Working to get where I need to be

Hello readers ,
     So today I have to let everyone know We had sold our  truck Yay so we got some cash for that and we also picked up a few jobs big mike works tow jobs a telemarketing and a barbershop and me I work at a hotel cleaning rooms we are doing the yard sale in a few weeks to get more cash and once that happens we will be on our way to being able to look around for wich camper we want we are taking little steps at a time .
      I'm trying to come up with other money making ideas to get us going . There was a set back we got a parking ticket blah so. We have to pay that but at least it wasn't hundreds of dollors .
  I went to a family gathering this week that was fun. Now today I have off but we go back to work tommorrow and plan more for our camper . We feel like we will be in it by sept I hope the hard part is thinking about winter but I think it is possable I had camped in the winter before in fact it really wasn't all that bad . Just block off one room and keep a good heating source near you and you will save some money . There is plenty to do in the winter ski , tube , and plenty of winter activities that are fun on the road . So I am still super excited maybe I'll get my camper before the leaves turn that will be awsome to see drive around and take pictures have a quick lunch in our camper and find anouther spot to take some pictures . We will see we still are super duper excited . Did I tell you about the time I camped in a tent in the winter yeah I did that . I was in a three room tent an nice big one put my stuff in one of the other rooms closed of the room I was sleeping in took a metal bucket dryer hose and coal and a fire and a battery and a little vent fan and connected it up to blow heat in the tent? Put the coal around the metal can or bucket close it put dryer house connecting that to inside the tent with a fan in the dryer house on the tent side and connect the fan to a battery and you got heat blowing in your tent   .not bad . But cold once it where's down. Anyways the camper will be a whole lot different in so many ways I have also camped in the winter with a camper to but I just wanted to share it is possable with even a tent . Well that is it for now have a great day guys .
      Love faith and big mikehttp://compare.ebay.com/like/130924996938?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

Side job for extra cash my adventures today and continuing to plan for the rv life

Blogging from Hampton beach so I found a job to get a little fast cash working in a hotel for a week to help them out we worked out deal that ended up giving me some extra cash flow which is always 100% amazing ! so thankful always .

And I get to be a beach bum at the same time hehe I love the beach . I stayed at my niece Amanda's , thanks amanda that was my shout out to her . for the week I  walked  2.5 miles back from work to her house for a few days . the first day was hard cause I wasn't used to the heat and was so hot and I was  so thirsty and not prepaired for the killer heat with no water . I am sorry I'm complaining but if your reading this You mies well know how my day went good and bad and all   but on my blog i also want to keep you updated on our travel plans too I just had to throw extras in there  , I don't want you to think I'm treating this as a diary complaining about walks in hot weather  haha I don't complain a lot , only when I stub my toe or when Amanda's house was flooding today from under the sink I called maintenance and soaked up the water with a towel till he got there it's fixed now  yay Amanda haha . So i had some adventures along the way tomorrow is the end of that work week and I am going home to try and find a more suitable position another words  (something easy to get to Everyday ) . I live in Manchester where I am planning on moving to the road in an rv and I'm working to get me there for right now I am doing odd jobs till I can get a good one and I'm selling things to get to my goal in the rv our adventures for freedom is definitely  busy .this is a short blog today work in the am goodnight guys .

                            Sincerely,

                                   Faith Glidden 

A cool child hood memory of my rv bus and why I like that life style now

It's faith here,

  I wanted to share some childhood memories of when I used to go camping . I believe that my love for freedom started young . One of my favorite memories is when my farther turned a school bus into a camper . What a cool idea .

So I'll see if I can paint a picture in your mind of what it looked like .this was a cool project . It started of yellow of course and my farther wanted a more earthly look so he pick a cream color beige with a brown strip on it he painted the entire bus and built a storage compartment on the top and painted that to . I looked pretty cool on the outside . But on the inside is where my favorite part of my life came into play . We drove around a lot in it and he wanted us to be very comfy so he put a couch in there tv looked like a regular living room it was nice then you go threw the bunk bed area one bunk on top of the other I loved those bunks it was like my own little fort  then if you keep going threw till you get to the back he just put a lil Porte potty  in there for our long drives , wich i was thrilled to take rides in that thing haha . I remember I had to be about six and he would take me everywhere . Sometimes we would pull over and he would climb to the top of the bus where storage was and grab my bike out of there so I can ride my bike and play with all my toys in our big back yard meaning were every we stopped , sometimes it would be at the beach others it would be at the mountains it was always to somewhere new I had a very fulfilling childhood everything was new to me all the time I learned so much and  learned not to take life for granted .  My favorite is falling asleep and waking up in the different spots and the feeling of never being bored. I used to swim a lot so we would take the old tires the ones that used to have the inner tubes in them and we would recycle those and use them as our floats haha . Mom would reuse them also she and dad made planters dad would cut out shapes and turn the tire inside out and mom would paint them and people always wanted to buy them cause they were very  creative they made money when they needed it and boy I loved to see them create them . We have 1 picture of me and my lil brother (lil mike)   on the bus   sitting on the hood of it  . I will have to add that some other time it's in my storage I need to get that out anyways . So because of my child hood and all the fun times I had with different scenery I think that contributes to how I am now . I just love that way of living and I am blessed to have a great fun family to teach me how to enjoy my life . That's all guys hope you have fun reading my interesting stories . Till the next time keep your mind opened that life can change if you want it to and it truly can be a beautiful thing .

Sincerely ,.

          Faith and big mike 

     

Planning our start and telling stories of the past camping we've done when we got married .

Dear , Friends

    This is my planning blog today I'm gonna talk where are we ? And whats are plan ? Plans are have to fit in with our  schedule and budget , but as of now we are thinking more and more about our freedom .we have become in trapped with just things . We have way to much stuff .

      What do we do about this problem ? Well we need to think of strategies that will make us money to get rid of these things that are holding us down.

So our first strategy to sell or scrap one of our broken down cars , the suv doesn't run it's a 97 Nissan pathfinder 4door under 139 miles but it has a bad timing chain and need a muffler and there rust above the front wheel well . 

     So I really need to get rid of it and put the money away. Then I am planning a yard sale to get rid of all the brand news stuff I bought that I shouldn't have bought . (It will be a nice yard sale at least . ) then I have storage and with the yard sale happening I can free up some of that money. 

    After I've put that in the bank we can put everything we make from our jobs in our savings as well as the sales of the yard sale and the Nissan and have enough for a start . It still with our calculations is going to take a couple of months because we do have a lot of bills . We were thinking about the winter and we have many options for the winter time . We are still gonna work our reg job even after we move into our camper so that we can save a little bit more but this time with less bills and stay in one area that will accumulate very fast and by the point were we will find our selfs saved up enough of a cushion .

  

My husband (Big Mike)  and I  , have been talking about traveling for a while so when we get to this moment it will be our glory . Now remember when we first met I was living in a campground full time in a honey 33 footer camper and he moved in with me after we got married . I left one thing out we had our ceremony with all our friends at that camp ground in epsom nh circle nine ranch it was a beautiful hall they usually do line dancing there it was already decorated, And all they wanted was $50 an hr we did four hrs there we had the wedding and the reception part there and went back to our camp after to get ready for our honey moon in north Conway .  So we are used to camping full time . We got married in the middle of camping ! 

    Now I wouldn't recommend camping with no knowledge of winterizing your rig cause we learned how to deal with no water we didn't have it hooked up in our camper we did winterize the rest of it cover the windows got rid of drafts mostly . How did we take showers do our laundry and wash our hands and go the bathroom ? Well we walked to the reck hall sometimes it wasn't so bad it gave us exercise  gave us some kinda excitement to just get to some water everyday . We were on the top of the hill and in the winters ice builds heavy on those hills so we slipped a lot in the freezing temperatures .  

Summer time was gorgeous . We can walk to my mothers camper around the bin and visit my mother and my brother . They had a  separate  camper they moved into . So that was nice we still had our family there .the campground itself was .  Full of trees we can walk to the lake and take a  long walk to the bathroom that wasn't bad gave us  exercise . There was a pool there we swam at all the time . We walked our puppy we got together at the park . We had free wifi hookup . And the best part the fires at night . I have a projector so when I wanted to watch something on the big screen I could just pull it out sit next to the fire and watch a movie out side on the big screen . That was nice . But the hard part is that when we wanted to move we felt stuck we didn't know how to do all this attachment stuff to the camper we couldn't move it we had to sell it . I like the rv better no hook ups you can just drive it away and not have these kinds of problems . So i had to sell it even though it sounded like a nice place I was getting antsy and it's the place my farther had a heart attack and got picked up by an ambulance there it was really not a happy moment after that , and we ended up moving with a friend and then to apartments which I didn't feel like home .  Now remember I was left that camper when my dad had a heart attack there at that campground before me and mike came about and that  camper was left with my mother and I and my brother  after dad died me and mike met and got married in that time frame , and my Farther was the one who hooked it up to move it there in the first place , when he was alive so when he died we just took it over lived in it for a while and had to leave those memories behind . That was a hard time in my life to get over that . So we've been in apartments for five yrs. and now here we are planning again to be at home on the road .but this time in an rv we can hook up and more knowledge then when  first started and not being in the same campground dad had his heart attack . So this is going to be special I think in a way I will feel like dad is camping with me . In memory of my dad  and our marriage maybe we will visit that place maybe we won't . There certainly good and bad memories there . But the road life is my home I'll tell you another story   Of camping some other time till then we are getting ready to sell things so talk to you guys later . 

Our pro and cons list of rving it fulltime hope this helps you

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Hello guys , 

       I was just thinking I would share with you guys our pros and cons on full time rving I hope this also helps other in the big desition .

Con First there is are you able to live with little amount of water untill you can find a place to fill it up next  ?

Con the bathroom is handy but can be a job in itself to empty and find a suitable dumping ground are you per paired for that ?   

Con parking is a constant job to find the perfect place whether it is a place you pay for or your boon docking it can be a project ?

Con things in your camper can constantly break and need to know how to fix things as well as your home could possibly break down where would you stay ? 

Con gas is expensive unless you stay in a spot for a amount of time but then there are rent cost for that as well .

Con Do you have pets are they used to driving ? 

Now for the pros 

Pro you conserve water and help the environment and technically be self sufficient if you preserve your resources . 

Pro no more light bills guys yes how free is that or even water bill .

Pro if you are small enough class b or c  you can get away for parking for free and boo docking who doesn't want freedom and free living .

Pro you can wake up in a new spot everyday .

Pro you can see the world and finally not take life for granted .

Pro step out of the box stop thinking like everyone else and live your life where and how you please and live it diff everyday.

Pro one of my favorites one min you can be eating lunch at the beach the next min you could be in the mountains and it is all you back yard .

You when storms hit and everyone loses there electricity haha well not you anymore yup no more sitting in the dark unless your battery bank is low .

Pro wake up and drive as far and as long as you want and can live anywhere .

Pro it forces you to be part of nature instead of inside a lil box of a house .

Pro all the gadgets I love them foldable ones , energy saving ones ,fun ones ,useful ones .

Pro there is portable laundry devices no more laundry mats wash your clothes for free . 

From this list it looks like our pros out do our cons I just wanted to share my insights with all you guys and hope you see there's a lot of good in full timing . 

I can hardly wait to live free 

                   That's it for now till next time I have something on my mind .

                           Sincerely,

                          Faith and big mike 

Plans for the future to save energy

So I've introduced myself now it's time to talk about how excited I am to start this thing although I am gonna take a little while longer to get us out of this house I can only imagine life being free . There is something about having cool gadgets that fold up and that you can take anywhere .My favorite saying  home is where my feet is . Talking about cool gadgets ! Heres a question for you?  Have you seen The gadget that boils water from a solar  panel ! Super cool ! Great for all those boon dockers out there . Getting hot water is easy enough even when you're camping off the grid.  Just start a fire, fill that pack-away kettle with water, and leave it to boil.  The Solar kettle it is called . No out let needed perfect saves your electricity for something else like staying longer in a spot . Just start boiling water for my tea using the sun , Brilliant idea . Also another thing I want to buy is those portable washers the hand crank one I believe it's called the wonder washer . Me and big mike accumulate a lot of laundry we really need to start to be better about that . I think that this change in our life style will help us be better about conserving everything like water ,food , electricity and help us get back to whats important . Our high tech world is great don't get me wrong I love it , but I feel that it's crippling everyone too.

Guys there are so many products that can help us conserve better and I really don't see a lot of people using them . Why? Is it cause no one knows about these things ? I'm going crazy in this apartment all I can think about is how I can improve energy and save water and just be better. I look around and I see no one else that agrees with me here  , instead I see wrappers on the ground , lights left on and the water running . I'm constantly picking up trash around my building . When you live with roommates  like we do , sometimes I tend to follow them around to shut of the lights cause I don't want to pay a honking electric bill which I feel is going to happen this month I'm grinding my teeth waiting for it . I understand now that I wasn't meant to live in a apt at all in any way it stresses me out and I can't relax . When I do move into my camper I'm am already imagining the freedom and the relief I will have . I can't hardly wait guys I really can't ! If you have any suggestions for me about picking the perfect camper please feel free to comment the more comments the better . I was thinking I want a small one but with a lot of storage so where do I go from there I'm on a tight budget right now and it will take me awhile to save for something like that . I know that i will get there eventually and i will be able to come up with other cool gadgets to help me conserve energy but for now  i am in this apartment dreaming and planning . Well thanks for reading my post this is a blast .  Love ,

                  Faith and big mike http://www.asseenontv.com/wonder-washer/detail.php?p=295116

Our steps we are taking to be free in the rv world

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Dear friends ,

  Let me start out with introducing myself and my husband , my name is Faith im 32 yrs. of age and my husbands name is Mike He just turned 27 . 

We met five yrs. ago in a campground in Epsom Nh. 

Funny thing is we also got married 5 yrs. Ago too. Are you confused yet ? 

 Everyone usually is shocked when I tell them I married my husband 2weeks after I met him . Are you interested yet ?   Haha ok so here's the story , I told you about where and when we met now I need To tell you what got us together and how ?  Big Mike had plans with my brother they were friends since jr. high they went to the same school and would hangout often at my house 15yrs. Ago I never bumped into mike but  I knew about him being best friends with my brother . The reason I never bumped into him cause I'm antsy and I am always here and there I can't sit still and was never home . Its also a coincidence my brother and my husband have the same name so I  call my brother lil Mikey and my husband big Mike just so I don't confuse you more with this part of the story . So I'm never home at that point in my life and my brother and my husband are best friends and I never met big Mike before maybe once in church but never talked to him when we were younger .  Later in life i met mike at church again and at church  i became born again and prayed with mike at the altar after that emotional time he then  started talking to me more that day and again the day went by way to fast  .   the next day  We starting talking again but this time about my whole life story I have so much to tell him in so little time I felt like I can share everything with him i told him how i liked to travel and how i am which is a free bird i cant sit still i am always on the move He didn't seem to mind he said he liked that .  he must of loved it cause we sat in the camp ground reck hall and talked for hrs . So back to the point lil Mikey was meeting big Mikey to hang out with him and I was there that day cause it so happened that I left my apt to go camping with my mother and brother . I think lil Mikey was getting ready to leave with big Mike but then big Mike bumped into me He forgot all about my brother and he asked to take a walk and talk haha I didn't realize at that point that I stole my brothers friend from him ooopppps ! sorry Mikey haha , it's been a joke ever since . So big Mike left and came back frequently during the week to take me and my brother out for dinner and bowling for some fun at  that point he told me he liked me and I seen something different in him that I never saw in anyone else . So days went by and me and big Mike continue to be together daily just hanging out . I finally two weeks later he asked me to marry him and I said yes and confronted my family and asked them if they agreed with our marriage which everyone was so we went to the justice of the piece got married and had a ceremony months after with family. We had decided to live regular by that I mean in apartments with regular  jobs and two cars for these past five yrs.  we did have a house fire and struggled after that we moved into were we are now we call this our last and  current apartment  . It really  wasn't till recently were sick of living our life in this rat race so we divided to plan how we can  change and go back to full time camping like we did when we first got married . so we wrote things down that we wanted to do and the pros and cons of each ? Together we decided to rv full time but for now we have a lease and are trying to save for the camper and the funds to do this . Our plan is to work camp and work online for an income and also maybe even doing some fairs and take a half a season off and live off of savings basically early retirement and just learn all over again to enjoy every moment of our life together . So here we are starting a blog and hopefully  we will be able to help others on our way maybe threw people looking threw the struggles of others and how they changed there out look and maybe also threw helping homeless people along the way of our travels as well . And why am I doing this well because I and my husband want to look at life differently and help others as well . So that's it for today guys thanks for reading our introduction blessing to you all . Never say never .