!
The hunt for the RV still continues. I keep scouring the FB pages I am on, the Greensheet (bleh) and Craigslist in hopes of finding something in good condition and cheap. I did find one...it is in Massachusetts though! The price is really good price, but it is a Travel Trailer and we want a Class A or C.
Until later...
Who knew a little silver mailbox key would be so exciting!
The hunt for the RV still continues. I keep scouring the FB pages I am on, the Greensheet (bleh) and Craigslist in hopes of finding something in good condition and cheap. I did find one...it is in Massachusetts though! The price is really good price, but it is a Travel Trailer and we want a Class A or C.
Until later...
Friday, March 15, 2013
A spot of of our own...for a spell
It is funny how your hopes and dreams just change in the blink of an eye (OK maybe a few years but really we did it in a blink of an eye)!
We have a spot, yes it is an RV spot, but we can put the tent there. It is a monthly fee, rather than a daily fee (which is quite expensive I will have you know). It will work, or we will make it work. We have been doing this now for over six weeks. People think we are nuts! They think we aren't comfortable or must be missing out on TV! Quite frankly, we didn't watch much TV to begin with when we had what they call a "sticks and bricks" place. We have two DVD players and a laptop. WE are GOOD! OH and over 400+ DVDs, plus access to several Red Boxes.
What I miss most...making sugar flowers (and secretly I miss baking cupcakes)! It is rather boring here when the kids are playing and you don't have anything to do! I think I might pull my crochet out of storage and start working on some items to sell on my ETSY store and a local craft bazaar. I am also looking for remote gigs to do via the computer.
Until later...
We have a spot, yes it is an RV spot, but we can put the tent there. It is a monthly fee, rather than a daily fee (which is quite expensive I will have you know). It will work, or we will make it work. We have been doing this now for over six weeks. People think we are nuts! They think we aren't comfortable or must be missing out on TV! Quite frankly, we didn't watch much TV to begin with when we had what they call a "sticks and bricks" place. We have two DVD players and a laptop. WE are GOOD! OH and over 400+ DVDs, plus access to several Red Boxes.
What I miss most...making sugar flowers (and secretly I miss baking cupcakes)! It is rather boring here when the kids are playing and you don't have anything to do! I think I might pull my crochet out of storage and start working on some items to sell on my ETSY store and a local craft bazaar. I am also looking for remote gigs to do via the computer.
Until later...
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Off the grid...for the most part
It has been quite comical I must say, looking back over the past 6 weeks, or even 10.5 years! If someone told me 6 weeks ago, or even a year or more ago that I would be Nomadically living...I would have laughed so hard I would have peed myself! Having now lived this life for 6 weeks I can't say it is bad. I do hate not having a bathroom right down the hall or in my room, that sucks big time! The lack of privacy well you make it work and you get creative! ;-)
The boys seem to be doing well. They miss having their own space also, their toys strewn across the room and the XboX (can't blame them, I miss my space and computer too!). They are having to use their imagination and nature to have fun. We brought a game with us, some water guns and an outdoor play pack.
I am not going to say it has been the easiest life there is...but it is doable. We always have electric and water, so with that I am able to make all the fur-babies and our foods. I have a pressure cooker and a griddle (we brought the bread maker, crock pot and a convection oven - those are in storage haven't used them yet). I also have a cooler, that has been the hardest part other than a microwave...having to curb my desire to buy in bulk!!! I have made mac & cheese (pressure cooker), scrambled eggs with bacon and potatoes (pressure cooker and griddle), BBQ brisket (pressure cooker), chicken salad (made the meat in the pressure cooker), burritos (pressure cooker), mmm what else?! The possibilities are endless, just need a creative imagination and desire to do it!
The boys have been homeschooling/unschoooling/roadschooling/tentschooling lately. I use nature, I use the internet, we use the kindles and I brought some paper items but once used I throw away. They do art, history, math, language arts (literature & comp, grammar, usage and mechanics, spelling, etc.), writing, it has been working out well. I reward them with movies, free time, internet time (limited to educational stuff currently) and it seems to be working out just fine.
We have been through a torrential wind storm, followed by another wind storm with torrential rain and severe thunderstorms, and I would say torrential HEAT! LOL! All in all we are together, we are happy and we are living the life!
Until later...
The boys seem to be doing well. They miss having their own space also, their toys strewn across the room and the XboX (can't blame them, I miss my space and computer too!). They are having to use their imagination and nature to have fun. We brought a game with us, some water guns and an outdoor play pack.
I am not going to say it has been the easiest life there is...but it is doable. We always have electric and water, so with that I am able to make all the fur-babies and our foods. I have a pressure cooker and a griddle (we brought the bread maker, crock pot and a convection oven - those are in storage haven't used them yet). I also have a cooler, that has been the hardest part other than a microwave...having to curb my desire to buy in bulk!!! I have made mac & cheese (pressure cooker), scrambled eggs with bacon and potatoes (pressure cooker and griddle), BBQ brisket (pressure cooker), chicken salad (made the meat in the pressure cooker), burritos (pressure cooker), mmm what else?! The possibilities are endless, just need a creative imagination and desire to do it!
The boys have been homeschooling/unschoooling/roadschooling/tentschooling lately. I use nature, I use the internet, we use the kindles and I brought some paper items but once used I throw away. They do art, history, math, language arts (literature & comp, grammar, usage and mechanics, spelling, etc.), writing, it has been working out well. I reward them with movies, free time, internet time (limited to educational stuff currently) and it seems to be working out just fine.
We have been through a torrential wind storm, followed by another wind storm with torrential rain and severe thunderstorms, and I would say torrential HEAT! LOL! All in all we are together, we are happy and we are living the life!
Until later...
Friday, March 8, 2013
Packing to move...
Packing and moving in general sucks. Packing and moving weekly really sucks! This will be our last move, for ten days! YAY! We are leaving McKinney Falls State Park and heading out of town to be away from puking, drunk people and the craziness of SXSW.
We picked a place to go (was our second choice but cheaper), but low and behold they ended up being full! They told us they had space but anyways on to plan B! The first place we had booked still was waiting for us to come, so we headed there. It is a little further out than the other spot, but that is ok. It is much nicer and the people are just so sweet.
The pain of it all is packing up and moving it and then resetting it up again. This place has a play structure though!
Until later...
We picked a place to go (was our second choice but cheaper), but low and behold they ended up being full! They told us they had space but anyways on to plan B! The first place we had booked still was waiting for us to come, so we headed there. It is a little further out than the other spot, but that is ok. It is much nicer and the people are just so sweet.
The pain of it all is packing up and moving it and then resetting it up again. This place has a play structure though!
Until later...
Friday, March 1, 2013
Happy 1 month nomadiversary!
It has been a month...wow. :-) I am happy to say we are fine. In fact I must say quite happy. I have lost a bunch of weight, feel that despite giving up so much that I am happier, even FREE! It definitely isn't for the weak of heart, but to go from a girl whose idea of camping is a hotel without room service to full on no preparation long term camping...I am doing well! I will start posting some recipes you can do and the things I can't live without!
Until later...
Until later...
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