Happy accidents

Today I got to fix the sink putting it all the way back together again hooked up to the water. I put a window blinds and hung curtains. I also finish my splash guard which I think looks amazing for being floor tiles that only costme 62 cents each.Today I feel like I got a lot done. 

I had a happy accident when I moved my fake brick wall out of the way.  I put it up over the whole that goes to the bed over the cab and it looks really good.

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The slabs

Just saw a news report about the slabs on my local Indiana channel. The report was about more "normal" people are going to the slabs; I think the reporter call them financial refuges. I did not learn anything new from the report but it was interesting to see how many more people are there in the rest of it would be, I'm guessing it is because of the winter months. The slabs looked really dirty maybe if I go there I will work towards getting looking like its not a junk yard. Unless the camera man was using the actual slabs junk yard as background. The report also told me that everyone there is primarily using 12 gauge shotguns as personal protection. I may need to get my gun back...

So far the reservation is at a standstill. I tried to plug the rv into house power but there is something wrong with the ground and that caused me to get shocked every time I open the door.

I have brought most of the ecstatic items that I will be adding and I just got a new refrigerator dropped off at my house. So today I'm going to try to plug the rv into a outlet more suited towards the plug and get some things knocked out before work.

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Got it home

It took some doing and she need some engine work but it made it to the house. When I stop the she dies. I figured that made her like a shark but my buddy Max said she is "running rich" and will need the something something cleaned out. I got her here at this moment with the windows open trying to get some of the old people smell out before I get to working on her. I shall call her Tortuga. I have her next to the shed so I can run some house power to her but it is raining at the moment and I don't know if its safe to play with yet. So far I am digging how many outlets I see; that should make placing desk or TV or computer a breeze. I need to fix the fridge soon as the dude who had it got a new fridge for it and put it in just enough to mess it up and now I will have to undo all he did and start over. But its a nice looking fridge non the less. Soooo I'm pretty happy with her now I just hope she doesn't become a money pit.

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Ok fridge is too big for the space so now I'm going to get the mini fridge and keep my microwave on top and hide them with a cloth.

Finally

Ever since I was 17 I have wanted to hit the open read and have adventures. Now at 31 I have finally procured the means to do so. Yesterday with a thousand dollars I bought a 1977 mini wenni. The owner had started a nice restoration job and now all I need yo do is finish it. It has hardwood floors a rhinolined roof a onan geni a tow package and the topper and real reason I was sold on it was the General Lee Horn like from Ducks of Hazard. I will post before and afters like its this old house as I restore this classic. I can't wait to get this thing going!

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More time no plan...

I can't save for this RV if I keep renting so I think my new plan is to seriously sell everything I can and start couch surfing. If I do this and I will have 600 a month saved from not having to pay rent or utilities. This should make it possible for me to save... in theory.

I keep coming back to the issue of my cats however, I do not know what to do with them. I think that life in an RV would be too much for them to handle but I hate the idea of leaving them at a shelter. I could post them up on the web, you know, good cat looking for good home. I get sad thinking about losing the gray one, i had it since he was a new born.

In the time that it took to write this I just sold my washer...

I keep having the feeling like I am wasting my time on this planet with trivial distractions. I have so many personal goals I have put on the back burner. I think it is time to focus on things that are important but not urgent.

I found this video while I was stuck in a youtube rut the other night and I want to make it my new credo.

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I feel im losing my mind this time, this time im losing my mind. So I don't really remember how long it's been since I started this blog; it feels like forever now. I just got on to my school's website to find out that I have a f in 1 of my previous semester classes. I spent the last week collecting legos that I now have no use for and will probably sell on ebay hopefully for the same amount i put into them. I'm sold all the appliances multiple times only to have the buyers back out last minute. I still don't know how I'm going to have two cats in rv if I go through with this. I guess I would say I am lost in the sauce.

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Hungry Ghost

Buddhists have a philosophy called the hungry ghost. The hungry ghost is the little voice inside your head that says, “oooh we need that gadget/shoes/game.” The hungry ghost is the consumer in us that is never satisfied no matter how much junk we buy. Most of us just feed the hungry ghost till we are living check to check and hand to mouth. One of the reasons I want this RV is to shrink the stomach of my hungry ghost. If I have less room to put stuff I will be more reluctant to waist my money on junk… is the theory. The real mind screw is when you realize that the RV itself is feeding the hungry ghost.

I recently sold two whole things on the facebook garage sale group. I unloaded the couch and old television and instantly I felt remorse… sellers remorse, if there is such a thing. There is no reason why I should have any feeling for that couch as it is an inanimate object but feeling exist none the less. I didn’t think it would be so hard to give up my stuff but now I have come to a standstill on selling my stuff. Partly I have come to a halt because of the facebook groups popularity makes it hard to get my stuff noticed. The group feels like standing in a gymnasium full of other people and everyone is screaming what items they want to sell. I may just have to burn it all.

this is the RV I am wanting but I don't expect it to wait around for me =( 

After work I come home and I find a bunch of people on my roof banging on it with hammers. I'm pretty sure this would not happen if I was in rv.

wind taken from sails from lose of sale...

Well I woke up to a call from the dude who said he would be buying my appliances and he backed out of the sale. I am only slightly discouraged as I have found a great group on the Facebooks for people who want to sell stuff.  The site is booming in popularity and I should be able to sell everything on there, locally and with out scammers.

It's really hard to put a price on old junk. I am by no means sentimental about stuff but I sure do have a lot of it. I assume I have so much stuff because I see it and think it looks cool so I buy it but then I just put it in my room of random crap and the event horizon that I call my study grows in density. I look forward to burning some of that stuff, I am thinking that it will be cathartic to see old text books turn dust.


I have not heard from the RV dealer in a few days so I hope that no news is good news.

Sell everything you own

aww, the virgin post. Well here is the thing. If you are like me, awesome, then you hate paying money to people for services that have no future value like rent or power bill. I am so sick of it that I am going to be systematically selling most of what I own so I can buy a RV. I will be living out of said RV and that will reduce my monthly bills by $600 or so. I have had this bug for as long as I can remember; load up into a small RV and just go. I guess it is a wonderlust or need for adventure but whatever the case I will soon be making it reality.

You may or may not be aware that there is a subculture in this country of people who live and work out of their RVs. Once upon a time RVers where just the retired older couples who wanted to enjoy their remaining years. Over the last ten years however the number of young folk who are abandoning the way of life forced on us by society are taking up the RVing lifestyle. Work Campers or Workampers for short are normal people who see no value in paying rent or bills and want to live simply. Workamping is very zen as it forces you to give up on a lot of the things people work so hard to get (i.e.) furniture, big tvs, appliances and so on. Once you live in an RV you are faced with the decision every time you are going to buy something, will this fit in the camper?

I am on my first set in this adventure. I have just sold all my appliances on Craigslist and will soon be getting rid of or selling everything else that I can't fit in the camper. I must sell stuff to afford the down payment on the camper and that is where my first problem came. I was caught in a catch 22 situation. I must save money to buy a camper but until then I still need to pay rent and utilities. The solution was to start saving what I can and sell everything that is of any value and burn the rest. As to date I have saved about $500 and with the $600 from my appliances and another $500 from the ex wife I will only need a little bit more for a $2k down.

I have already picked out the rig at the dealers. She is older but I love the existing layout and once I add my touches it should make for a nice living space. I will post more about her later. I have named her Tortuga. ^_^

So that is the story so far I hope what I learn will help others who are looking to take this adventure on.