Moving right along.....!

Ridding out, packing the RV, advertising the main high-dollar things to sell from the house, furniture and such.
Decisions, decisions!

Meanwhile, I had ordered a Berkey water filter, and the Nature's Head composting toilet. I had seen reviews on both over the last several months and studied up on them. The composting toilet would enable me to stay out in some highly desirable scenic painting areas without have to pull up camp and go empty my black water tank every ten days or so. I watched you-tube videos on how this works until I could practically recite them word for word!I thought my friend Kent would be just the person to properly remove the RV toilet and install the composting one,  as well as a couple other things I wanted to change in my RV to make it my "home".

                           

I still have plenty of room to get into my shower.

He also installed my best painting easel!

This was placed where the large dog crate had been which was no longer needed. I had room to set up my folding chair in front of the easel for days I need to paint inside.

Then a little extra touch was added, making it even more homey. I was going to be able to have a window shelf! The dinette would be transformed into a day bed/couch type fixture that would allow me to keep my under-bench storage areas as well as creating my space under where the lowered table is. Maybe Miss Izzy will want that for her hide-a-way place. She was always crawling under my bed in the house to go to sleep.

So I picked up some 4" foam to use for under the shelf, by which cutting the pieces in half lengthwise, gave the perfect fit 

In this next photo you can see the nice wavy edge piece that Kent made and attached to the shelf.

(He is very meticulous, and the changes he made for me could easily be switched back to the way it was if I decided down the road to sell.)

And this is what the finished couch area will look like....  I'm loving it!!

Back to packing and minimizing! 

Thanks for stopping to read my blog. Have a blessed day!

Dizzy, Busy Summer!!

Here we are into the 12th day of September already!!

Short run-down of my summer...

Brother and SIL from Arizona were staying here for a month. Was so glad they were able to make a trip back east this year! Next came grandson from Texas to stay with Gram for the summer. What a time we had! All sorts of activities, from me teaching him to drive a stick-shift on back country dirt roads, to him teaching me how to throw Kunai knives, to him taking care of a freshly hatched clutch of baby chicks, He also ran the utility tractor with the bucket attachment and demolished the pile of dirt in front of the garage, got rid of gigantic weed stocks, and seeded and watered it into a nice lawn. He and his cousin kept a campfire going the last week of his stay, while they cleaned and organized the garage, ran the weed-whacker around the property, and did some general upkeep. Lots of work done, and Fun, fun, fun times with my grands!!

Meanwhile I made the long put-off decision to sell my place and work towards going full-time in my RV and just be free to paint, paint, and paint some more without being under time restrictions to be here or there at a certain time. I have wanted to do this for several years and finally got up the courage, through much prayer and seeking the Lord's guidance, to proceed.

So..... other than company all summer long, my Rav4 bit the dust! Well, it was 20 years old so indeed had been a good run-around and tow vehicle for the last 5 years. Long story short, last week I got a new (to me) vehicle to replace it. A 2018 Jeep Wrangler Sahara with only 8200 miles on it!

I have scheduled a solar install on the motorhome for the last week in October, as well as ordered a "Nature's Head" composting toilet for it, which arrived yesterday.

Will I miss my family? of course, but the plan is to spend the summer in the area. Will I miss my home, gardens, orchard, and greenhouse? Time will tell, but I need to follow the direction I feel best for me to go.