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Tiny Apartments This kind of sums up my feeling about choosing a permanent place for a get away or vacation home. Years ago my husband and I decided that our vacation home needed to be an RV becasue there were just so many places we liked to visit and most of them definitely did not have accommodations. I never figured out how people could decide on one place to vacation. We never got to do much traveling in the RV before he passed but it served as my "home" for a while. Life circumstances changed and I am not able to be as "footloose and fancy free" as I like but the RV still is my back up "escape pod" home.  Spiritwoman ^i^ |
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12/3/2014 12:05 am |
Hi Spirit: I don't like travelling or small spaces. Years ago I lived in a 1,500 sq.ft. completely open studio, no walls, wood floors, exposed brick. If I could I would live in another studio, in a country where there was no Winter.
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Our place is too big for just the two of us, but I like plenty of space, so I guess we will be staying here. Alfie...
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I agree, the adventure of finding new places and seeing amazing sites is exciting. There are places I want to revisit, but then again there are even more I want to see. Time off is the only limiting factor. If I stay more than four or five days in one place doing nothing or doing the same things over and over again, I get bored and antsy and have to move on.
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12/3/2014 9:50 am |
Betty and I thought briefly about doing what you did. But to be truthful neither of us really like to be that confined. We chose not to pursue that course preferring to spend our money on hotel rooms rather than an RV. That was our choice and it may not be the same choice that others would make. Spiritwoman ^i^
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12/3/2014 9:55 am |
Glad your grandson is OK but as a car person I can only imagine how he feels about the mustang. Here's an amusing but true deer story you can share with him. My sister hit a deer but it was able to run away and did. Her car was damaged but still drivable. Since she was miles out in the country and she was returning home from work at 1 AM she drove home then reported the accident. The state police gave her Hell for leaving the scene of the accident. Her reply? "But the deer left first!" Spiritwoman ^i^
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12/3/2014 9:57 am |
Hi Spirit: I don't like travelling or small spaces. Years ago I lived in a 1,500 sq.ft. completely open studio, no walls, wood floors, exposed brick. If I could I would live in another studio, in a country where there was no Winter. Spiritwoman ^i^
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12/3/2014 10:00 am |
I think it's kind of funny how when we are young we want those big ole homes. We go get them-- and then we want to go back to the smaller ones. I love that comedy routine George Carlin used to do on "stuff" LOL Spiritwoman ^i^
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12/3/2014 10:07 am |
Interesting subject. This will take you back I'm sure. Remember James Garner in Rockford files? There were several things about that show that resonated with me. I loved the opening music. For some odd reason it made me feel free. He lived in an old trailer on the beach. Although I did not envy that, I did envy the apparent freedom that it oddly suggested. I loved the relationships he had with people, his father who just dropped in whenever he wanted, his way with the police and that annoying friend of his, Angel. Thinking about an RV makes me think about the carefree living that Rockford appeared to enjoy. There was a charm in the way he made a difference, engaged with people, and still kept his cool in a world where stuff would just happen to complicate his day. It was 200 bucks a day plus expenses and no two days were the same. Talk about a perfect life...well, nobody needs the risk and violence. But, well you get the picture. I wouldn't like the RV lifestyle, and certainly not unless it was brand spanking new and I would have to look at many to choose from since I'm picky. I also would hate the trouble of driving it everywhere. Although my former spouse and I thought about it many times, we never made the leap to buy a small cabin on a lake about 4 hours away. It was probably better that we didn't. But I have to say that leaving a 4 bedroom house and ending up in a 1 bedroom apartment was a major change for me. I could barely breathe at first. But it is true that it only takes about 2 to 3 weeks and another place begins to feel like home. It's still too small but I'm happier than I thought I would be. It's ok for now as I take my time deciding exactly where I want to be. I think I'm just at a point in my life where I want to feel warmly sheltered, protected if you will, so I can take it all in and move at a pace I am comfortable with and then wade into the next chapter of life feeling good. Retirement is definitely an adjustment for me. I've needed a couple of years for this transition, but I'm getting there. Just not quite as quickly as I thought. I'm glad I'm not rushing myself though. Retirement for me, so far, is a healing experience. There is some pain involved in something like that, but it fades. Spiritwoman ^i^
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12/3/2014 10:12 am |
The need to organize is what I liked about living in the RV. Everything had a place and you had to put it there becasue there wasn't any room for it elsewhere. Fortunately I live in a warmer climate so spent a lot of time outside and was on the go all of the time during the day. It was also just me and an occasional visitor living there which made things lots easier. As for adapting current place, you would be amazed at how I managed to turn a 2 bedroom manufactured home into an office, electronics workshop and artists studio while mu house became a residence facility. None of it planned - it just evolved and I went with the flow. Spiritwoman ^i^
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12/3/2014 10:19 am |
Our place is too big for just the two of us, but I like plenty of space, so I guess we will be staying here. Alfie... Spiritwoman ^i^
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12/3/2014 10:22 am |
I agree, the adventure of finding new places and seeing amazing sites is exciting. There are places I want to revisit, but then again there are even more I want to see. Time off is the only limiting factor. If I stay more than four or five days in one place doing nothing or doing the same things over and over again, I get bored and antsy and have to move on. Spiritwoman ^i^
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12/3/2014 8:26 pm |
What campgrounds? We did stay at some of the more upscale ones for a treat and pampering but mot of the time we used the RV as our way of taking creature comfort to places that did not have accommodations. Spiritwoman ^i^
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12/3/2014 8:30 pm |
Back in the late 60's / early 70's I had a VW van. Did lots of traveling in it but never stayed in it long enough to feel cramped. Life was pretty simple back in the day. It seemed like it was much easier to manage on much less. Spiritwoman ^i^
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12/4/2014 10:31 am |
wouldn't that be wonderful? Spiritwoman ^i^
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