Volunteering While RVing?

September 1, 2020 This weekend, Bruce and I watched a YouTube video of Phil and Stacy from “You, Me and the RV” or “Today Is Someday”. They were volunteering with “A Year to Volunteer” at the Coastal Oaks Church that had been hit by Hurricane Harvey. With our recent volunteering at the Wild Bear Nature […]

More Preparing

August 24, 2020 Last weekend, Bruce and I started going through our stuff. We decided to go room-by-room and outside, area-by-area. We are classifying items as take, store, dispose. Take – Bring with with us (at least we think we need/want it) Store – Store it until we find another sticks and bricks. We have […]

Things to Do to Get Ready for the Retirement RV Dream

First posted in December of 2019. Re-posted on January 24, 2020 with updates. Re-posted on July 27, 2020 with updates. This is a list of things that we need to do to prepare to live the retirement RV dream.

Selling One of the Cars – Downsizing (8)

July 26, 2020 After realizing that insurance and car tags were due on the 12 year old Boxster, Bruce decided he should try again to sell it. He made an appointment with CarMax for Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. Friday, he took the Boxster to get groceries to make sure everything was working, as it […]

RV Dream Thoughts…

March 28, 2020 My blog hasn’t been much at RV dreams and plans lately. I had planned on writing about our trip to the RV show on March 8th during the next week. Life changed drastically in such a short time, that it feels our RV retirement dream is on hold, at least for now.

Getting Rid of More Clothes Downsizing (7)

February 17, 2020 Last Wednesday, our department at work announced a clothing drive, “Boots to Suits” from February 17th to March 13th. This drive is to help support our veterans transition from the military to the classroom and then from the classroom to the workforce. They are accepting: Interview appropriate business suits and blouses Business […]

Downsizing (6) Getting Rid of Blankets and Clothes

January 23, 2020 We’ve started getting rid of the non-fiction books. I’ve been bringing them into work over the last two weeks. They are moving slower than the fiction books. The people that are interested in the non-fiction books seem very appreciative to get them, but fewer people seem interested. I’m giving away my gardening […]

Downsizing (5) More Books Gone

We’ve managed to give away one bookcase worth of books. It’s surprising how much I care that they will be enjoyed. I have been delighted by the number of co-workers who taken the books and will enjoy them as the treasures that they are. I am considering following up on a comment made by TXRed […]

Downsizing (4) First Big Item Gone

December 15, 2019 A co-worker was interested in our wine fridge and came by with his wife today to pick it up. This is the first large item we’ve gotten rid of and all I can think is, we are really doing this! We still have the kegerator to get rid of at some point.

Downsizing (3)…Books Still Left

After the last round of giving away books, I’ve still got a lot of books to give away. I’ve got to figure out which ones I want as e-books and hope I can get them as e-books. I find it sad that not all books are available as e-books. The empty spots make me feel […]