5 Good Things about Living in a Camper
It’s been a while since I wrote a
Friday Five/Friday Favorites (Life, man!), so I thought I’d couple a few things
together with this entry. Whenever our
son is being especially negative, I make him stop and list 3 positive
things. If he’s negative about a
situation, he has to list 3 things that he’s thankful for. If he’s negative about a person, he has to
list 3 positive things about that person.
You get the idea.
Well, lately I have been VERY
negative about a lot. Including, but not
limited to, our living situation.
Specifically the wonderful, blessed camper that we are living in (it was
loaned to us free of charge by a friend for as long as we need –
blessed!). So, I figured that I would
list 5 positives for living in this transient way.
1. A smaller home means a
smaller area to clean. Seriously, it
takes about 2 minutes to “clean up” the kitchen. Smaller counter space means less to wipe
down. Not to mention that there’s only
one spot of carpet that I have to worry about!
Less cleaning makes me a happy camper! (Haha! See what I did thar?)
2. No rent. A lot of people have questioned why we’d move
out of a perfectly nice apartment before the house was done. Well, it makes no sense to me why we’d continue
to pay to rent an apartment when we have a home. Less money out means more money to go to the
renovation.
3. Transient lifestyle. This one is a bit harder to define,
especially if you’ve never lived this kind of crazy life. Whereas the nomadic/transient life can cause
a fair amount of stress, there’s also something really freeing about just
living. So there’s really no place to
store my yarn so it just sits in the floor?
Okay. Chas sleeps on the pullout,
so he has to keep all his stuff piled neatly in the living area? No problem.
Once you realize that you can’t completely organize/control this
situation into submission, there’s a bit of freedom.
4. You think more about what you buy
(groceries). I love food and I love to
cook and I also love to grocery shop. I
love the colors and the fresh produce. I
like talking to the butcher and finding out new things and recipes. It’s just fun. However, with limited pantry and refrigerator
space and limited cooking tools, I have to think more conservatively before I
buy.
5. Our homestead. If we were still renting a place, I wouldn’t
get the opportunity to live out here on our land. And it is beautiful! I really do love it. It’s quiet and peaceful. It’s so amazing to watch the sun set over the
rolling, green hills. It’s pretty cool
to walk over and grab a chestnut off the tree and crack it and eat it. It’s even fun to watch the squirrels and
birds and, even, the wooly aphids roam about.
I can’t imagine being anywhere else.
Especially today as I drove home from town and saw the leaves changing
and the sun setting.
