Date:         Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:17:15 -0700
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From:         BA <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
Subject:      Re: Life not in a van (was RE: Parking Matilda) - NVC
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:33:20 -0400, you wrote:

>Someone else suggested it going camping for the weekend as a way to adjust.
>But for me that seems _really_ hard!
>
>Since I've been full-timing, all of my stuff has been in the van.  Part of
>the transition to a house is moving things back into the house.  The first
>to go was the cooler and all the food in the fridge.  Then the silverware.
>I have some additional silverware somewhere in storage (in my basement) but
>I have no idea where.  Then other kitchen stuff and all my clothes and
>everyday toiletries.  (The stored toiletries - new bottle of shampoo, stuff
>that would be in your medicine cabinet - are still in the van.)  ...

Sounds like you need to get back to preparing from a "camping list",
the way some of us do have who have never full-timed.  I strongly
recommend doing that.  I'll even mail you our "camping list" (though
it's for us as a couple) if it'll make things easier.

Between family visits and a family wedding :-D and van repairs >:-( we
had six weeks without van time.  S was getting *noticeably* cranky.
Until I made campground reservations for the weekend after the chaos
was due to end.  :-)


B&S
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal