5 years. I gave myself 5 years. By then, baby girl will be nearly graduated high school (although sometimes I wonder what the fuss is about; her dad fights against me every step of the way and she stays primarily with him; I wonder if she'll miss me - he's a Class-A jerk. But this is another story for another day). High School. She'll be nearly done, the boys will be well on their way to independence, employment, finished with school. And the cat. The cat will be (holding up fingers...) 8ish?? years. Mellower. Maybe road-worthy.
I need to find more resources for traveling with a cat.
5 years. This gives me ample time to significantly downsize my stuff. Clothes. Furniture. Sewing Machine that I never use. Canning equipment that I'll never use. Soap-making stuff I'll never use. Extra linens I won't need. Paintings, art supplies, my copious knitting needle collection. Books that need to be purchased electronically, if at all... Baskets, bags, brick-a-brack. Everything is replaceable. Not much of it is really really necessary. Heh, I could probably downsize my 2-bedroom, 1000 sf apartment to an efficiency!! I seriously doubt I'd save money tho; I got a fantastic deal when I moved in. Maybe I'll simply enjoy the feng shui lifestyle.
Shaking my head over the lunacy of holding onto stuff. Seriously tho. Even things like 2 sets of mixing bowls, a big food processor, extra nail polish, 4 kinds of shower soap, 14 pairs of shoes and twice as many socks...it's excess. We are a culture of excess.
....maybe I should start by NOT going to Goodwill. Oh, hold on... I suddenly feel faint- Better employ baby steps.
A big part of this blog is to colocate a collection of resources to peruse as I have time. Because let's face it, internet bookmarks are akin to putting post-its on a desk full of post-its. Even the different colored ones get lost after awhile. Sigh.
A fella (not a survivalist, not a married guy, not a prepper, he could spell and use punctuation, so I paid attention to him somewhat, but he's older - insert lament) from one of my manymanymanyMANY Craigslist responses mentioned this site, Expedition Portal. Looks cool, except these people are hard core and must have money to afford these rigs.
Another blog about LiveAboard (living on a boat - the concept introduced to me by Mr. Breakfast the other day). This seems like another good resource.
And the above happily led to This Forum. I think I'll quit for now.
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