Living the good life...together!!!

Decided to write again..

2010-09-29T09:51:00.000-07:00

I am now living in an intentional community in AR. I came here a little over a year ago and am still here.

Lets see if I can make this short and sweet...I was travelin around and met a man in his 70s named Day...I continued to travel and every time I went through AR I decided to drop in and say hello. The last time I came through(AUG 09), we talked about his other property and how he had always wanted it to be community. So here we are at The RHC or The RoundHouse Community..trying to make community and succeeding slowly. It takes time and patience and perseverance to live and make a community work. Here are the links to our communities web-pages:

pics of the jewelry made recently

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Listen to this Convo...

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Bryan Doe: yeah, how's it going
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 1:46:51 PM): hello there
Bryan Doe: whats up
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr: hey im just sitting here in ark again
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr: i have been all over the usa
Bryan Doe: you left?
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 1:59:40 PM): i took up hitch hikn..so been hitch hikin all over the usa
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 1:59:56 PM): sounds dangerous
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:00:13 PM): ya it is...but i havent had a bad experience in the last year and a half
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:00:25 PM): i have been doing it for that long
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:00:40 PM): a year and a half...i remember my first hitch
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:00:59 PM): a semi picked me up...nive old man and his wife
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:01:05 PM): nice*
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:01:46 PM): i've talked to you sooner than that
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:02:13 PM): well lets see
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:03:27 PM): i left "society" in april, my first hitch would have been actually in oct...so i have been hitchn for almost a year sorry
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:03:38 PM): wait sept was my first hitch
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:03:41 PM): why'd you just up and leave?
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:04:01 PM): i wanted to be free
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:04:36 PM): i see
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:04:41 PM): so lot's of drugs and sex?
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:07:30 PM): no
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:07:40 PM): alot of traveling and meeting amazing ppl
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:07:50 PM): and seeing amazing sights
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:08:37 PM): ok, then doing a moderate amount of drugs
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:09:15 PM): i have been MS, NC, SC, all over FL, all over PA, NY, NJ, all over WV, KY, TN, NM, AZ, las vegas etc
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:09:32 PM): mississippi is a shit hole
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:09:37 PM): it's atually worse than arkansas
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:09:48 PM): yes it is...i could live the rest of my life without seeing it again
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:09:51 PM): and NJ
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:10:47 PM): well i cant stay here long just thought i would say hello
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:10:52 PM): mississippi is the only state where the interstate is high enough you can't see the shittiness of it
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:11:04 PM): you still got a head full of metal?
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:11:09 PM): i was on 82 through there
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:11:56 PM): yeah you do
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:12:20 PM): and i have dreads now too
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:12:30 PM): great...
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:13:03 PM): and i have learned to play guitar really well..i now have 2
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:13:43 PM): you smoke a lot of pot don't you?
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:13:57 PM): what makes you think that
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:14:06 PM): it's pretty obvious
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:14:21 PM): oh really...what makes it so ovious
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:14:25 PM): obvious
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:14:51 PM): dred locks, weird color hair, nails sticking out of your skull, your life style, etc...
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:15:05 PM): i love pot what can i say
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:15:22 PM): what can you say?
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:15:28 PM): i love pot lol
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:15:41 PM): i think its a great medicine
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:15:50 PM): it does wonders for my asthma
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:16:01 PM): how about it's sad that you have to have substance abuse in order to expand your mind, it's sad that you don't have the creativity to think outside the box without
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:16:45 PM): ohh i do...i use it for medicine for my asthma mostly...but "pot" is not what expanded my mind
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:17:11 PM): smoking pot to cure your asthma, is like fucking for virginity
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:18:06 PM): what expanded my mind most was a rainbow gathering where everyone loved eatch other....everyone excepts each other..and i didnt not say it cures my asthma..but it def helps me breath better...i have bad asthma and inhalers are now over $60 and they only last me for 2 weeks
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:18:27 PM): but a quarter of pot costs me less than 20 and lasts me for over a month
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:18:29 PM): thank you
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:18:50 PM): yeah ok
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:19:02 PM): what about going to college and all that?
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:20:08 PM): i dont need it..i have the world to teach me...plus i never plan on having another "job"..now I go and work in gardens and such..lived on communes..going to live on a commune next month...as of now i am leaving tomorow to help a very good friend whith his huge gardens..he is over 70 years old
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:20:25 PM): lol, you're a fucking hippie
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:20:33 PM): go away
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:20:38 PM): yup..a gypsie/hippie
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:20:43 PM): ok
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:20:57 PM): better lookup "gypise" before you go calling yourself that
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:21:10 PM): were not flys that you can just swat at..
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:21:34 PM): go back to your fucking commune, and leave the rest of society a lone
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:21:37 PM): there are sooo many of us...you cant exterminate us...
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:21:55 PM): and u cant forget about us..because on day you are oging to need us
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:22:04 PM): need you for what?
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:22:09 PM): an orgy?
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:22:20 PM): murder some celebrities?
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:22:30 PM): well when nationalism collapses you will need those that can live off the land with out the help of modern day shit!
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:22:44 PM): sure sure, whatever you say mrs manson
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr (8/22/2009 2:22:59 PM): i advocate peace not violence
Bryan Doe (8/22/2009 2:23:23 PM): really? why are you still bothering me when i told you to leave me alone?
Bryan Doe: if you don't need technology then why are you using it now?
alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr: u said to leave you alone..that is what i am going to do
Bryan Doe is typing a message.
Bryan Doe: i'll tell you why, because your life is a hypocracy you'll think peace and passive aggressivism when someone comes and fire bombs your hovel

Some of my art

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Me, my guitars, and my special friend Day

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The Path to Immortality

2009-08-18T13:44:00.000-07:00

This is a new and amazing book with an amazing author check him out on myspace

http://www.myspace.com/societys_distortion

.. WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT...

The Path To Immortality-Society’s Distortion , is the bridge from deeply wise and open ended people, to the socially silenced people. To show all that conformity will eventually kill us all, by slowly killing who we are as individuals. This book is broken down in to three parts. Part 1- poetry, emotional poetry that is based on real world issues, and past experiences. Part 2- philosophy, the ideas in which Paulo Reyes come to hold as eye opening, and deeply hidden, but based on sociological submission. Part 3- quotes, quotes suited for different situations based on life experience.

As you venture through the mind of Paulo Reyes, you will fall to hate, anger, pain, fear, and tears. You will feel his emotional, raw, and untamed words as they reach deep in to the soul and mind. For, The Path To Immortality-Society’s Distortion , is from the mind, directed to the heart, and created for thought. As we all live in our society we will open the eyes of our, break the chains that bind the mind, and find the true meaning of our creation. For most will search their entire life for what they seek, but for some, this book will be the ending point for that search. So just open your heart, open your mind, and open the book.

For the people who can change this world don’t care, and the people who care, can‘t do a damn thing.

“One man may not be able to change this world, but we as a whole can effect how others see it.”

Photos

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Soon to be on the road again..going back to PA Jim Thorpe

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Hey everyone guess im not settling down yet after all...going to Jim Thorpe PA hope to see some of you along the way...I will let you know how it goes...

Looking for Nola (Jonathan) and Anthony

2009-08-17T15:17:00.000-07:00

They were last seen heading to Eureka Springs AR about a week and a half ago...if you hear any word of them or any updates as to their location please get in touch with me..its very important and time sensitive...

email me at alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr@gmail.com

Loving You Family
Alicat

The Significant Events that I can remember!

2009-08-10T18:54:00.000-07:00

I have decided to start writing down my travels and such stuff as the "Significant Things". That was its not so hard on my Ol' Nogg'n.

Here's what I wrote on paper......(wrote yesterday)

I left the roofing job early, all of us did. Ben had already left a few days before we did. So Sketch, Swuirt, Pockets, Modig, Little Bitch (the dog), and I hitched to just north of Allen, TX toghether. We all cozied up nextr to each other in a tent. The next morning we split up into 2 groups. one of 2 (skectch and squirt and the other group of 3 (Modig, pockets and I). So my group went on up the road to Gainsville TX where I ended up having to go to the hospital, by ambulance(I am doing better). Had to squat in gainsville because they gave me a pain med that kicked my ass! Every hour I got 25mg of morphin through a patch for 4 days. Made a very good amount of money there. I really learned about flying a sign there...We all were tripp
n that whole week...CCC+morphin...woohooo...While trying to get out of Gainsville we had to wealk 2 mi in 115 degree weather. I was carring an amp (sidekick), 76' Jackson hollow bodied electric guitar, Martin Backpackers guitar, Trumpet, saxophone and my pack, very heavy... We didnt have much water so the 1st mi we conserved our wqater then the next mi we had no water. Needless to say the last mi we didnt have a sip of water left. I quit sweatring during the end of that walk. We saw a truck stop sign from about 1/2 mi away. We get ther and its burned down so no water..such a disappointment. I saw a mobile home sales lot so I went over and used the spickett. Aprayed myelf down. drank large amounts of water then took the rest over and shared with my friend..not 15 min later iwent back to get more water and all the splashing i had done had dissapeared..it sure was hot. we got a ride out of there. oh btw, modig left us about 2mi back to hitch on her own.
Pockets and I hitched to 40 then thru most of OK till we got put up in a hotel for 5 days. Then pockets and i took seperate journeys. I went on to ride a penske truck to Alb NM (thanks to Craigslist rideshare) then some cuba locals picked me up there and took me to welcome home. There I stayed for over a month and a half. Had a blast watched alot of naked ppl dance around in mud. I stayed at nationals till there were about 25ppl left...there was over 20000 of us there...Then I took off with sketch and squirt (they bought an rv) and their friends anthony and nola were with em. We traveled to conway ark where they dropped me off..and anthony and nola decided to go with me. We hitched to Harrison then hitched to bergman where my little sis lives. Then we split up..Nola and anthony went to eureka springs and I stayed behind. I will soon go to see a very good friend named Day in AR and help him with his huge gardens. Then while I am there I plan to put in an "App" for Eastwind commune so that I may visit and hopefully live there. Its in Tecumseh MO. Loving All of You soo very much. Sorry about all the mispellings but I didnt have much time on the computer!

Peace to all my Brothers and Sisters!

Alicat

Procrastinating....

2009-05-19T15:40:00.000-07:00

I want to tell all of what has happened...but I dont feel like writing it lol...but the more time i wait the longer i have to sit and think..Life has been pretty great as you alerady know..aside from not having my husband and not knowing anything about why I dont..other than that things are doing great and running smoothly. I have joined a kitchen for nationals...for those of you whpo dont know what nationals are...rainbow gathering... www.welcomehere.org I am in Dallas TX. Working on a roof getting paid.Sitting here with some great family..here is an introduction to all of the ppl staying here n helping out, We picked up a woman in Arkansas named Rusty Modig..but we call her Modig for short,little hippy girl who wears goggle (cute & sweet), Science the man who lives here, older gentler man, who can make you laugh all day, Nata who was here until this afternoon but should be back in a few days, he is an awesome musician with long dreads and an inocent smile, then we have Pockets who loves food and is a great cook, with short kinky curly hair, and last but definitely not least, Squirt and her fiance Sketch (me and my lost popcorn had met them at the Ocala gathering) and their dog Little Bitch. We have been having alot of fun here...getting high and loving life..

OH to AZ

2009-04-22T17:51:00.000-07:00

What a trip it has been. I ended my last post in Huntington. So we will start from there....

I was in Huntington WV for a week. I stayed in a small one room cabin in the woods. No electricity and a wood stove. It was awesome. I had thought about leaving there before my birthday, 4/14, but decided I didnt want to be traveing on my bday. So I stayed there for my bday. It rained all day and the night before..Well the mountains where I was in Midkiff are all thick clay so it became extrememly muddy. I had a preetty decent time for my bday. But I sure miss popcorn. So I had to climb off the mountain because during that rain my friend Robbie got his Tracker put in a pond coming down the mountain on my bday. I had ran out of water and not much food left so I had to get off the mountain. Well I got off the mountain (not easy), then tried to find my way to Robbies house (I went the wrong way 2 times...blahh that was realy tiring. Plus where I broke the side of my foot while I was in college..was cramping horribly even before I left the cabin and walked down the mountain. Well I finaly made it to Huntington and walked to what I thought was towards the interstate that I needed but I found out I walked the wrong way..But I kept going anyways...Well I put my thumb out when i finally could in Ohio...And less than a minute later I had a ride. This ride was going to some town in Ohio that wasnt really that far..but he took me to lexington KY, which I thought was awesome!! Thanks Kevin!! Well Kevin dropped me off at a truck stop and within the hour I had a ride that was going all the way to the west coast. Now you guys know how much I want to see popcorn so I took that ride. It took 3 days for me to get from ohio to flagstaff...not bad for hitchin....Well so on that sat before i arrived in flagstaff I emailed popcorn to let him know i was coming. Cuz thats where he has been. So I waited there for 2 ddays. The first day I got to flagstaff it was 11pm and cold. I had no idea where anything was..and I still hadnt heard from popcorn in about 2 weeks. So I just used my intuitin..and it sure did work. I was led to an awesome park where I arrived around 2am and layed down cuddled up to a huge pine tree..but what sucked is I dont have any blankets...It was less than 32 degrees for sure..maybe around 27 or so...well needless to say i froze my ass off...but the next day i sat at the library in the park all day..at Wheeler park met some women from the mission there and was taken to the mission to stay...But damn it if I didnt want to stay in some shelter..I can handle the cold.. So I stood there for a long moment infront of the buzzer for the door to go in...With my head down an emo kids comes walking up past me and asks me whats in my black bag...well i told him it was my guitar..he said aww you play guitar I said yes..and he invited me to play that night there was an open mic night. I told him that i would if i could find a place to sleep that night. He asked what i was doing and I said i was a hitch hiker and had just arrived that previous night. He ran his fingers through his gotee and said I may have a place for you...We went right next door to a house there and that was where he lived. with several roomates...they let me sleep on there couch that night. Now lets continue the story from meeting the new friends. Well the one that offered me a place to stay was Ash. I found out that they were a very popular band there in flagstaff. They even had concerts in their basement, they called the house the cottage house. It was awesome! Well that night I played guitar and listened to lost of others play.Then we played some together it was an awesome adventure with crazy stuff on the projector (oh by the way we were set up outside).We all played the electric guitar. It was so awesome!!So the next day i was at Wheeler park watching to see if popcorn would show up to the library to check his messages when a man with a cute overweight dachsund that had a huge tung hanging out the side of its mouth...(always out the side of his mouth) well the mans name is ben and his dogs name is rusty..well we sat and talked for a bit and he told me that he had just left everything...so he was a newbie..Well he took me to McD's and bought me 3 burgers. Well we had talked aobut traveling together him, me and popcorn. Well he took me in to the library and i was able to check my email...well popcorn said he was in san diego...arrggghh!! well so me and ben decided we would go and get him..well while we were in pheonix az i got intouch with a friend of mine TJ who I have known for about 5 years now. Well we decided to take a 6 hour detour and that is hwere right now we are about an hour east of Tucson on I-10 in a smal town called Willcox. While on the way we had no money so I spanged for gas the whole way. We have a CB in the truck (a really good one) so I was bored while in Tucson and started talking on it and telling jokes to make the truckers laugh...well then I said what do you do when a gwoman is sittting on the hood of her truck playing guitar with pink tipped dreads and bright colored clothes on..well they did konw I said well you shove dollar bills in her shoes lol..and then i said that i was thinking about sitting on the hood and doing just that ...Because I was out of gas and needed some moeney> well I had a trucker come on there and say he had some spare change..Well long story short he bought me a coke and gave me $20. Well that got us here..and now I am sitting in luxury with an airconditoiner, a nice bed to sleep intonight..and food and even soda! Oh ya and internet and tv and movies...im a pimpin "foundatoin impaired" person!! By the way..I am surrounded by the most beautiful and wonderful ppl...everywhere i go!

Loving you all
Alicat

Please dont forget to leave comments...I want to know what you think..I want to know if you guys want me to continue to write....

Here are the posts from the other website...

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I am not having a good time with wordpress...i dont have the time to try to work with it...so i will be coming back to this site...but i will try to maintain both websites....so here you go...

welcoming you to our lives
February 17, 2009 — skinthathippy
hello all! we are welcoming you from destin fl we started 1398 miles ago. ok, we started in northern arkansas right after a really bad ice storm. one of the worse storms in ar history. it dumped like 2″ over night then like another inch the next day. we were stuck in this old house that used to be a hippie commune and hadnt had anyone there for a long time. all we heard was trees fallin and branches hitting the roof as they fell.

i know thats not much but the wife and i just picked our feet up about 3 weeks ago. we are headed for ocala national forest for the ocala gathering. after that where we go is a mystery.

life in general is a mystery and its nice to wonder whats going to happen. im glad we dont try to ruin it all by guessing! when u guess whats going to happen or you try to MAKE things happen its so damned stressful. worrying just doesnt do anything for you besides shorten your lifespan

well in the beginning of our travels we stayed withthis pretty cool couple but they were not the cleanest. they kept telling us they would hookus up with a ride out of town (conway ar) we ended up staying there for like 2 1/2 weeks and they werent even home half the time they were doing drugs and such instead. they would get home and fight so we were kinda kidnapped instead of the original plan. they were good pplthough they were just caught up with all the lil stupids things in life which mean nothing (what type of clothes they wore, cars, ect…..) so just slightly lost.

so we hitched from conway to the middle of no where in the rain. we got stuck in little rock for a few hours and it wasnt the best situation but it was fun we were able to touch some lives there. a woman approached us as we were sitting infront of the library (im breaking up butts tryin to roll a smoke and she was takin off her pack to go inside) and said we were very intresting people and her husband would like to paint us. wow!!! i didnt know i was modelworthy, yay!!!!!!!!!!

well we r sitting under this bridge trying to stay dry and i have some money (like $1.60) and i start to ask people if i gave them a gallon of gas worth of money would they give us a ride to outside of town. well like the 13th guy we ask says he would but last time he did something like that he got robbed and hijacked so he couldntdo it but he could give us some money. he gives us this $ 20 bill and as i go to get it hes really skittish and nervous so u know hes telling the truth.

why do people treat each other like that? i dont understand. those assholes stole that guys innocence and heart because they were prob too worried bout their crack habit. i cant believe that the animal, aka the human, could be this way to fellow members of theyr kind and good ones at that. what has happened to our species? have we brainwashed ourselves to the point that we think thats normal and ok? yes!!! how could we allow that to happen? selfishness and lack of unityand community. we arenta peopl anymore we r indivduals who are so obsessed with ourselves all we see is the inside of our anuses

well we get to the outskirts of little rock on a bus and its pouring down rain. we walk like 3 miles and the people who drove past us would seem to speed up as they past like we would jump out in front of them or something. we keep seein the interstate and need to get to it but to get there we could walk straight (and parallel) or cross a swamp. we keep walking. ok so we get to a spot we can cross. so now we r on the interstate and same thing zoom past zoom past. we walk like another 1/2 mile. oh yeah a bridge up ahead. somewhere dry.

we get under this bridge, its like 10:00 pm, cold, and finally dry. lay out the blanket, hurry!!! so we do. the incline under the bridge is so steep we keep sliding down. shit!!!!! oh yeah, i have a shovel!!!! so we dig out these little shelves for our butts to fit in (naked by the way, burrrrrrrrrr!!!) well, sleep comes (kinda). wake up time, still so cold ok we can stay in bed! ope its like 3:00pm and not raining, lets run!!!

ok we get everything picked up, on the road, and sticking the thumb out. yes, a ride!!!!!! please take us to the nearest truck stop. pine bluff, ar. pilot. drying off, and this lady who works there gives us a shower and starts crying because she wants to help so badly! well she takes us home with her. o wow!!! two blunts and two joints later we r sleeping on her floor. next day she takes us to walmart and spends like $30 on US in food and tobacco plus gives us a ride down the road.

we walk a few miles and some one brings us a ways to the south. we r in this very small town wondering how we r going to get accross the mississippi so we sit at a gas station, and get some energy drinks and this lady gives us $20, wow ty so much!!!!!!!!!!!!! we takeoff with intent of crossing the bridge on foot walk like 3/4 a mile and figure screw this lets go back and try to get a ride. well we wait like 10mins at the store and i ask this couple if they would take us accross for a couple dollars they did but told us to keep the money.

well we r now in ms, yay!!!!!! the couple give us anouther $20 and we r talking they find out i tattoo and so now they take us to their house. i give a tat and gorge myself on hamburgers and other great food. the next day they bring us to greenville ms. we eat at a t-stop and as i pay i realize we r $28 shorter then we were, thank the gods we had $50!!!!!

we r walking to indianola and get picked up by this nice old couple and they drop us off at walmartsaying they will be back with a friend who will give us a ride to fla, yay!!!!!!!! well we wait like 3 hours never show up. damn it!!!!! so we start walking we get out of town and its now like 7:00pm, DARK, and swampy damn it there is no where we can make camp so we gotta keep walking. we get picked up by a trucker @ like 8:30 and he takes us to a pilot in winona, ms.

we sit at the t-stop for like 3 hours and now this old man (trucker) is talkin to us and we tell him our story so he now is trying to help us find a trucker who will takeus some where closer to here, but alas no one seems to be going that way. another trucker is now standing and conversing with us. he needs to go to decatur al. wow man can we catch a ride? yep, yay!!!!!!!!!

ok so we reach decatur and drop his load, so as we r with him he picks up his load info and he has one from decatur to n.c. and they gave him 4 days to get there. wow, he can bring us to fla now and wants to!!!!! yay!!!!!!! he wanted to have some fun instead of just drive and liked the company.

so here we are in my cousin ninas house in destin fl visiting before we gotta pick up and finish the trip to ocala. o wait, u wanna see the beautiful white beaches and 70 degree weather? we are right now!!! wanna wait a bit before gotta walk through more swamp!!!

well ty for taking the time reading my babble. and i hope u follow our travels from now on. the rest wont be so long (hopefully!!!!!). leave us msg’s and comments. wanna know what u think and would love to read your adventures too!!!

truly,

popcorn

ali too of course!!

Traveling Up and Down the East Coast
April 8, 2009 — skinthathippy
Hello all, Sorry I havent been able to keep you up to date. Its really hard when you dont have access to internet. Well lets cut the chitchat and start the story….I am going to skip alot of stuff..

I traveled from Pittsburgh to Midkiff WV (thats near Huntington). I went down I-79, Snow the whole way. I started out around 10am or so. I hitched all the way, alone. It was a wonderful experience. Met alot of great ppl. I got 8 rides, 2 apples, a banana, $45, 4 dbl cheeseburgers from all the wonderful ppl. It pays to hitch. I want you to know up front that i do not beg from money. I do not even ever ask for money, food, or anything beyond a ride. I am extremely greatful for everything!

I was standing on the onramp, it was snowing hard. I was still happy. I kept singing and laughing the whole time! I love to have fun no matter what I am doing.

Your prolly wondering, where all have you been? How did you get there?

The last time we talked to you we were together in Destin, FL. Now were seperated (but still together just different places). We went to Ocala National Forest like planned. The gathering was pretty good, nothing bad happened. Then we left with some friends to the next gathering in Acola national forest near Tallahassee. On the trip we stopped at a Hoddy (hotel) and took showers. God was I ever dirty, water was running black (not exagerating). Well from Acola, Popcorn decided that he wanted to go to the Grand Canyon with a caravan of ppl. But i still wanted to do what I had originally planned. Follow the east coast for a while then slowly make my way inward then to the west coast and do the same there. So Popcorn left and I traveled for a while with a guy named Aries. i am not going to go into alot that happened becase I dont want to talk mean about someone. Aries and I split our ways in NJ at the Vince Lambarti truck stop where I went to Pittsburgh and seen some of my great friends Sol and Rae and Helen.

While I was in Philly (for a week), I got to hang out with Chris from 721sandwiches. That was absolutely awesome! Chris is an amazing individual! I want to say thanks..Thanks Chris!!

Since I am leaving alot out of the mix because of Aries and a very sad and angry man named Wolf. I will tell you I traveled and stayed in Savanah (GA)(St. Patty’s Day parade),Baltimore, Philly, NYC, West Palm Beach (FL). There might have been more places but i cant remember.

I left FL mid march i think, so i have done alot of traveling in that short amount of time. Now I am in WV seeing an old friend of mine Danny, whom I havent seen in 2 years or so.

i was very excited to be coming this way. I havent been to WV in about 3 years. Its lovly country here and everyone is so very nice. its almost like being at home…with the exception of thicker accents here. I am fixing to leave to go to the hunting lodge out in the middle of the woods. Thats where I am going to be staying while I am here.

Well I hope that sates you for now….

New Blog

2009-02-16T11:41:00.002-08:00

I have a new blog...
If you would like for me to email you the new address please email me at alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr@gmail.com

Short Message

2009-02-06T13:32:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to fill some of you in while I have the chance...No longer is there an I but a we...Traveling has been wonderful...We lived through the terrible ice storm unscathed. We are now on our way to Florida to the Ocala Gathering...I know this isnt much here but I wanted just to let you all know that I am healthy and doing very very well...Loving You all...

Neighbors...close and far away......

2008-12-17T19:22:00.000-08:00

I have a close friend we call Popcorn, who wrote this essay and I wanted to share it with you...it rings very true...Leave a comment and tell me waht you think about today's society and how we treat everyone from those close to us to those we have never met....

Essay: "Neighbors"

Neighbors. What do most of us know about neighbors or care for them? For the most part, nothing. Most people nowadays don't know their neighbor nor do they care to know them. Why? I don't know why. I mostly believe it's due to being from a "me-me" society; a society and culture that cares for no one or nothing but themselves.

Neighbors at one point in time used to be like extended family. That has changed. Most people don't even care about their own family, let alone some people who live next to them. "Why should I care for them, I don't know them," they think. Truly, why should they?

Why? Simply because without care for others then there is no true care for one self. "How?" You ask. Well, look at it. Without true 'neighborly behavior' society falls apart. Even if stuff happens on such a small scale as neighbors not getting along, it turns to big scale problems. Society is based on the well being of its members, the interaction of its members. Anyone who is even slightly familiar with sociology will point this out to you, but do you ask? No, of course not. You're too busy buying clothes or throwing away your slightly used shoes just because 'they are a year old'. You're too worried about yourself to worry about others.

I guess I sound very socialistic (which I'm absolutely not), because some of their arguments ring true. What is the well being of the individual, when the whole is decaying? Why should people care if everything is going to shit? Well, because one person can make a difference. If one person tries to reach out to their neighbors for selfless reasons, then that one becomes however many they reach out to.

A good society is not based on the well being of the economy or government body, but the well being of the people. Not the individual, but the whole. If everyone would take a true interest in others, then we would be a healthier society.

Health updates and such...

2008-12-11T20:55:00.000-08:00

I found out that it wasnt the pain meds that caused the severe reaction...it was the augmentin xr sr.
Now I can take the pain meds like i need. So if I take alot of pain meds in the morning then about an hour later I can stand to get down all the pills. I am feeling alot better for the most part. Still haveing a bit of a time but hopefully soon all will be well and I can start to travel again. I have a feeling that my days are not up!!

I will not give up on my dreams..remember I said that several months ago and I still mean it!! Alot of ppl around me want me to stop and get a real job and stick it around here...I take a look at that senerio and think..where will that get me in 20 years? Definitely not somewhere I want to be!! Do I want to be stuck in one town for 20 years, if you know me or even if you dont and all you have to go is this blog..you should know...that NO that wont do!

I love thrills, I love challenges, I love living!

Hospitalized...

2008-12-08T20:23:00.000-08:00

I just wanted everyone to know why I have been gone for so long. I just got released by the hospital today. I had a sore throat when i went to bed. I woke up at exactly 420am the next morn...In sever pain. My neck was swollen on the outside severly from my ear my cheek (even my cheek bone was sore to the touch) and all the way down my neck. The inside of my throat was so swollen you wouldnt have been able to put a pencil though it. I could barely breath, couldnt even drink water. I tryed some homeopathy (usnea that I had) helped a little but not enough...I was dizzy sweating and freezinf with a high fever. I didnt go to the hospital I thought I could weather it out...The next day I called my sister and asked her if she could bring me something to help..needless to say I couldnt take so Blue was talking for me while I wrote everything down. When she got there she said tht I needed to go to the hospital emediately (but at that point i didnt understand what she was saying I was sooo sick) so I didnt take the advise...I slept for 2 days...then finally I went to the hospital because it wasnt getting any better at all..infact it was getting alot worse. I went to our local hospital here they got me straight into the ER, something that had never happened before...never gone straight in..normally takes a couple of hours...but guess I was that bad. They sent in several ppl one after another boom boom boom, finally the actually doc arrives in the room and says I needed a CT scan cuz he was afraid that I could be getting an abcess in my throat. Didnt know you could have an abcess in your throat, thought that was just a tooth thing...but well right after the CT scan they shipped me to Springfield hospital to a St. Johns. There I stayed for a while. Where I got alot more needle poked and many bruises but the staff was extremely great! Actually the most bruising I got was from the hospital here. I have so many needle bruises all over...from my hip to all over my arms...they were gonna stab my throat...glad they didnt have to do that...Well i dont have long here and i need to take some more pain meds...The meds that they subscribed me I couldnt afford...cost over 200 dollars but the hospital has this service to help some ppl who cant afford meds...ofcourse they are very picky on who they help...and well my throat was a severe thing...they emmediatly got a fax down there to pay for all the meds. I have to take 16 peniciallian pills everyday no joke. and ofcorse all the pain pills i will need. even have a refill. I dont have much time like i said here so i am not gonna correct my misspellings so plaease excuse that. Well I got released today around 2pm or so. I still have to go back for surgery on my throat but I have to wait till jan. Unless its gets worse..which i hope it wont. I couldnt breathe, drink water, eat...nothing..I was puking becuase of all the acid in my stomach and not having anything in my stomach for almost 3 days. and it took all day with pain meds and many anti biotics to get my throat to open up enought to allow some water through and when i was finally able to eat some jello it was realy great. Oh and I couldnt talk ofcourse. Now I can talk, eat semi soft food, and drink. Still hurts but not nearly as bad as before. Well gotta go if you have any questoins please feel free to ask em...lots of love!!

Hitching from Norwood, MO (54mi)to Springfield. MO (85mi)to Harrison, AR Shoutout to Monte!

2008-11-25T16:58:00.000-08:00

Ok so I just left Smitty's house 2 nights ago. Watched the Cowboys vs 49ers Sun before I left..Which had me leaving really late (330pm). Ruby and I walked several miles, till roughly midnight. I would have kept walking but we were so cold. I have no idea what the temp was but it was cold..my fingers from thumbing it, was almost numb. Well I set up the tarp (first time btw, just the tarp part), and my sleeping bags and me and Ruby settled in for the night, in between the W60 and the outer road. Well (I am guessing on "times") about 2 or 3 am, I still hadn't been able to fall asleep, because my nick was really hurting (from the pack and from the terrain) and I hadn't eaten that day so I vomited 3 times (during the course of the night) from acid in my stomach, I had a huge headache, and freezing, well at about 2 or 3 am it started lightly raining..so I pulled the tarp over us the best I could but it just wasn't doing all that much good..so needless to say I got about an hour or so of sleep and when morning came we were really wet and cold. Let me tell you how cold it was...when I woke up and started to pick everything up I couldn't feel my fingers nor my feet, and Ruby's nose (which is normally red) was almost white and her ears were freezing (which are normally really warm...). Well after walking for a while a trucker finally picked us up and took us to the bus station. I arrived at the station at about 9am and Blue was due in at 12:30...Well Blue arrived and we went to walmart..about 2 miles away (I think). I don't know if you guys know or not but I have asthma really bad and had ran out of my meds not quite 2wks ago. So I was having a really hard time breathing. Well we went to walmart to see if i could get my meds transferred...well they could but they discontinued the meds that i take(which normally only cost me $12.00) so there was a new meds that were much more expensive ($43.00)..YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!! So there was no way I could afford it..So since I couldn't get the meds I went around the walmart and tried to find some food...well this was a fairly new walmart, I wouldn't find the food (i cant see very well so I thought they had just put it in an odd spot, So I asked a walmart employee about the food...well that walmart hadn't gotten there food stuff yet..go figure..so I talked to her about some over the counter meds for my asthma...one thing led to another and she also has asthma...but didn't have an inhaler on her. Here is a really kick ass thing...she got off work in 10 min, she TOOK me to her house and gave me a full inhaler!! Then took me back to the walmart! How awesome is that..a TRUE LIFE SAVER! So got back to the walmart and we left there and went across the street to the BIG Kmart (first time I had been to one of these) well Blue went inside and got some tuna and some peanut butter crackers (needed protein really bad). While we were eating, this woman comes up and says here go buy you some burgers and hands us $5...cool! So after we left there we walked around trying to remember where my friend monte lived...couldn't hardly remember..so we walked several miles up and down streets that I thought were right...finally after it got dark we went to a Shoney's and I used the phone..btw I didn't know monte's number anymore, so I called his work and of course he wasn't working and they couldn't tell me (legally) his number, so they called him instead and gave him the number to where I was..awesome huh!! Well he called me..and come to find out he didnt even live in the same place anyways...so we got a cab and went to his house. Had a wonderful time..I got to watch mon night foot ball and monday night WWE!! So I didnt have to miss any of my shows LOL...Needless to say we all had a wonderful time. Gotta love Monte! Well monte had to be at work early so at about 730am we left with his mom and him..dropped him off and then she was nice enough to take us to the corner where we needed to get to get on the freeway...Awesome....and dear if you read this...thank you sooo much. So we stayed at the gas station for a while...and this dude comes up, he has lots of piercings like I do...he says I see your headed to Ark..Im from ark too...and he said he wanted to help us out...this guy didnt have a bunch of money..infact it looked like he gave us all he had...he gave us $5....We werent flying signs or spanging.....So I got up and hugged they guy and told him how thankful I was. and Blue hugged him too. Well after that we headed up the ramp to hwy65..walked about 6 or 7 miles, I think, till we got to the ramps of freeway 60...I told Blue that I wasnt going another step from this spot that we stopped...It looked like the best place to camp for the night. I didnt want to get caught again like the other night where Ruby and I froze.. Well about 20 min later...my cousins husband shows up and gives us a ride all the way to my sisters house!! How cool is that...I said I wasnt walking another step..and I didnt have tooo!!! So here I am. Using her computer, so you guys can know whats going on...So tonight I get to take a shower and lay in a real bed (tho at monte's I got to sleep ina real bed too), but this time I dont have to get up at 7am...and boy am I tired....found out my pack weighs almost 100lbs....boy is it majorly heavy...well thats all folks lol...

Loving You All
Ali

Travelers....

2008-11-21T19:43:00.000-08:00

I have a brother who has been trying to make it to Missouri from SC. Have many of you ever heard of manifesting? I mean making something happen just by thought? Well, my brother Blue did just that. About 15 minutes after getting off the phone with me, he got a greyhound ticket purchased for him. And a day before that he was needing more money...well he found 3 dollars in his pocket...I think that's great news...

So Monday the 24th I will be picking him up from the bus station in Springfield. Then we are heading south for thanksgiving..going to spend it with my brother-in-laws family. Its not that far south..I have a few ideas of what I wold like to do. First, I want to spend some quality time with my sister. While I was in Harrison the last time I didn't get to spend any time with her...I miss her something terrible.

I have a good friend that I haven't seen since high school in OK..I would really like to spend some time with her and her family...and I just love spending time with my family(friends are my family too). I hope to meet some great family..like ACE, BLUE, and JAI...Nata..sooo many...SCIENCE..ohh so many..Love You ALL!!

Well this is going to be a short post...just wanted to update everyone....and tell ya all that I LOVE YOU!!!

Picture time

2008-11-14T13:39:00.000-08:00

Excuse the order of the pictures...
I think I am bloggeriliterate...

I cant seem to get them in order.
The top pic is my Marlboro Sleeping bag.
The best sleeping bag I have ever had.

My Mr. Wooly...very warm, just a tad small, but works to keep the lower half of me warm (especially my feet..burrr it can get cold down there).

Here is a top pic of my backpack...
Special Thanks to Heather...Thank you for the backpack!!
See the clear handle?
Those boots you see are tied to the handle.
To keep them out of my way,
I face the toe toward front of the pack...

The Inside of my bag..I keep trash bags as liners for my backpack
So when it rains I will still have dry clothes to change into.

Another pic...out of order..lol
This shows you the top of the trash bag..
I wrap it around till its water tight...then zip it up

Here is the bag all zipped up...
The weight really distributes well in this pack...

Here is a cool extension I did to my pack...
Remember that red sleeping bag you saw in the first pic...
These are the straps that go to it.
I cut them out and put them on my pack to help with the weight...

See the toes of the boots...
and you can see how I have the shoe strings
used as rope to tie the boots to the handle.

Here is a pic of the saddle bags that I made Ruby.
If you want one for your special pet..I am up for trading and green energy donations...

Ruby loves wearing her saddle bag!

This is the flap over the pocket..

Easy to open, and I have added snaps to this one..
But next time I will use buttons..Snaps don't hold very well at all!

A for Ali

My Bob Marley Pull-over
The only jacket I own....

Ruby, a truly wonderful friend...

See the flag...told ya....
May love always be there to pick you up when your feeling down....
Loving You All
Ali

Numerology Report

2008-11-14T13:18:00.000-08:00

http://www.smart-horoscope.com

Numerological Report

	Your Life Path Number is 11 Your Life Path Number represents the path you should take through life and the talents and skills you have to make your journey a rewarding one. Much is expected of those carrying an 11 Life Path Number. Yours is the journey of the Spiritual Messenger. You are meant to explore and come to understand life's spiritual mysteries. As your wisdom grows, you will share your vision with all of humankind.
	Your Life Destiny Number is 6 Your Destiny Number sheds light on those things you must accomplish in your life to be fulfilled. Your purpose in life is to serve by nurturing family and loved ones. Your sense of beauty and community will make you a harmonizing force for those around you. You will bring to our world two qualities it is all too often missing: love and balance.
	Your Soul Number is 3 Your Soul Number describes your deepest desires and dreams and the person you truly want to be. You desire to make people happy, laugh, and be all they can be. You want to create, have fun, and remain ever enthusiastic. You are a lover of life, and will do all you can to ensure those around you are aware of just how grand a gift life is. top
	Your Personality Number is 3 Your Personality Number reveals the "external you"--the personality traits others will know you by. You are a lover of life. You are extroverted and charming, and always want to have fun. You are the lucky possessor of the proverbial "magnetic personality." Your enthusiasm for life is contagious. Your potential to create and inspire others to create seems limitless. Of course, you are not fault free. You can be gossipy and display unwarranted jealousy. In the end, however, most will find your exuberance for life irresistible.
	Your Maturity Number is 8 Your Maturity Number reveals the person you will come to be--your true self. Those with an 8 as their Maturity Number will find rewards through their accomplishments. Their early lives will be spent learning how to apply power without becoming dictatorial and finding a balance between the material and spiritual world. As you mature you will be called upon more and more often to lead others. If you learn to apply authority without becoming tyrannical you may well be thought of as one of the world's great leaders in your later years.
The 4 Pinnacles Pinnacles represent moments in your life in which you realize current goals and learn some of life's lessons. If you are at the beginning of a Pinnacle, then they can be used as a predictive tool to assist in managing your future. Your first Pinnacle begins at birth and last until around the age of 27. Your Second Pinnacle last through the next 9 year and the Third Pinnacle last for 9 years after the Second Pinnacle has passed. Your Fourth Pinnacle picks up where the Third Pinnacle ends and last throughout the rest of your life
	Your First Pinnacle Number is 9 A 9 Pinnacle means you are in a period where your love for your fellow man will be at its zenith. In this period you will play healer and inspirer to those around you. A 9 Pinnacle is never easy. You will be asked to sacrifice meeting your own needs for the good of others. You may experience the pain of loss, but in the end will be rewarded by fulfilling your soul's need to ease the pain of others.
	Your Second Pinnacle Number is 7 A 7 Pinnacle marks a time for study, self-discovery and spiritual development. Your focus on the inner-self will bring out the loner in you. If your 7 is a First Pinnacle you will probably have to deal with a feeling of alienation. A 7 in the Second or Third Pinnacle demarks a time for further spiritual exploration and refinement of your understanding of yourself. As Fourth Pinnacle, the 7 denotes yet more time exploring your inner-self and the sharing of your wisdom with others.
	Your Third Pinnacle Number is 7 A 7 Pinnacle marks a time for study, self-discovery and spiritual development. Your focus on the inner-self will bring out the loner in you. If your 7 is a First Pinnacle you will probably have to deal with a feeling of alienation. A 7 in the Second or Third Pinnacle demarks a time for further spiritual exploration and refinement of your understanding of yourself. As Fourth Pinnacle, the 7 denotes yet more time exploring your inner-self and the sharing of your wisdom with others.
	Your Fourth Pinnacle Number is 6 A 6 Pinnacle notes a time of love and devotion to friends and family, or possibly the building of a new family after a divorce. During this Pinnacle your energies will be focused on your home-life. You will nurture your loved ones and beautify your surroundings as much as possible. During this Pinnacle that which is in your heart will come to the forefront.
The 4 Challenges Challenges denote personal weaknesses and temptations you will have to overcome and strengths you will have to develop to fully realize your goals. The 4 Challenges have the same time frame as the 4 Pinnacles.
	Your First Challenge Number is 1 A 1 Challenge signifies the struggle to become independent, courageous and have faith in your convictions. If the number 1 appears as your first Challenge you are learning to define your self. Should a 1 appear in your other Challenges you are learning to remain true to your self and become more confident.
	Your Second Challenge Number is 6 A 6 Challenge marks a period in which you will learn to balance the needs of your family with your own. You will learn that true nurturing can only come from your heart. Your idealistic views of marriage may be shaken some, but if you learn to temper them some you will be happier and more secure on the other side of this Challenge.
	Your Third Challenge Number is 5 A 5 Challenge marks a time when you most overcome your fear of change and risk. You will also learn to liberate yourself from that which restricts your self-expression. While a 5 Challenge may be a bit scary, it is a time of great personal development marked by the growth of your individual freedom.
	Your Fourth Challenge Number is 7 A 7 Challenge always marks a very serious period in your life. This period will be marked by intense introspection and the pursuit of spiritual wisdom. Your challenge will be to move through this period of self-discovery while dealing with the isolation such inner journeys often cause. Also you will have to learn to differentiate reality from fantasy.
The 3 Cycles Cycles occur in 28 year periods. The First Cycle last from birth through your 28th year and is called your Formative or Seed Cycle. The Second Cycle--your Productive or Fruit Cycle--begins at age 29 and last through your 56th year. The Third Cycle, your Harvest Cycle, begins with the coming of your 57th year and last throughout the rest of your life. Your Cycle Numbers tell you the lessons you must learn and goals you must meet to stay on your Life's Path and achieve your true destiny. top
	Your First Cycle Number is 4 This is a time for you to put things in order. You will address many of life's practical concerns during this period. Discipline, order and a willingness to work hard are your greatest allies during this Cycle.
	Your Second Cycle is 5 Change and the development of personal freedom are the earmarks of a 5 Cycle. You will find fulfillment and joy in the adventures this Cycle holds for you. This Cycle will show you life at its most exciting.
	Your Third Cycle Number is 2 If you are in a 2 Cycle you are going to develop at a slow, even pace. Your talents for peacemaking and gentle persuasion will come into play often. Understanding relationships will be your main goal in this period. Should this be your Third Cycle, patience and diplomacy will be the characteristics of this Cycle.
	Your Birthday Number is 5 This number is most influential between your 28th and 56th year. While it is not the most important number in your profile, it does have an effect on your Life's Path and Destiny. You are curious about everything and above all else value your personal freedom. Change does not scare you. Indeed, you embrace it.
	Your Personal Year Number is 1 This number tells you what is happening in your life this year. This number should be used to help you avoid setbacks and focus your energies on those areas of your life where you are most likely to achieve your goals. This is a good year for new beginnings and projects. Your focus should be on yourself and self-improvement. This is the ideal time for you to plant the seeds which will lead to you attaining your goals in the future.
	Your Personal Month Number is 9 This number tells you what is happening in your life this month. Use this number in the same way you would your Personal year number, but apply it only to the current month. This a month in which you should clean up loose ends, let go of the past and prepare yourself for the future.

Where to go from here.....

2008-11-06T11:01:00.000-08:00

I recently got back in touch with a friend that I have known for many many years...since I was 11. We haven't talked for a couple of years. I think mostly that is my fault. I used to be horrible at staying in touch. I just heard some horrible news. I would like all of you to pray for her. Her name is Lisa and she has gone deaf. It is basically that her bones in both of her ears have grown together and they are killing the nerves that help her to hear. She was telling me that a normal person hears at 10 to 20 db, her good ear is at 80 db and her bad ear is at 95 db. None of the doctors can help her because the aids that she needs will cost her 10,000 per ear. I would like everyone to pray for her.....or at least send her some love....

I am still in Missouri at Smitty's...yes I know..I have been here allot longer than I had anticipated. But I realize that maybe there is a reason that I am here for so long...There is definitely some healing that needs to be done here....

I am having a real problem on trying to figure out where I want to go. I have had offers to go to Florida, Arizona and Chicago...

Here is my problem...I don't really want to go to Florida (have no interest in Florida, never have), I feel if I go to Arizona I will get stuck there...I don't want that...You guys know how much I hate feeling stuck...and I really don't know but one person in AZ...and going to Chicago..I had a friend offer me a bus ticket to get there and back to here....but i am traveling with me dog and don't want to leave her at all...even though I do have some great friends here who I could trust to watch her and yes they have agreed...but she is my responsibility not theirs...and the person in Chicago is not even family like you guys are...van dwellers and rainbow...We used to be good friends but then I have changed so much that I am not sure it would be good for my spirit...I have thought about going to see my friend Lisa in Arkansas, or going back to the Community.....argggg...

I want my "family"!!

i have been doing allot of oracle(tarot) reading for myself lately....and I keep getting the same message....wonderful things are happening right where I am, I need to live in the moment and stop getting caught up in the "future plans" and most importantly it is telling me to "SLOW DOWN"

SO I am going to try and take the advise...sometimes I get lost in wanting to travel and see all my friends...I want that very badly...I want to spend some time with all of those that I feel close too...but you know there is something that I have lost track of...I have allot of "family" right here where I am...Some of these people I haven't seen in a long time...maybe that is what I need to do...focus on where I am instead of where I am not...no one can stop me now, I can go anywhere...and no one can take away my dream now...I would like to eventually visit all of those wonderful ppl out there...like 721pm..Voluntary Simplicity, Holding, Jonna,FreedomVan, and many many more......!

I think, as I am writing this, what I am actually doing is figuring out what to do...

I really feel close to the spirits...and I always look for them for advise and guidance. I have found that where ever I go, there is a reason I have gone there...whether it is to heal someone or myself (spiritually and physically). I have a great healing heart and my love is very very strong. I believe that love can heal all wounds...If you are in need of healing, please email me..or if you want an oracle reading also email me...my readings are free....and I am very in tune with my cards....especially here of late...If you feel that I should be there with you to help you heal....please let me know...and if you love me...let me know that too...I love to hear that I am loved...now I know most of you are not yet set free to love all...but I pray that one day, you will be set free to love unconditionally all those around you who need your love....

Lots of Love To All of You!!
Ali

A new name for a new beginning......

Sitting under the Learning Tree...

2008-10-30T15:16:00.000-07:00

My current location is in Missouri. I have been here since Monday afternoon of the 27th. Let me tell you about the friend I am currently visiting, his name is Smitty and like most southerner's he loves his Confederate(Southern Cross) flag but that's not what makes him so special and amazing. Smitty, the man of fathomless knowledge has been teaching me about true history. I have learned a few things that would piss most Americans off. If you get pissed, good! But instead of me telling you what I have learned, I will let you do the research or you can learn for yourself. I want to tell you that these videos are quite lengthy, make sure that you have plenty of time to watch them. The first video has 9 segments each about 9 min long called Judea Declares War on Germany, by kapitalisten on youtube, the second series of videos is David Cole who did his own research, 7 videos, by RevisionistsRus on youtube. Be fore warned, you will be shocked, I was! Smitty, has given me a reading list, as I finish one book, he has another set for me to read. ATM, I am reading Sun Tzu's The Art of War, the revision and editing done by Dallas Galvin and translated from Chinese by Lionel Giles. An amazing book that I believe everyone should read. Whether you believe in war or not, WAR HAPPENS!!! The next book that I am to read is called Common Sense by Thomas Paine. I keep wishing that I can stay here longer so that I may read more of his wonderful book collection. Smitty's library is extremely extensive. Here are some of the books that I would like to read and think you should too:

The Age of Jackson by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Jacksonian America: Society, Personality and Politics by Edward Pessen
Look Away! A history of the Confederate States of America by William C. Davis
South was Right and Myth of American Walter D. Kennedy and James R. Kennedy
War for What by Francis W. Springer
The Series:
Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
The Killer Angels by Micheal Shaara(Jeff's father)
The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara

Another awesome and insightful link-

youshouldknow.ucoz.com
www.youtube.com/kapitalisten
www.youtube.com/user/RevisionistsRus

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One of the books that I have been reading and am almost finished with is Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Edited by Dallas Galvin, translated from Chinese by Lionel Giles. I wanted to show you an excerpt in the book that I wanted to share with you. In Chapter 4, pg 99, Tactical Dispositions,

16. The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.

-->What this means-->
Notes, commentary, and appendix

There is a very strong temptation...for government forces to act outside the law, the excuses being that the processes of law are too cumbersome, that the normal safeguards in the law for the individual are not designed for an insurgency and that a terrorist deserves to be treated as an outlaw anyway. Not only is this morally wrong, but, over a period, it will create more practical difficulties for a government than it solves. A government which does not act in accordance with the law forfeits the right to be called a government and cannot expect its people to obey the law. Functioning in accordance with the law is a very small price to pay in return for the advantage of being the government.

Sir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson Defeating Communist Insurgency.
Experiences from Malaya and Vietnam (1966)

--------------------->I say AMEN!!!<---------------------------

To introduce you to the book...if that didn't already.....

Strategy, Espionage, Deception, Military Tactics these are the themes elucidated in the ancient Chinese text The Art of War, the indispensable handbook to a subject that has occupied kings and generals for a millennia...Sun Tzu...Thought to have lived in the 5th century B.C. at roughly the same time as Confucius...His family was part of a clan of experts on arms and fighting...[He] belonged to an extended family whose members for generations had made their living as military advisers...[His] work is a unique admixture of simplicity, an utter absence of self importance, sufficed by the authority born of experience, and a breath-taking determination and passion for "ordering"--for setting the record straight, for getting out the truth whatever that might be, whatever the consequences. In the pages...you will not find the wicked delight Niccolo Machiavelli, the Renaissance Italian author of "The Prince", took in describing the deceptions and stratagem of the profane world. The Art of War is quintessentially Chinese: wise beyond it's pages, cryptic, simple...and at it's root, pacific.

Mid-October with friends

2008-10-30T09:31:00.000-07:00

I have had some very interesting company as of late. When I left Cedar Creek(a part of the community), I went to see one of my oldest friends, Heather and her wonderful family. There I stayed for about 5 days. I was not planning to stay for such a long period of time. When the second day arrived, I went with Heather to take her pets to the Vet. While I was there, I asked the Vet if she ever did charity work and if she did, I said, "I had recently adopted a female dog (who was in need of her shots)". The vet said for me to come back on Monday and she would do the shots for free, and if I ever came back that way, that I might could even work some there. So, therefore, I stayed 3 extra days because I figured that, that opportunity was not one that's comes about very often.

I had a wonderful visit with my friend. We exchanged a lot of information about herbs and other plants. I was even able to teach her a few things about the natural, native plants that grow, right in her own yard. Needless to say, we made some very awesome dinners and I left her with some really great recipes.

About recipes, I had a friend from the community mention that I should have a spot here, reserved for recipes since I am now eating only organic foods. I would like to introduce you to a recipe that I discovered while making a salad....I call it...Ali's Fresh Lawn Salad. Now most of the green ingredients you can substitute for others that you may have in your garden but there are a few that are a necessity to the taste of the salad and the medicinal properties.

1 c Sorrel (found in most yards or near so)
1/3 c Plantain (preferably not the broad leaf)(also found in most yards)(great medicine)
1/4 c Dock (younger leaves are better, you can use one or two of these leaves, strong flavor so don't use too much) (another strong medicine)
1/2 c Kale (This you can substitute for another green which you may have in your garden such as Spinach or Collard greens.)
1/4 c Carrots (thinly sliced)
1/4 c Rose Petals
1/2 c Tomatoes (sliced thick)

Dressing

1/3 c Sour Cream
1/2 tsp Balsamic Vinegar (can substitute for another sweet vinegar)
1/2 tsp Honey
1 tbs Olive Oil (can substitute with any natural oil that is not an animal fat such as coconut oil or peanut oil)
1 tsp Ground Dill (fresh or dried)
1 tsp Ground Mustard (fresh or dried)
1/2 tsp Sea Salt

Mix all the salad ingredients, mix the salad dressing...then of course, mix everything together and enjoy!

Well, there is my first recipe. Hope you enjoy!!

Heading North then East...

2008-10-22T12:30:00.000-07:00

I am heading out tomorrow. Heading north through Harrison, AR, to Springfield, MO, then to Mama Wanda's for the 31st all Hallow's Eve Celebration, then north to Chicago then east to West Virginia, then further east eventually to see the ocean. All along the way, I hope to see new and interesting people and have alot of kind conversation's.

Just recently, about 2 weeks ago, I met a wonderful travel partner, her name is Ruby, is about 8 years old by my guesstimates. She is a Red-nosed Golden Retriever. When I met Ruby, we had an instant connection, she never leaves my side and she has slept with me this entire time. Once I started making her backpack, she instantly changed gears. She no longer wanted to come inside and she keeps coming to get me. I see the excitement in her eyes. She knows it is time to leave, even I feel the strong pull. I made the backpack for her yesterday out of an old pair of jeans. It only took one day to make it. Now she has had it on all day, empty of course, then tomorrow I will fill it with all her food and a few other items and then we will head out. I cant wait to get a picture taken...Soon.

Sharing the Love!!

2008-10-21T20:59:00.000-07:00

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

Jumble of Information(get your act together)

2008-10-20T09:23:00.000-07:00

I promised more blogs so here is one more.

Remember before, when nothing much was happening, so, I didn't have much to write about, well now everything is happening all at once. I have so much to say but its so hard to say because there really is so much.

I want to tell you about some great herbs...

I started my moon flow yesterday. The cramps were making me miserable. When we sat down for dinner, I had a bowl of homemade cream of potato soup that I made 2 days ago. Well I put allot of Cayenne in my soup...My cramps were gone in about 10 min of eating the Cayenne. So now I am making Cayenne capsules and taking 2 when I feel the cramps surfacing. I only had to take 2 of those capsules yesterday. So any of you women out there that read this please try it out and if it works for you like it did me, please share it with others. Us women do not need to suffer more than we already have to.

Another remedy that I have been using is Jimson Seeds, otherwise known as moon flower, or datura. Normally a hallucinogenic but i have been using the seeds in a tea and by smoking them inside my cigarettes. It has helped my asthma tremendously. I take about 25-50 seeds a day..in a tea. If you do this, please have allot of water handy...because you WILL get VERY VERY THIRSTY!! It dries up your mucus membranes. If you take it for prolonged periods of time, please use lotion on your body, because it too will become dehydrated.

When we left the gathering, we had 9 people all together including 2 children. We headed in separate vehicles to the community. Where we are staying at now.

We were traveling in a u haul and got pulled over. The reason the cop pulled us over..."he said" it was because he didn't get the info back in time. HMM I think they felt threatened by the uhaul. It is blatant and different. Most people are scared of what they don't understand or of things that are so very much different from their own perspectives.

Talking about cops...I have a story for all of you.

I was unfortunate about a week ago. These wonderful people let me come to their house for showering, doing my laundry, and they let me sleep on their couch. Well that morning I was rudely awakened by a helicopter swirling in the skies. It was right over the trailer. It kept circling the trailer. Come to find out they were growing pot outside. Well they took me into jail, even though I had never met these people till the day before. I believe that I was illegally put into jail. No handcuffs, no information, no fingerprinting. This was my first time in jail...believe it or not. I generally stay out of troubles way. Now the bad thing is that the Van Buren County in Arkansas is stating that there was over 300,000 worth of drugs and contraband. That's BS. I may not have known them that long. But they were old hippie folks who didn't even sell their pot to anyone. Everything they had was for personal use. The cops said they found heroin and methamphetamine...that's also BS. They hate those nasty drugs. Those are haters drugs not lovers drugs. They have them atm with 4 felonies. Which I have heard will be dropped down to a small misdemeanor..how do they get away with all the crap the government is doing? I personally believe the government is slowly cracking and changing. I hope that it will collapse! Let the crazies out, don't be afraid, they will kill each other off...in the mean time learn your wild herbs and wild fruits and vegetables. That may one day save your life. Needless to say I will never go back to the town of Clinton. Insanity!!

Ohh another note about jail..my cousin from California was there too....small world.

I have given up most of my possessions. The only things I have left are a few clothes that fit into a small backpack, my tarots, trade items, sleeping bag, and my tent. That's all I have now. I am donating all of my books and things to the community. Everything that I cannot carry on my back.

I don't think any of you knew that I had been living with the same contact in my eye for about a year or so. I finally was talked into getting rid of it. So, I took it out about 3 days ago. Its difficult to see but I am managing. Also, I have asthma and I am trying to get some funds up so I can buy my medication and some new glasses.

I am going on a journey north to Springfield, MO and the surrounding areas. Going to another gathering soon. If your on my way and you would like to help in any way please email me. I can use all the help I can get. Greenergy(money), manifesting, kindness, hugs, ride, couch to sleep on... If you would like me to visit you in your town just email me....I would love to see most of you! Live to love to live!!! A wonderful motto!!

You guys are probably wondering..what about John? Where is he in all of this?
I'm not sure but you can email him at storaged@hotmail.com if you wish or you can find him on myspace www.myspace.com/storaged

Different paths for different people. In the beginning I was going to hitch it and live on the streets, but i fell in love. Well I am still in love but I have to let that love go. I am really not sure what is wrong with John, he doesn't answer any of my questions. Nor will he answer my emails. I have a very strong feeling that he has found another. Which is fine with me. I have found love in every corner I look. Not necessarily sex but still love none the less. I do crave some good sex since I haven't really had any in a long time. Even when John and I were together sex wasn't something he gave me very often. So I am definitely craving something sweet!

Playing Catch-up

2008-10-17T08:51:00.000-07:00

I want to get most of you caught up on what has been happening. There is so much going on and SO much that has happened. Good and bad.

John took me to Mountain Home, AR to catch a ride with "Brother" Robert. I became emotional when it was time for John to leave because had to be at work just an hour from that time. When he left we were on good terms and still in a loving relationship (or at least I thought so).

The first week in the woods was terrible for me but it was one of the best things for my health. I have always been used to eating all those poisonous food such as McDonald's, Sonic, high fructose corn syrups, and MSG filled products. During that first week, I started detoxing all those horrible toxins out of my body. I almost jumped ship that first week. As the weeks went by, more and more people arrived. As people arrived, more and more work was being done. We were staying very busy, working even in the heat of the days. When the event date finally arrived (I thought I might had been in a stalemate until that moment, wondering if the event was ever going to come to pass), I watched everyone pull-in and gave everyone a huge hug and welcomed them home! The love was so strong, I couldn't help but to shout it out at the top of my lungs!! I was in love with the feelings of family and love.

When Sunday rolled around, people started packing their things up and heading out, but before everyone left we had a very successful trade circle. We got rid of 3 hermaphrodite kittens. I got a hair wrap and a new earring that is huge and has the letter A hanging from it. My new nickname is AliCat but they call me Ali for short. Not many people know my real name anymore which I think is really nice. A new transformation deserves a new name!!

There is so much that has happened, that I am not going to put it all in one post. So for the rest of the story you will have to wait till I can get it written...

Last days...

2008-09-07T11:05:00.000-07:00

Last day of No Meat Week.....

As you all have obviously noticed, I added the No Meat Week. Well, I haven't had any meat since Sept 1st. Its not been exactly easy because most of what is around me is meat. But I have managed by eating allot of corn on the cob and beans. Which by the way was absolutely delicious! Today I had a baked potato for lunch, yummmy yummmy!!

Last days...

This is my last post for a month. I will be leaving for the Rainbow Guide Fund Raising Gathering on Tuesday the 4th and will not be returning till Oct the 10th. I will be helping as much as I can, to set up the gathering. I wish you all well while I am gone! I will write down my blogs while I am there then I will post them all when I get back. Expect a long letter, LOL.

I wanted to say Thank You to all who have been so kind and generous!

Thank You to...

My Van Dwelling Family
My Rainbow Family
My Blogger Family
And Especially, my beloved, John, whom I am going to miss terribly! I love you baby!

I Love You All!!

Just letting you know whats going on

2008-09-04T17:17:00.000-07:00

I realy dont feel like posting but I think that I need to. This post may not be the best but thats ok.

Im not feeling well at the moment. I feel really dizzy and tired. I feel like I just need to lay down. My stomach hurts, too.

Update on John and I, I believe that everything maybe ok, for now. I love John very much as most of you know and I dont want anything to happen to our relationship.

I will be attending the Rainbow Gathering outside of Thayer, MO. I should be there in about a week or so. If you are going or would like to go or want more info contact me through my email alicatpurrrrrrrrrrr@gmail.com

The Rainbow Guide Fun Raiser October 3rd--6th 2008 In Southern Missouri

Ignore all rumors of cancellation or organization!

Live Lightly with the Land and People!

Howdy Folks;

The Rainbow Guide Fun Raiser will be held from October 3rd--6th 2008
in South Missouri complete with three days of live Music, camping and
a community kitchen serving home grown organic food. It?s an open
bandstand and all are encouraged to come out and perform at this event.

Free copies of the 2008 Rainbow Guide will be available at this event.
All donations to the Rainbow Guide should be made online at:
http://rainbowguide.info This is an alcohol free event so please do
not bring any alcohol to this event. School buses and trading circles
are welcome. Dogs cannot run loose at this event due to livestock and
must be secured or on a leash at all times.

Things to bring: Lots of love and a lot of positive energy.

Volunteers are needed to help with site preparation and are encouraged
to come out at least a week early and leave late. Things which would
be helpful for site preparation would be shovels, pruning shears, and
a weed eater if anyone has one and even a chain saw would help due to
flooding which took place earlier in the year and moved stuff around.

This is a totally free event in the Spirit of Rainbow. All are welcome.

Directions to the Rainbow Guide Fun Raiser:

From Thayer Missouri go east 14 miles on highway 142 until you come
to Indian Country Junction Store and turn left on highway "E" and go
approximately 2 miles and turn right on highway KK and go
approximately another 2 miles and turn right on County road 240[a dirt
road] and go approximately 1 mile and turn right through opening in
the fence [spot will be marked] and follow road on into the event and
someone will show you where to park and set up camp.

For more information call: 417-938-4606 or send an email to:
uministr@ortrackm.missouri.org

That is Your Dream Not Mine!!

2008-08-30T12:48:00.000-07:00

That is exactly what John said to me, when a friend suggested we come and live with them on their land for a time. Get out of town, into the country. They had plenty of food, so we would never go hungry. And they would show us how to make money.... Without having to work for a company nor having to stay in one place... and teach us how to convert a diesel engine into a veggie engine so we no longer had to worry about gas.

Does he think that I will give up my dreams to fulfill his?

Why cant we both have our dreams and live them together? Isn't that what living the good life together means?

All I want is to be free.

I believe John doesn't want to leave.. Maybe its because his family is here, his friends are here, and his job for the last 7 years is here. He has an umbilical cord attached to all these things. I cut my umbilical cord 4 months ago. I finally had the inner strength to live my life for me. It was very hard to leave everything behind, everyone I had known. I know that those of you who have been following our story since the beginning may know a bit about this. Let me refresh and give you the details I never gave...

Right after a very lonely birthday, I went to Schwagstock and it opened my eyes. I didn't have to live the way my family wanted to me to. I didn't have to take any more shit. My life was going straight down hill. I was even thinking of killing myself again. Yes, I have come very very close to dying by my own hands. It was time for true freedom. Yes, I cut the ties from all my friends, family, and everyone who knew my face or my hair. I didn't go to the store anymore. I wouldn't go anywhere for fear of being sucked back into it. Well, after about a month I finally started to do more, go more places, I even called my sister to wish her happy bday. After that, I knew that I could still live my own life and have some family too. But I wasn't going to let them drag me down. In fact, they didn't even try. We just chose not to talk about certain things. And that's the way it is now. But ever since I cut my ties with them I have felt like the wind..I can go and no one can stop me. I may love John but he will not stop me either. I am glad to have loved him and to have had allot of fun with him. But I will not change my dreams for him. I have worked and hurt too much to just let them go out the window....They can go out the window but I will be following them.

I'm sorry John I am sure that you will be reading this. I really do love you so much. But I am afraid that we are soon to part ways. Our bodies and minds traveled together for a time but I feel there maybe a split in the road coming up ahead. Thank you John for a wonderful 4 months.

I believe everything happens for a reason. I have always thought that but now, since my life has changed so profoundly, I not only believe it but I see it as truth. When something happens, I know it was meant to happen. Sometimes I do not understand why but then after a time it tells me why. I believe in reading the messages, putting them all together and trying to understand them.

Everything happens for a reason and every action has a reaction. Every path you chose to take, takes you somewhere.

My life is guided.

I am not led.

Ranting from the local library

2008-08-26T11:56:00.000-07:00

I am writing to you from the local library. Its a hot day out. The wind is warm and barely blows. We are down to very little gas at the moment but hopefully tomorrow we will have a few extra dollars.

I rearranged the van so now it is much more homey. I even took apart the sides of the van where the drink holders are towards the back of the van. That is where we will be building Kiko her cage it will be molded to the wall and around the tire well.

Not allot of exciting news. Just wishing there was somewhere close by that had either a swimming pool or a creek (prefer a creek, I never have like pools). I have been looking, as we drive, for a nice shady, cool spot to park. But have not found any yet. Maybe I am looking on the wrong side of town. I think tomorrow during the heat of the day, while John is at work, I will look on the other side of town and see what other parking spots are available.

I have been getting a bit worried about the police problems that I have been seeing arise. Not just locally but, it seems, everywhere. Some of my van "Family" have been harassed by the police..

Why is it illegal to live in your vehicle?
Are they telling the truth?
Is it really illegal to live in your vehicle?

Do you think the cops look at people who live in their RV's the same as they look at those living in their car or van? Why should they look at us differently? They are both mobile, with wheels. You can have just as nice and cozy a van as you can an RV. And vans cost allot less in purchase price and in gas price. To me the van is the logical choice. If you place your cards right, you can have all the amenities of an RV. From the head room to the toilet.

I am so glad this blogger saves your blogs...I would have just lost all of my ranting to this computer because it decided to shut down the Internet for a bit and well I had to relog in...Thank you Blogger!

Now it seems I have another 30 minutes to talk if I choose to. I have been using most of my extra van time to read a few good novels. Its my favorite pastime! I am reading Cast of Fate at the moment. Cant remember the authors name.

I have decided since I have the use of the library I will look up the laws for us van dwellers and see what I can find, locally and nationally. I don't want to live in the fear that they may make our lives unpleasant. Not that I would mind moving somewhere else, but John has his obligations here.

I don't know if everyone knows or not, but we had bought a reasonably pricey van because of the loss that we had earlier in the year. We are buying the van for 2450, and after this payment coming up on the 5th we will have paid 1300. That leaves us only with 1150.

If you have read Freedomvan you will have read that she is trying to get rid of dept. I have thought about that many times. Should we stay longer and pay off more debts? Or should we not worry about the "bad credit" and just continue as we have been. I really don't think I will ever own anything beyond a van and a few meager belongings. In fact, before we decided to move into a van, I was thinking of leaving everything behind and using my feet to get me home, where ever that might have been. I was tired of that way of life. Always the same things day in and day out. Always going back to the same place with the same yard. I don't want that life of having to work and work for nothing. Never able to enjoy yourself. I would prefer not to work for a company but to work for myself and my own means, or to help others. Not help the richer get richer.

Well my rants have really made this post long. But its about time to go. The clock that keeps ticking down is telling me that I have 16 minutes left to rant....haha..... If anyone lives near me or is going to be near me..even if only for a few hours or days, please come visit with us. I want to meet "new friends" and "new family."

Finally Full Time Van living

2008-08-24T09:23:00.000-07:00

So we finally got the van running. We replaced the solenoid and fixed the battery cables. We have been rotating between staying at the local rest stop and Walmart parking lot. Its really great to finally be completely mobile. The Walmart parking lot is actually a really great place to park. The only down side is the sweeper truck that runs every night. One of the greatest things about these 2 parking spots is they have bathrooms really close that I can use at any time during the night.

During the heat of the day, its too hot to be in the van and with gas prices the way they are, we started spending allot of time at our local library and bookstore. Harrison is a very small town and we thought it would be really hard to find different places to park. But really its not that bad. We will be looking for new places to park soon. Don't want to stay too long in one place.

We ordered a new power cord for my laptop the other day, it should be here in about 3 or 4 days. It will be nice to be able to use my computer whenever I want. Posting will be allot easier that way. One good thing about the computer not working is I have had to find other means of keeping myself occupied. I love to read but I hadn't read much because I was constantly on my computer. Well, when I get the power cord, I am going to make sure that I don't spend every waking moment on it. There are so many other things to do and see.

About the van and its progress, I had been searching for different deals on craigslist.com. I found a futon for $65 dollars and a kitchen with stove and all for $100. Well the stove was really nice but it was too big for the van but the futon fit perfectly. We bought two captain chairs that swivel. We haven't put in the chairs yet but the futon fits perfectly and its comfy. The futon is really groovy with a Tye dye mattress. Since we got the futon we have storage under the bed. I still have allot of work to do on the van. I have to reorganize everything and we are going to remove the center table from between our seats and put it in the back for more storage and a night table.

Well, I am at my sisters house using her computer so I guess I Will say bye for now. Just remember that dreams can be realized and imagination is the key.

Lonliness

2008-08-17T10:40:00.000-07:00

You ever get lonely even though there are plenty of ppl around you?

That's how I have been feeling lately. I think it might be that even though our dreams are getting closer and closer, its just not fast enough for me.

I want to leave and I miss our van!! Our van has been broke down for almost a week and there is nothing till tomorrow that we can do to help her. We have been stuck at his parents house sleeping on the sofa. I don't want to be here. Its not because of his parents its because I want to be in our van I want to feel independent not confined. I want to spread my van wings!Maybe that is why I feel so lonely. But I think that even when we do get our van, I will feel sated for the moment but then I think that it will all start again.

Is that the itch you feel when you long for the road?

Our van is at a local convenience store because we couldn't even afford to have it towed. Sometimes I wish I could just go there and stay in the van where it sits.

I long to meet new and interesting ppl. I want to travel say hello, cook them some great food, share music, jokes, and stories of their life and what their future dreams are, stories of their travel. I want to see how they live, and then make them a keepsake before we depart on our separate journeys.

I don't want the memories that I could be having, to pass me by.

Unexpected crossing of the Rainbow Bridge

2008-08-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

Sometimes unexpected things happen and some of those unexpected things that happen can be very difficult. For two days, we searched for Dawson. We found him on the second day under the porch. The sight we saw, tore our hearts to pieces. There Dawson laid silent. A dog who was beautiful and we believe he still is beautiful (in our hearts). We will miss him dearly and wonder forever what could have happened. At first, we thought he had been poisoned, but when we went to pick him up and bury him we saw marks on him chest and blood beneath him. It leads us to think that some inhuman person either ran him over or he got into a very bad dog fight. No matter what happened, we are very glad that while he was alive we were able nurse him to heath by giving him food, water, shelter, and allot of love!!

Van is Home

2008-08-09T13:17:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I was laying in the back of the van while John drove us to our parking spot. When he switched on the led running lights that are along the ceiling, I instantly knew there was never going to be anything better than this. This is home. This is where I feel comfortable. I no longer care what is on the inside...I love it just the way it is. On another note, John was talking with his parents when they said all along they had an AC unit, I guess we just needed to ask. LOL we didn't know about it. Well in order to get the unit we have to go through the shed which is filled with wasps. So tonight we will get some spray and kill em all! LOL I have to call an auto body shop and see if someone can cut out the rear bottom of the door so we can fit the ac unit in there. Once that project is done life will be so much easier.

Whatever can go wrong will go wrong....

2008-08-05T14:06:00.000-07:00

As the title suggests, we have had a pretty rough time of it this past week. First, we had a flat. Then the battery quit and had to buy a new one. Now the transmission is leaking. Though that will be taken care of tomorrow. Also, we were told about a 79 Winnebago that is fully loaded with a crank generator, everything in great shape, one owner, who by the way, kept excellent records of everything replaced or bought for the RV. The cost, and its hard to believe, $800. Yup that's it. So were thinking of buying it and selling the van. If we buy the RV then we will also buy a small car and trailer to drive back and forth from work. I believe all these things went wrong in the van so we would notice the RV. Without the flat tire, the battery problems, and the transmission, we would have never learned about the RV. After this months payment, we will have paid a total of $1000 on the van. All we can say is keep your head high no matter what happens because in the end everything will be okay. It's all about your attitude to the situation. Though it may seem like we had a horrible week, it was actually a very good week.

Just to let you know...

2008-07-27T21:38:00.000-07:00

We wont be online much for about 2 or 3 weeks. Not until we can get a satillite internet card. My father let us use his RV till we finish the van and there isnt any internet, therefore, we wont be able to make any posts or talk with any of you till then. Some other updates, we went dumpster diving the other day and came out with lots of great wood to finish the van with. Infact, we are fixing to go and get even more wood. All this wood is just about enough to complete our projects. Ohh yes, and one of the biggest things that has happened, and I am so relieved about, is we got Bean back!!! Yeah that was very exciting. Well its time to go..Everyone have a great couple of weeks.

Insurance, playing ball, and a movie

2008-07-19T11:40:00.001-07:00

We finally got Insurance and tags on the van. So we went out to our spot again on Big Creek. Before we went out there, we stopped at walmart and got that game that has 2 mitts with the velcro on one side with a ball. We played catch in the water for about 2 hours. It was a blast. I kept laughing my head off as John would jump and dive to catch the ball. The water felt so cool on our skin. The after we left Big Creek, we decided to go watch a movie. Neither of us had watched one at the Cinema in a very long time. Well we decided to watch The Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. J0hn had never seen the originals but I had. Time Machine and Journey to the Center of the Earth originals had always been some of my favorite movies. To be able to see this new version was great, and to top it all off it was in 3D. We had never seen any movies in 3D. Loads of fun. The best part of that day was when we went to get insurance. Normally the act of getting insurance isnt fun, its a bother, but this day it made our day! It all started off early that morning calling different ins companies. We only got a reply from one so we decided to go to them. They has quoted us a price of almost 1,000 for full coverage for 6 months, which we thought was rediculase, but then when we got there we got a huge suprise. Just want to say thanks to Johns Dad, we found out that John's Dad had John on the insurance, which meant that John got a huge discount for already having insurance. The insurace only cost 423 in the end..What a savings!! We only had to pay 75 to get full coverage!! So exciting!! We had an absolutely wonderful day.

Van Pictures are finally here...

2008-07-07T16:39:00.000-07:00

Here they are...beautiful..and of course its not nearly finished...we still have alot to do...

Van Schematics

2008-07-01T09:15:00.000-07:00

Well I promised I would put the new schematics up. I am new at schematics drawings. The top schematic is the whole van. The sofa/bed that you see will be a fold out, so we the van will feel more roomy. We will be using memory foam for the mattress, which I will make "pillow-like" coverings for. The agm battery will go in the bottom shelf for easy access. We will also be putting in the shower near the back door. This is also where the toilet will be.

This is the kitchen unit that we will be assembling. I have already priced everything needed. The cost including the lumber, stain, and appliances will be approximately $330. The cabinets that you see above will be alot smaller than it looks here. And to the side there will be floor to ceiling cabinets that will connect with the wall cabinets. We are still debating on putting actual doors on the cabinets. That is still up in the air. We may just use plastic or cardboard boxes to lighten the load. Well this is all for now. I'm not feeling so good today. My stomach is aching. I have so much stuff to do today. I have to clean Kiko's cage, do laundry, clean out the van, and bake a cake. Johns bday was a few days ago, we couldn't afford a cake then so now I am going to bake one today. Oh a movie that we watched last night I wanted to recommend everyone see it. Into the Wild about a man who left everything behind including his family and traveled the united states. Absolutely wonderful film. A must see!!

Jumbled Info and family time....

2008-06-30T13:56:00.000-07:00

Today has been a really great day. I have learned alot and spent alot of time with some really great people. I have spent most of this day with Johns sister Tonya, who by the way I had only met once briefly. Tonya has 4 kids who are the greatest and most well behaved children I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I am, right now, at their home posting this. They live on a farm..well a sort of farm. They have something like 40 acres I believe is what Tonya had said. They have chickens, a goat, and a cute pup who is a great Pyrenees ( one of my favorite breeds). Let me tell you that I have become so much closer with Johns family than I had ever expected. They really are so wonderful. These last few days with his mom have made me feel so great. Almost as if she is my mom.(She is a much better mom than my mom ever was) I feel very comfortable around them including his dad. Johns dad, i have found, is a really good cook. Also, I was doing some math to see how long till we pay off the van. The van will be paid off by the end of the year...Yeah! I would like for us to be gone on the road trip before Jan 10. I really refuse to stay any longer. Even with a van this place seems to just suck us in. Ohh about what I had learned today. I learned how to can food and how to make freezer jam. We used blackberries. I cant wait to try it later. Everything is going great! Life with John is just as sweet as honey. I started a new blog-like on webook.com where I have alot of my poetry and the novel I am writing. We get to bring the van to his sister Tonya's as house to work on it. I am very excited about that. Gosh I need to get those pictures taken. Guess i will wait to take them when we get it cleaned completely out and ready for the laminate stone flooring. When I get home to the van today I will post the new schematics that I have for the van. Love you all.....

A night out

2008-06-19T20:16:00.000-07:00

We have been living in our van for a couple of weeks now as you all know. We can definitely say that we love our van! We went out to the place on Big Creek last night and camped out there. It was a blast. We bought a small grill to cook on and a medium size cooler. I had decided to make kobobs but we forgot to buy the skewers, so I just put the cut meat and veggies on some aluminum foil and grilled it. Boy was it delicious. We caught a few fish last night as well. Though we just threw them back, no sense in killing them. To end the night, we ate and sang songs while John played the guitar, a nice ending to a wonderful day! After we woke up, I was going to fix breakfast of sausage and mushrooms but we saw a dog hanging around and felt so sorry for it because it was very malnutrition and extremely underweight so we fed it all the sausage. More about the dog, he is about (what i can guess) a year old, beagle mix, cute as can be and very well behaved and (what we like the best) doesn't have any bad habits like jumping on ppl or licking or barking. Well we took the dog home with us because we couldn't just leave it there to die of starvation or from anemia (from the infestation of ticks). He is very afraid of us leaving him for he cries when we both leave him alone. But all will be well. Its after 10:30 and we are tired and ready to lay down and watch a movie and go to sleep. Goodnight everyone!

Update 4 days in

2008-06-11T06:54:00.000-07:00

We have officially living in our van now. We gave up the apt keys yesterday and finished cleaning it up. It has been 4 nights living in the van. There is allot of work to do in the van still. First, we absolutely have to get our bed of the floor and the only real reason for the is because we need that extra storage space. That is one of our first priorities besides oil change and tune ups and all that good jazzy stuff. This is going to be a short post because we are at his parents house and I don't really feel like doing allot of typing at 9 am. You know there is something that I have noticed about living in a van, its very easy to get up early in the morning, almost like an automatic thing. I have never really been an early riser..But as a van dweller so far my average time to wake has been around 7 and 8. Though this morning I woke up around 6 or so or even earlier not really sure. Well this is all I am going to post today. I will post more later today or tomorrow and give you real details.

Test Run

2008-06-08T12:52:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, while John was at work, I went through all the boxes and organized every last thing. Everything has a place now. We had 3 boxes of kitchen supplies down to one small box, got rid of most of my books, and had one huge box of bathroom stuff down to just a small milk crate and a carrying case. After John came home last night, I had him go through some of his boxes of stuff. Then, we started to move everything into the van. First, we moved the large Tupperware box, that had all my art, sewing, mystic, and music supplies, into the van at the center of the bed so that we could use it as a table since it has a flat top. Next, went the box of books, the box full of board games, the box full of movies, and the 2 milk crates. After we finished all of that, it was about 3:30am so we made the bed and we were going to go to sleep but decided to go to McDonald's because we were starving. So after going to McDonald's, we sat in the van, talked and ate. When we finally laid down it was so wonderfully comfortable, and for some odd reason the bed seemed bigger in the van than it did in the apt, not just by looks but we had so much more elbow room. I have to say that when we were officially in the van (after going to McDonald's & ready to settle in for the night), the van felt like home, like we were meant to be there. It was comfortable, peaceful, and serene. We slept very well in the van much better than we had in the apt. Now having that said, when we woke up this morning at 8:30, it was so hot that John was soaked with sweat. Now we were sleeping in a parking lot outside of our apt. We didn't want any attention drawn to us so we kept the doors and windows closed. Except we cracked the pop open window and the sliding window half way to let a little airflow through. We are going to have to work on the insulation and coating the roof of the van, and just plain making it cooler during the day. Since we do have animals, it is imperative that we always have the van below 85 degrees and always with a good airflow (don't want to die from carbonation poisoning). Well that was our first night in the van. He is at work now and I am at the apt. All that is left is the animals stuff [kitty litter box, kennel, and the bag of there stuff (that includes their blankets and toys)], all the clothes (which he has to go through his and I have the last in the washer), the small box of kitchen stuff, and some odds and ends. When all those things are inside the van (as well as the animals of course) and put where they will not fall or be in the way, we will leave this life forever.

Van all cleaned out and ready to be moved into!!

2008-06-06T15:37:00.000-07:00

Sorry we haven't taken any pictures yet. We have been so very busy disassembling the sofa from the van. But after 3 different tries, we finally got the damn seat out!! It took an impact wrench. Now the van is empty except for the front seats. We did some measuring yesterday and our bed fits in just perfectly and it doesn't interfere with the side doors. So tonight when John gets off work at midnight-30, we will be moving in the majority of stuff. Then we will move in the bed and the animals in the morning. Since John has to be at work at 11am, we wont have allot of time for moving stuff. Also, we chucked allot of dishes and odds and ends from around the house, about 10 or more bags of stuff. We would have taken them to Share'N'Care but we don't have enough time. We will be getting the pictures before we start to pack everything in tonight. Also, we will be taking more pictures of the van after we have everything in. Because of the fact that we lost all that money, we will not be able to build the sink and such till after the first. Therefore, the van will be very primitive with a mattress on the floor and all of our stuff still in boxes. Our next steps, after we move into it, are going to be : take out the carpeting and put in laminate wood flooring (we get a 10% discount at Home Depot), have it completely reupholstered, build a sink, build cabinets. We are also going to add a wash tub to the mix. We will be buying a small wash tub that sits on the floor about a 15 gallon size (so we can half sit in it) and a toilet that will go inside of the tub for compacting space. We will be attaching a wrap around shower curtain to the ceiling above and have a small shower over head. The shower will be a gravity shower with the water container on the roof painted black for heating purposes. Under our bed we will be making something similar to dresser drawers, except it will be made to hold milk crates and plastic drawers. We will be trying to go as light as we can. Because this is going to be our home, we want everything to be as original as possible. We also thought that tomorrow, when we are finished and out of the apt., we will go and take a look at some RV businesses and just take a look at the RVs and see if we can get some even cooler ideas. Compaction compaction!! That's what its all about. A flip top stove can be used as a counter top, with a fridge underneath and a miniature microwave over head and a coffee pot to the side of the stove. All nice and neat and orderly. Hopefully, we will be able to update this blog everyday or so and let you know how things are going and how we like living in our van.

From Bummed to Excited!!

2008-06-05T15:19:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went through several emotions from the completely hopeless to the exhilarated. A few days ago we lost allot of money, which was what we were going to buy the van in Colorado with. Therefore, we didn't have enough for the down payment. We tried and tried to get more money but it just wasn't happening for us. So on our way back from Heathers house, feeling completely bummed out and without a single shred of hope, we stopped in at a local auto dealer called Andy Yeager. They have 3 lots here in our home town. When we got there we saw a very awesome van, but they wanted 14grand for it...Well we're not rich but the salesman Bobby Wolfe, whom by the way I went to school with his younger brother, called the other lot that was up north of town. There they had a van for 2450. We were very excited. So we drove to that lot and low and behold, the van they had was the van we had been looking at, but we thought it was someones personal vehicle because it was parked in the far corner all by itself. Well they took 400 down and we will be paying 300 a month. Finally, we drove off the lot to his mothers house, took out the middle row of captain seats, and drove it to the apt. But on the way there, we ran into an old friend of mine from a few years back. His name is Loopy and he is a mechanic. So he will be helping us with all the work we will be putting into the van. This van is so awesome. It a '96 Ford Econoline with a very strong and sound motor. The inside needs a little help but we were planing on stripping it out anyways. It still has the original wood trimmings which are in great shape so we will be keeping them. It also has inside running lights which work. We will be taking out the bed/couch in the back to replace it with a wooden frame and memory foam bed with a down topper. Paying the deposit on the van gave us only 40 dollars until next payday. So for now we will be putting our mattress inside the van, until we can get the money to replace the floors and add-ins. We will be getting pictures today and hopefully will post them tomorrow. We are super excited. Tomorrow night we will be living in our van officially. Have a great day...I know we will!!!

Van time almost here....

2008-06-01T21:56:00.001-07:00

Just a few more days till we leave on a bus for Colorado to pick up our new van! When we get back we will have 2 days to pack everything into the van and be out of this crappy apt. The air conditioner broke again and now the dryer doesn't want to work. I've been doing laundry all day, trying to get ready for the big move. My best friend Heather and her 3 boys came over yesterday and Heather helped me go through some old boxes. She took a van full of stuff home with her, including a brand new steam cleaner which I have no reason to have now. I hope she gets great usage out of it. I finally met some of Johns family. I just love his Mom to death. She is great! I hope that one day they will except me as one of their own. It would be nice to have a family that cares about you. I have never had that. My mother left me when I was 9 and I was tossed about from place to place. All my life I have been a burden to people. Finally I have found someone who truly cares for me. Who loves me for who I am. Who doesn't want me to change. I have found my paradise...It doesn't matter where we go or what we do...I would be happy to live in a cardboard box, just as long as I have John. The time we share together is precious. If I died tomorrow, I could say that I could die happy. Everyday I wait for him to come home, and everyday I miss him terribly. When he comes home it makes me so very happy to see him, to hold him, and to kiss him. I know it sounds crazy but we have the best times when we are together. We sing, laugh...oh he makes me laugh and smile!! Well in about an hour he will be home and we will be together again. When he is gone, it feels like an eternity without him...Time goes by so very slowly.

Getting a my favorite van!!

2008-05-22T15:09:00.000-07:00

We're getting a van!!! We're getting a van!! We are so very excited!! We have been emailing back and forth with Lydia who writes Freedomvan..She is selling us her van! To think that Lydia is the one who really got my van going!! And that we will be living in the same van that she had her first experiences in!! We wanted to model whatever van we decided to go with, after her van. Funny how things work out, isn't it?? Lydia, thank you, no one has every been as helpful and supportive as you!! We will be leaving on the 3rd, on our way to Colorado to pick up our van!!
John and I had a great time the last couple of days.. He was off work Wed. so we stayed at home and played guitar. John is a great teacher, I have been trying to learn to play the guitar (trying but not succeeding). He has been so patient with me. I thank the gods everyday because I am so blessed to have him in my life!!
We are taking a lazy day today. So much to do and no motivation. Kiko keeps spilling my glass of mtn dew. I would fill it and go to get a drink and she has it all over the floor. Kiko is our ferret. She's rascally but we love her.
I guess it really is time to get to work
So for now
Peace out

Van update

2008-05-20T16:51:00.000-07:00

We have some more updates. About the van that we were going to go get in GA. We decided not to because we felt it was too risky to get it to arkansas. So we have been looking again. We believe we have found our answer!! A fellow van dweller has an extra van that she is nolonger using because she bought a new van. I greatly respect her and John says I am her fan! Well I think I am a huge fan of hers. It would be an honor to live in her van. Well we have 11 days left to get into a van. Our lease is up June 1st, so we have to be in our van by then. I am feeling so excited as the days go by and a bit anxious because we havent gotten a van yet. But we are very very close! I have faith that we will prevail!

Hungover....

2008-05-18T15:19:00.000-07:00

Ugh I feel horrible today. Went to see Tech N9ne last night, it was fun. I drank way too much, danced all night, now I my shoulders are sore, therefore I woke up at noon today. I really don't care much for drinking, its very seldom that I drink alcohol. I prefer other recreational endeavors. I have been sleeping way too much lately, I just feel so tired. I don't know why but I have a hunch. I also have been having stomach acid very very bad, the tums don't seem to be working for this acid and my lower abdomen feels bigger. Not uncomfortable, I think the only way I can describe it would be to say I feel some pressure near my ovaries. Other than feeling sick, I am happy. John makes me feel so complete. Up until John and I got together, I had had a very crappy life. Short version, I practically grew up alone, my mother left me as a child and I never knew my bio-father. I lived allot on the streets, never staying anywhere for more than a couple of months. I guess that's why van living doesn't scare me nor make me apprehensive. Anyways, I am so very glad that John found me. This is the first healthy relationship I have ever been in. We work in harmony together. He often likes to say that I am the woman version of him, my reply to that is that he is the woman version of me. We both agree that he is more emotional than I am.

Oh about the van. We will be going to get it soon. We are waiting on that check from the gov. I finally got one of my internet paid checks. It takes so long to get paid from some of those internet sites. So as soon as Johns check gets here then we will go pick up the van. On the progress of packing, we have allot of things packed. We still have several boxes to go through and of course the everyday items. We are going to pay my storage tomorrow, get rid of everything that wont be coming with us in the van, and that means very busy days ahead. I haven't been into my storage in about 10 months or so, it will be neat to see what kinds of treasures it holds. My storage is a 10 by 15 stacked to the ceiling. I know there are 3 or 4 computer desks 2 that have never been used, 2 couches, and at least 10 bags of clothes. That will be allot to get rid of. Anyone in my vicinity want some free or mostly free stuff. There are a few things that I couldn't just give away. Well if you want some just email me and let me know your interested. Well I think I am going to lay down. Have a wonderful day!!

Finally a van!!

2008-05-12T23:03:00.000-07:00

Found a van today. Its huge!! has a raised roof. We are buying for 500.00!! What a deal. We are going to have it painted midnight blue...going to put in wood floor and a bed in the top part...full sink with fridge. Going to go get it this weekend...ebay is a great place!! We are also going to replace the seats. Whooohoooo sooo excited!!!!

A little more about us and alot more van living info

2008-05-09T17:37:00.000-07:00

We went yesterday and looked at a few more vans and minivans. We found a few that we really liked. Problem was is that no one was there to answer our questions. You know it sucks when you like a vehicle and you think that it would be perfect till you hear the price and the mileage. It was such a downer. But we will keep on looking. Until then we will just continue to save as much money as possible.
Yesterday we went and grabbed a few extra things that I had put away. My books and my board games are something I cannot live without. I love to read and I love to play board games. I have over 600 books and 30 games. I had to pick and choose which ones to take. I ended up with 50 books and 10 games so far. I am afraid i might have to play the TEN THINGS GAME! Haha Me and John play board and card games allot. If we aren't listening or playing music we are playing a game. We spend most nights singing together or him playing his guitar and singing to me. It is so amazing watching his fingers play and the sound that comes from those fingers, I think of it as like a miracle every time. See, I don't know how to play. Tho he has been teaching me. And I have tried to become acquainted with his guitar, playing it when I am alone, feeling the wood, strings, just getting comfortable with it , so it isn't so awkward in my hands. but I think i am going to have to cut my nails. tho that doesn't bother me at all. In fact I am not even sure how I had seemed to grow them this long LOL. I don't keep nails very well for i tend to chew them completely off. Odd thing is, I quit chewing on my nails the same time we decided to live in the van. Hmmm

I didn't tell you but he works at sonic as an assistant manager. I know its not that much money but I respect his work. He has been here for 7 years. Plus I think he looks very handsome with the tie around his neck. As soon as I can get my phone camera to work I will put some pics up of him and us and our apartment.
Yesterday I got alot of stuff together. We separated it all into 2 boxes. One that we would keep and one that we would give away. We aren't going to try to sell our stuff. We will be just giving it to our closest friends. Since John works at sonic, that is how we feed ourselves. I know its not healthy but at least we can save more money that way.
I have been so excited. I mean I know that we are not going to have an easy time exactly. but i look forward to those hard times. having to think for ourselves. We have 2 sonic boxes full of stuff to take with us. Good thing is, we can leave the TV behind because we have a laptop which will play anything a dvd player will play plus it plays cds and gives us access to Internet. ohh yes i have been doing so much research and making a list of all the things we consider essential. here is the list. i have seperated them into lists like in a house. So it would be easier to think of the things that you use everyday. I dont want anything left behing that we would need. Because it is easy to leave out something as simple as your toothbrush..

Van Supplies...
Bathroom Supplies:

Toilet Seat
5gal Bucket
Kitty Litter
ToiletPaper
Deodorant
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Brushes
Shampoo
Soap
Towels
Washclothes
Laundry Hamper
Cleaning Supplies
Baby Wipes
Alcohol
Saline Solution
Peroxide
Tampons
Pads
First-Aid Kit
Mirror

Pet Supplies:

Cat Food
Dog Food
Kitty Litter
Kennels
Animal Shampoos
Litter Box
Leashes
Toys
Collars(tags)

Bedroom Supplies:

Bed
Sheets
Blankets
Pillows
Clothes
Shoes

Clothes and Shoes(per):

1 Light Jacket
1 Heavy Coat
4 Pairs of Pants(1 warm, 3 jeans)
5 Pairs of Underwear(John)
3 Pairs of Underwear(Lori)
5 Pairs of Socks
8 Shirts
5 Sarongs(Lori)
Pair of Sneakers
Pair of Boots
Pair of Flip Flops

Kitchen Supplies:

Coleman Stove
Propane Bottles
Water Jugs
Cups
Bowls
Plates
2 TV Tables
Campfire Rack
Potholders
Pots
Pans
Silverware
Utensils
Ziplock Bags
Sharpies
Dish Pan
Trash Bags
Paper Towels
8 Water Jugs
Cooler
Aluminum Foil
Plastic Wrap

Food Supplies:
Tea
Coffee
Potatoes
Canned soups
Sugar
Creamer
Canned vegies

Plants:

UV light
Dill
Mint
Basil
Sage
Garlic
Parsely
Tomatoes
Green Onion

Livingroom:

Computer
Instruments
Movies
Camera
Cd's
Hand vacuum
Board games
Books
Art supplies
Jewelery stuff
Sarong stuff
Head sets

other stuff:

plastic shoe rack
plywood
cabintry wood
cardboard boxes
bungee cords
medicine
tent/pavilion/sleeping bag
fishing poles
tackle box
map
camping chairs
clothes line
fire proof safe
fire extenguisher
tools
electrical tape
power strip
extension cord
DC/AC power converter atleast 140 watts
extra deep cycle battery

So far this is my list. Tho it changes just a little bit every day. I have also found yesterday some neat information about washing your clothes. Energy efficient and non costly. Things needed are....
5 gal bucket or doubled up trash bags ( I like the 5gal bucket better because its sturdier)
some dish or laundry soap
warm or cold water

take the bucket and fill halfway with water, add your detergent or dish soap, add clothes till it is 2/3 full. Then mix with hand and arm for about 5 min or so depending on how dirty they are. Then empty the water and add fresh water for your rinse cycle. Then wring out the clothes really well and hang them to dry. Easy as that. That is how we are going to be doing our laundry. Now I do want to tell you that if you had something rather bulky like a blanket or something then I would use the trash bag idea since you can fit more in them.
We have also been planning our trip as well. We are not going to be staying here in this town. We will be slowly moving towards Alaska. That is our first total destination. Now it may take us 6 m months to get there but eventually we will. here is another tip that I read while researching...Save a comfortable amount that will get you through 90 days. on top of that amount make sure you have something put back for repairs/insurance etc on the vehicle. What we plan to do is to have 2000 set aside for the trip and 500 for vehicle repairs. We will still live as tho we have only 20 in our pocket.
Ohh yes I came apon a lot of great Ideas on the net. This is another one...you know those plastic shoe racks that can hang on a bedroom door. Well if you cut them to size you can fit them just about anywhere to hold different things like toothbrushes toothepastes, cat toys...whatever small things that u might need. Also work great on the back of your van seats.
If you have any ideas or anything that cd help us out...van that is already converted...or just a little thought...please share them with us...leave us a comment...maybe an email addy then we will get back with you as soon as we can....

Introduction

2008-05-07T11:54:00.000-07:00

Hi my name is Lori and my boyfriends name is John. We live in a small town in Arkansas. You may think we are crazy for deciding to move into a van.. We have always wanted to travel to leave the rent paying, bill piling life behind. This is something that both of us have wanted to do for a very long time.

I can remember while I was growing up, we had a van...we went camping in the van allot. I have always wanted to go back to those good days in the van. So many memories. I am tired of being sucked into society. I sometimes feel like I am drowning..I long for the road again.

For a short time I lived on the road in a car. So I am not new to living on the road but I think that living in the van will be like paradise compared to car living.

Right now we are in the process of finding the perfect vehicle. We have been considering a minivan. While we know that a minivan doesn't offer as much room as a full size van but it does gets great gas mileage and the insurance is very low. We are looking to save as much money as we can.

When we find the right van, be sure, that we will post the pics here. And we will be broadcasting live vid feed from the van (Justin TV, and youtube) as well so that those who are curious or are wanting to live in a van and wondering what it will be like can at least see what we go through. We will also be showing pics of before and during construction on the van. So if you are curious, how to build up your van, maybe our blog will help.

A little about us..I, Lori, am 26 and John is 25. We love piercings, tats, and hippies...(odd combo I know) We love to live simply. Let me just tell you how simple...in our living room we have a small TV sitting on the floor with a very small DVD player sitting on top of the TV...and an old couch. In the bedroom, a bed and clothes. We don't need all the fancies to live happily...Just the essentials. John is a musicians and I am an published artist and writer (songs and poetry). I make hemp jewlery and sarongs, too.

We are so excited about this life changing experience. If you are interested in reading up, here are some great websites that I found while doing research on van living....http://carliving.info/ freedomvan (blogger here, very awesome blog), http://vandweller.org/, Elmo's Van Living is another neat blog...Q&A type...very interesting to hear what other ppl think about van dwelling and lots of great advise on all assorted van topics.