Have been doing a lot of thinking and planning lately which is quite daunting. Cleaning out the house of unnecessary things downsizing to live in a much much smaller home. Yup from 2,200 square feet of living space, double garage, four bedrooms, two full baths, dining room, breakfast nook, kitchen and living room, back porch, and an acre of lawn care has become quite overwhelming at this stage of life. 
Downsizing into a tiny house and a high-top RV to go to craft shows or just gad about the US seeing the sites. The bucket list grows daily of all the things to see and do. So, that’s the plan.
May take a year to get the house sale ready, as it is only myself and I move slow to ensure I am doing things properly. I will miss Mr. Easter Island Man but will get over it. I may miss a lot of things but not more than I miss two of my children living up north I have not seen in a very long time. My children are what give me the greatest pleasure along with my nine grandchildren.
This is just an idea of what I’m looking at. Not bad is it. My space will be smaller and will have all the comforts necessary myself and Little Dog. 
Best of all, I can travel with the good weather and spend a ton of time outside. Not like now where I’m cooped up inside the house all the time. With minimal cleaning and dusting, and all the other sorts of household stuff, time will be freed to get out and about without all the cares and worries of what is not getting done back home. Or, when one returns from going out, having all the catch up work to be done. No fun at all. Just so you know, I don’t want a TV like that. It can be tossed out the door. Such a space will be for my Tulip Painting which so reminds me of my mother. Those are the things that make me happy.
For right now, I still feel the need to have a home base, a small abode to return to, I’m not quite ready to give that totally up. A gradual transition as opposed to cold turkey will work best for me. This is subject quite likely to change depending upon how long it takes to get me out of this huge house. Very soon after I’m on the road and loving it, the small abode will retreat into the past as well. The fewer the expenses in life the happier it will be. Money will then go to seeing the Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, Aurora Borealis, and whatever else amuses me. 
Craft shows and conventions are a priority. Love my crafting and always wanting to improve my skills. The finances will be available to do so when no longer caring for the house. What I pay i property taxes, lawn care, pest control, utilities….OUCH! Something wrong with that picture. My money seems to benefit everyone but myself. Time to change that!
Still working on just how to transport all my craft stuff. Sure I’ll figure that out very soon, as I keep watching YouTube. There are plenty of people to help me figure this all out. There are people who live in RV’s full-time. There are people who only live in them seasonally. There are people who only live in them for vacations. They’ve had all sorts of challenges and situations to over come and have done it very well. You realize how much you can let go and enjoy living without all the entanglements of home ownership.
Also, I will be out of harms way when it comes to hurricanes. After the last scare with Matthew, repeating that scenario will not be missed at all. So, during hurricane season, I can travel north to be around my children that already moved back home or stayed there. The summers are far cooler and less humid than here which would be a fine relief. Then when the snow and ice with sub zero temperatures start to set in, I high tail it back down south to be around my children who live here. Now that’s creative living if you ask me.
As one cleans out and downsizes so many memories and emotional struggles come up. You realize how much your life has changed and how much is has yet to change. You realize it’s all stuff and you are paying to house the stuff not you and your happiness. Little Dog and I need so much less than we have and want so much less than what we have. We want our money put to more exciting advantages than we have now. Time to go forth and enjoy life!
“Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
I sew my destiny and continue on a this fantastic journey called life.