Let There be light,…..at the end of our tunnel

It became clear to us that we had more stuff than a yard sale could handle. So my wife, who by the way, is brilliant, had an idea. She said “…imagine we are going to stay in a RV, Say you’re only going to stay two weeks. All the furniture is there but pretty much nothing else. Let’s make a list of things we’ll need to take with us such as our basic clothing, dishes and cooking utensils. Maybe some sporting stuff like fishing poles or a couple of bikes. And just for the heck of it a tool box, some books and a couple of lawn chairs. Tah-dah …not much…and we’re done.”
We decided to divide this list into three parts. 1.Things we need,.. this would be our must have to live comfortably, like food and clothes. 2.Things we want, these are things that would add to our comfort or bring joy, but we could do without them. Things like art supplies, my djembe and fishing gear. These item would have a limit based on available space. 3. Then there are things we’ll take just for the hell of it. These are things that we just enjoy like books, cool art, nicknacks, and extra clothes. These item would be very limited and we agreed that before adding another item we must give up one that we have to keep our stuff to a limit. Sounds easy right,.. well lets hope so,..
After a week of working on this list we found ourselves still trying to lighten our load. I keep trying to convince Mayo that all she’ll really needs is her bikini. A man’s got to try,.. and she’s trying to talk me out of taking so many books, but it’s so hard to get rid of a good book. She also came up with the genius idea of taking all our other stuff to a local consignment shop and letting them sell it for us. This was a hobby that we did once before and it work out well for us. It would also be something we can do while traveling that would create an extra income for us. Now you see why I married her, she smart and so cute.
We got a booth at the Regeneration Station a local consignment shop that specialize in keeping furniture out of the landfills and recycling junk. Mayo and I loaded everything we own but didn’t need and placed it in that booth. Finally we were beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We knew it wouldn’t be long before we would be on the open road. Our next task was fixing up the house and farm and finding renters.
I tease Mayo all the time saying “what will we do when we have no where to be and all day to get there?” We don’t really have plans for our journey, we just plan to journey. We’ll stay someplace beautiful today and somewhere else tomorrow. I keep telling Mayo I won’t ask “where do you want to go next,” I’ll just ask “Honey RV There Yet??”