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Category Archives: motor vehicle
Bugs, bites, and fungus?
I’m in the hate mode. I hate bugs and their bites. I hate their buzzing around too. I hate their corpses getting into light fixtures–how in the world do they manage that? I hate mildew too. It grows all over … Continue reading
Posted in budget, financial state, motor vehicle, stress
Tagged driver license, errands, legal, license, paperwork, plates, registration, tags
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The Great Repair is FINISHED!
The Great Repair has finally finished. I actually did a “happy dance” when it started finally. For some reason, the final portion of the repair was replacing a fuse for the ignition system–somehow, it had blown. Today, for the first … Continue reading
Posted in budget, motor vehicle, repairs
Tagged aggravation, big project, broken down vehicle, budget, chevy venture
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The Great Repair-final stages
The Great Repair is finally nearly finished, just lacking a few minor parts that have proven very difficult to obtain, especially when your transportation is either a bicycle or the vehicle that needs the parts before it can be started! … Continue reading
Posted in being sick, motor vehicle, repairs, stress
Tagged big project, broken down vehicle, budget, flu, winter
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January…
We started this journey on August 1st, 2010. January is the sixth month. Do we regret it? No. Could we have done some things better? Oh, most assuredly! Preparation, both in terms of our personal belongings and mentally, would have … Continue reading
Posted in being sick, budget, customizing, emotions, financial state, motor vehicle, stress, weather
Tagged aggravation, big project, broken down vehicle, budget, frayed tempers, holidays, travel trailer, winter
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Anticipation…and rain
This morning seemed to take forever to dawn. I was excitedly looking forward to the van’s Great Repair finally being completed. But guess what? Mother Nature has other plans. We have a lovely storm sitting here, we had tornado watches … Continue reading
Posted in financial state, motor vehicle, repairs, stress, sustainable living, weather
Tagged aggravation, broken down vehicle, budget, holidays, outdoor, rain, travel trailer, weather
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A new year and here we go!
The year of embarking on this smaller journey has ended, and now…we’re starting fresh. The OTHER good news is…the Great Repair is expected to be completed today too. I think the news about the Great Repair finally coming to an … Continue reading
Posted in emotions, motor vehicle, repairs
Tagged 2011, anticipation, big project, broken down vehicle, holidays, New Year, optimism, travel trailer, winter
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Small ideas
Small spaces. Today, between me being sick & cranky, the cats being neurotic, and the barking dogs who hate each other, GM is totally fed up with living small. He’s sure we cannot successfully and happily live in anything less … Continue reading
Posted in being sick, budget, building, cooking, crafting, customizing, emotions, family, furniture, interesting ideas, motor vehicle, organization, relationship, repairs, stress
Tagged aggravation, broken down vehicle, budget, clear weather, cooking, family, frayed tempers, location, losing things, micro-housing, storage, stress, table, travel trailer
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The flu, the rain, and the new year
It’s the 29th of December, and I’m sicker today than yesterday. I have 100 angry miners in my head with pick axes, and 1000 angry teenagers running rampant in my bones with boom boxes and extra bass. Just to make … Continue reading
Posted in being sick, holidays, motor vehicle, relationship, repairs
Tagged aggravation, being sick, big project, broken down vehicle, budget, clear weather, flu, outdoor, winter
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The Great Repair continues
The Great Repair…oh how this seems to be lasting FOREVER. I have no idea what is going on, other than there are an amazing number of parts that have been removed from the engine and that nearly everything that had … Continue reading
Posted in motor vehicle, procrastination, repairs
Tagged aggravation, big project, broken down vehicle, budget, family, frayed tempers, friends, stress
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Does it ever end? The Great Repair
The Great Repair is STILL underway. That means no vehicle. It’s guts are arranged in a plastic thing and on a patch of fabric covered dirt. It’s been one thing after another, and GM swears that the first opportunity we … Continue reading
Posted in family, financial state, friends, holidays, motor vehicle, repairs, stress
Tagged aggravation, big project, broken down vehicle, family, friends, holidays, location
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Downsizing Chronicles 