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[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]I cook Indian food occasionally....i love it...i love fenugreek too....i also make ghee often...[/font][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif] [/font]:heart:[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]    I am amazed i haven't posted anything on food here....cause I'm a foodie [/font][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif] [/font]:D[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]    I make Tres Leches too [/font][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif] [/font]:rolleyes:[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]    I love to cook....I also make the Vietnamese Egg Rolls.....[/font]


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jacqueg said:
OMG. I wasn’t hungry until I saw this. Now all I can think about is making this so I can use it as a dip for Ravella’s bread...


You must share.
 
Gypsy 108. Shall I send you the coordinates to YARC Camp? I think you need to camp with us.
 
Hi guys and gals.  I am trying the pics here again.  I don’t know what I did wrong 

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Cammalu said:
What’s taking you so long to get here [emoji3]

1.  I only have a suv ....i want to tow a camper trailer for more room...
2.  My energy is low and my body is falling apart...
3. $$$$$$$

If i had enough money i could get my camper trailer....i would need a stove too (Tres Leches requires some baking)
I need to be comfortable because I'm getting all crippled up with low energy and aches & pains...
I feel insecure not knowing what will fall apart on my newly acquired OLD high mile suv....$$$$$$

When i feel ready that i can pull this thing off i will have more confidence to leave....
I don't want to struggle & my life be harder....I've been through so much stress the past 5 years.....

I know these are all excuses.....i must be scared ....i know i am capable of just up & leaving....but my survival instincts are trying to protect me......?????
 
I tink is going to rain today ...with human kindness. A donation of money into the beggars tin can.

Seen quite a few in Quartzsite at the freeway entrance roads.
 
Gypsy108. You just need a strong catalyst to push you out the door. Ready or not, it is difficult to overcome the lethargy created by creature comforts. The static state tends to remain static without a strong push. That push requires energy. Energy needs in your case are both physical and mental. But you are hoing to get a financial bonus. Use it to break up the state of status. If you want to leave that will get the momentum going. Tne question is how much you want to go versus how much you are resisting going. You are sitting on the fulcrum of a teeter totter balancing the pros versus the cons. You could remain there forever.
 
Yep.   If i was younger i wouldn't think twice ......i am very comfortable in this dwelling place i'm at ....i know i will not have the creature comforts i have now....but i will have the stars in the wide open space to comfort me if i leave....i know it's literally killing me to live like this....should i just take my stimulus and make a run for it, ready or not ????   I'm already planning in getting stuff with it (comfortable chair to sit in while i do my jewelry all day, mini tread mill to help get into shape, buy more stuff to make more jewelry.....)      I would be so Unprepared if i just leave now.....like taking a leap into the unknown.....
 
I've never been really ready! If I required myself to have it all nailed down and dialed in before I left, I'd never go anywhere!

If living as you are living now is really killing you - well, what's to decide?
 
Yes...it's like i have already left...except my body is still here....haha...i do NOT want to be helpless...i WANT to be self-reliant & independent when i leave here....i am so afraid of breaking down & all my $$ going into repairs  ....i do not want to be stupidly going into this....i can't afford it !    Yet i feel like a prisoner in all my creature comforts....but i WANT to be comfortable....haha.....i'm not in shape to rough it anymore....(is this my lizard brain talking ? )
 
JDub said:
Can you satisfy some of that itch the way I do with short trips - perhaps up to a week?

That's what i should do....my brain only thinks in all or nothing mode...i suppose if i just tell myself to go on a little vacation instead of a permanent vacation, it might work ?   So many times i've thought once i go there's no turning back....i can't kid myself though....i know once i leave that will be it....i will never want to be in that prison again....sometimes i feel like an elephant going out to the desert to die...............all i wanna do is look up at the stars...my next destination................................................
 
^^^ Just ease into it, perhaps you could investigate a local campground and book a couple of days there to see how you like it and to test your equipment loadout. I sometimes get a spot at my local CoE park which is on the river and literally 1 MINUTE from my house just to have some fun camping w my dog. Cheap and easy. Once you're there, it's hard to tell you're not 100 miles from your home. I've met tons of folks (among whom recommended this website) this way.

Cheers!
 
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