February 2011 – Free Range Dreams Homeschooling

February 28, 2011 4 Comments

Goodnight Moon

Annabelle brings this book to me and makes her request noise, “Dee? Dee?” “In the great green room there was a telephone, and a red balloon…” And her face lights up and she swings her short legs with excitement. We have several good books which she loves, but we could read...

February 23, 2011 19 Comments

Cloth Diapers On the Road

Question: are you crazy to move into a 22 foot motorhome with cloth diapers for two and no washer/dryer?! Answer: yes But here’s the plan: First, I am switching to flat diapers in preparation for our newborn-to-be. I love flat diapers for several reasons: they are super cheap they take up...

February 18, 2011 3 Comments

What About Family?

This is the big question for us. Family is what brought David and I to Clearwater years ago, which was a lucky thing because that’s where we met and fell in love. Family is what has kept us in Florida for seven or so years, even though neither of us actually...

February 14, 2011 7 Comments

Apollo Beach and Lithia Springs Park

Yes, it’s taken us a month to get away for our first weekend in Benny! This was our first time really using Benny as a home. We’ve turned on the lights now and then, and the toilet’s been used several times in my weekday activities with two kids. But we really...

February 10, 2011 Post a Comment

Spent the Night in the RV

For a family planning to spend every night in the RV, our first night counts as a pretty big deal. We’re not moved in, but with Ada (6 years old) spending the night at my parents’ house, we thought it would be a pretty easy thing to camp out in Benny,...

Bartering for Laptops

One of the things keeping us from moving out of the house and into Benny is the fact that our desktop computer and our projector and giant movie screen are in the house. It’s a little embarrassing to admit that such modern, technological luxuries have kept us from our tiny-house dream,...

February 9, 2011 6 Comments

Welcome!

I’m just creating this blog as a record of our dream-chasing journey around this beautiful country. The blog is just a baby, and I have a lot to add. The next few months will have a lot to say about transition. We have a lot of work to do to shake...

February 3, 2011 5 Comments

Driving the MotorHome Around Town

*I wrote this on 26 January, but it didn’t get posted until now–documents my first driving experiences with Benny* It’s true, we plan to fulltime in the motorhome without a toad, or pulled (towed) car. That means that we will use our motorhome for all of our errands, grocery shopping, and...

February 2, 2011 1 Comment

Benny the Holstein?

Today I learned that when you say, “I’m just going to get some milk out of Benny,” it makes him sound like a cow. And a girl.

I drove on veggie power!

Today I drove on veggie power for the first time! I’ve been driving on diesel for a couple of reasons: 1) learning curve was slightly curvier than expected and we had to iron out a few kinks in our use of the vegetable oil system (which David could only do on...

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