tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45936803755521786532024-03-14T03:16:03.177-06:00we live in an rvKalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-81681824973778790082010-11-23T15:04:00.000-07:002010-11-23T15:04:16.343-07:00Awkward...I am embarrassed that it's been so long since I last posted. Thing is, I haven't known what to say because the short story is ... we don't live in our RV anymore. Awkward when the name of the blog is 'we live in an RV'. Know what I mean? The long story is more interesting...I can prove it - keep reading.
When we bought and moved into our RV, we did so with the intention Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-77710662924540322822010-09-04T10:57:00.000-06:002010-09-04T10:57:00.526-06:00It's a Family TraditionI think I could write a whole book about family traditions and how important I think they are. A tradition is so much more than the tiny little thing it seems like on the outside. Traditions give you something to look forward to and make you feel like you're part of something special. That's my two cents, anyway.
A couple of years ago, Jeff and I decided to start a tradition Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-9986635658307116652010-09-02T12:42:00.000-06:002010-09-02T12:42:12.480-06:0064 continued....Before I get into this post, I have to tell you - my cousin, Stephanie, is a music therapist who knows some of the most incredible things about the healing power of music. She commented on my last post that there is a name for having a song stuck in your head - it's called a "brain itch" and as with any other itch, the only thing you have to do to get rid of it is scratch! The way youKalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-25165371019163232102010-08-25T14:22:00.001-06:002010-08-25T14:22:47.077-06:00When I'm 64The older I get the more I learn about myself. For instance...I recently came to the discovery that I always have a song in my head. ALWAYS. Sometimes the same song stays in there all day or for a couple of days even, but there's always some kind of rockin going on in there. (I use the term "rockin" lightly since I have caught myself mind-syncing the abc's and the Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-46404372803929729062010-08-24T09:20:00.000-06:002010-08-24T09:20:49.776-06:00Trailer living...it's a beautiful thingSo far we really REALLY love living in our little trailer. I can't tell you what a relief it is to be able to say that and really mean it. :) True it is small, and we sometimes end up {quite literally} stepping over each other, but we have everything we need and now that I think about it, everything we want. I really can't think of anything I want that I don't have right Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-41613485478666725802010-08-19T14:25:00.000-06:002010-08-19T14:25:23.173-06:00Real HousewivesA few years ago, my brother Tucker and his wife lived close to us in Utah. She was working, he was going to school to be a pilot and worked part time at an airport "park and ride". His job was to provide valet parking and drive the shuttle to and from the airport terminal. The joke we always passed around was that he was a "professional driver". After all, he DID drive forKalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-48766423501200536882010-08-17T13:59:00.000-06:002010-08-17T13:59:42.877-06:00Reader Question: IncomeYou mentioned how much the trip is going to cost to get started, but what about along the way? Do you have money saved up or do you have some source of income? (this question is from my husband)
-Bonnie Wright (and husband...obviously)
So....where do I start? The short answer is no, we don't have money saved up for this - we will be working on the road. The long answer? Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-58928716031936205702010-08-17T10:56:00.000-06:002010-08-17T10:56:24.016-06:00New Look, Same {fascinating} PostsI almost feel like I should follow up my title with "Plus 25% more free" or something. That just wouldn't make sense.
I am SUPER excited about the new look of the blog. Do you like it? It will be changing more as I tweak it over the next few days, but it is much closer than it was! Don't you love the header? My sweet friend (huh...doesn't seem like a strong enough Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-76537401216190835502010-08-16T20:45:00.000-06:002010-08-16T20:45:06.628-06:00The truck.....we're official!Since Jeff and I had already been planning to stay at my mom and dad's house all summer and since we already had sweet hook ups and no reason to take the trailer anywhere, we figured we'd save up all summer and buy a truck in September right before we planned to move. BUT I think we were both feeling a little anxious about our plan. We would be limited in our choices and would have toKalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-9370604766288036992010-08-14T12:25:00.000-06:002010-08-14T12:25:06.603-06:00Summertime and the livin's easy...We have had a pretty magical summer here in Idaho. I guess thinking about it there hasn't been anything too spectacular that's happened. We haven't done anything extravagant or out of the ordinary, but it has been incredible. We've spent summer days playing outside, throwing rocks in the irrigation ditch (our "water front"), bug-watching, jumping on the trampoline, swimmingKalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-80710648811557111352010-06-18T11:43:00.001-06:002010-06-18T11:44:16.142-06:00Stop Worrying and Start Living -Dale Carnegie
I'm pretty sure moms always know more than they let on to...maybe even more than they think they know. I just started this book - "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" on my mom's recommendation. She bought it at Good Will a while back, and loaned it to me the other day when I asked for a good read. This particular book was printed in 1948, just a few years after it was Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-58064516762860725812010-06-11T11:01:00.004-06:002010-08-17T11:55:26.611-06:00Keep only what is useful or beautiful..."Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful" William Morris
I got this quote from my mom (actually it was on her facebook page), and it describes PERFECTLY the feelings I've been having and the tactic I used to decide what stays and what goes. SurelyKalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-36952503396378308702010-06-08T10:17:00.000-06:002010-06-08T10:17:15.142-06:00First NightWow. We have been in Idaho for 2 weeks now. In some ways it seems like we just got here yesterday...in others way it seems like we've been here for MUCH longer.
Last night was our first night sleeping in the trailer as a family, and it was perfect! Jeff and I obviously have a bed to sleep on. We brought our mattress from our 'bricks n sticks' house and it is just as Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-47731839596687211312010-05-21T10:34:00.002-06:002010-05-21T10:34:00.591-06:00Public Service AnnouncementA couple years ago in Utah, they did a huge public campaign on driving with unsecured junk in the back of your truck or trailer. Like every other commercial on the local stations was about stuff (ladders, couches, mattresses, garbage and everything else} flying off the back of some guy's truck and some other guy running off the road to avoid it OR being smashed by it. The message got Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-14364685580943566292010-05-20T14:22:00.012-06:002010-05-20T14:22:00.690-06:00Elephant in the room...The phrase "elephant in the room" always reminds me of Michael Scott from the office. It's just one of the things he's said completely out of context.
There's something I am sure you're dying to know, but being the polite blog friends that you are, you'd never ever ask. It would be weird to ask...like asking me how old I am or how much I weigh.
I have had 27 birthdays
and today Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-34442428537209377262010-05-19T11:30:00.000-06:002010-05-19T11:34:05.698-06:00what i learned at brave girls campLike I said before, I have been to Brave Girls Camp 3 times so far, and plan to go to as many more as I possibly can. If I told you what I do at Brave Girls, you might not think it makes sense to want to go. I mean, I basically spend 12 hours a day for 5 days as one of the staff - caring for, cleaning for and cooking for 35 women. On the outside, it sounds a little like I'm Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-78469754725549761882010-05-19T10:30:00.002-06:002010-05-19T10:33:11.138-06:00what Jackson learned at brave girls camp...Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-28536772062126998292010-05-18T17:03:00.000-06:002010-05-18T17:03:16.842-06:00what IS brave girls camp?In the last 8 months I have been to 3 Brave Girls Camps and every time I get back I feel like I have a brand new audience to explain it to. It's hard for me to put into words exactly what it is. When people ask me, I usually tell them that Brave Girls Camps are "art and life retreats for women". But that is SO only on the surface. And since I don't feel like I could ever Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-14358046075631727322010-05-18T16:03:00.001-06:002010-05-19T10:32:57.119-06:00the many faces...of j.j.m.
In my last post, I mentioned that I have drafted several posts in my mind. This is not one of them BUT when I was looking through my camera I found SO many funny pictures of the little man I couldn't help myself. :)
{Jackson LOVES to watch movies and will ~mostly~ sit through an entire show. If ever his car seat happens to be in the house like it was on this day when I hadKalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-1829202161657098172010-05-18T08:43:00.000-06:002010-05-18T08:43:52.548-06:00So much to say...I have composed like 18 blog posts in my mind over the last few weeks, but never made it to the computer to get them to you. I do want to make up for that, and get caught up, so if you're reading this post and think this is it, keep scrolling down - there is more and I am going to put them in under the dates I should have posted them. :)
We spent the last 2 weeks in Idaho. The plan Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-74837685155494952392010-05-05T09:33:00.072-06:002010-05-19T10:35:19.193-06:00Cinco de Mayo = Happy Anniversary to Us! Happy Anniversary!
Jeff and I were married on Cinco de Mayo 3 years ago. It's not like getting married on May 5th was something either of us had planned since childhood or anything...it just happened to be the day that worked out best for us. BUT since it worked out that way, we ran with it.
We had mexican food at our luncheon.
And a pinata.
And Jeff wore a sombrero.
Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-39207358892634876872010-04-28T17:36:00.000-06:002010-04-28T17:36:42.745-06:00Pine Tree!Jeff and I love taking walks...not as much as Jackson and Mahone....they are tied for first in the who loves to take walks the most contest. Seriously there is something about a good walk, especially in the spring time when the weather starts to get nice. Our neighborhood is an okay place to walk...we have sidewalks and stuff, but it is FAR from an ideal stroll through nature.
We Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-84326620640818087222010-04-28T17:34:00.000-06:002010-04-28T17:34:37.393-06:00Yard Sale Success!We had a yard sale on Friday and Saturday this weekend, which was pushing it a little considering we didn't put much planning into the thing AND we'd been sick all week. We did it anyway.
Friday was disheartening to say the least. We called our little 'yard sale' an estate sale partly because we wanted everyone to know that EVERYTHING is for sale, partly because we didn't want to Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-60768000990289584672010-04-28T17:22:00.000-06:002010-04-28T17:22:49.917-06:00BraveryIn the last year or so the word "brave" has taken on new meanings for me. I used to think that in order to be brave, you had to be a warrior or go up against some huge and well-known adversary. I certainly didn't think that housewives could ever be able to call themselves brave or that they would ever have to. My mind has changed now.
A quote comes to mind:
"I've been Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593680375552178653.post-29337340460743677492010-04-27T14:00:00.000-06:002010-04-27T14:00:41.732-06:00The Road Less Traveled...I've been feeling.....weird...lately.
{Remember on "What About Bob" - my favorite movie - when Bob goes in for his first appointment with Dr. Marvin? "As long as I'm in my apartment I'm okay, but when I leave I get....weird." "Talk about weird." "Talk about weird....okay...."}
That's what I plan to do, and I kind of feel like Bob with a blogging world of psychiatrists Kalliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481649718975578545noreply@blogger.com0