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the official magazine of the Fulltime Families Camping Club

November 2012Issue #30

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In This Issue
Letter from the Editor........................................................................................... 3 Lady Es RV Kitchen ........................................................................................... 4 Apple Dumplings ................................................................................................. 5 Whats in season .................................................................................................. 6 Road Rebelles Radio /Black Top Teen Radio ...................................................... 6 Pics from Scary Street .......................................................................................... 7 Benefits of Cleansing ........................................................................................... 8 FtF Affiliate Corner / Featured Blog.................................................................... 9 Zero Waste Family Project................................................................................. 10 Supporting your OTR Lifestyle with Blogging .................................................. 13 FtF Featured Family; The Chaos Nest ............................................................... 15 Welcome to the RoadNew Families who just Launched ................................ 16 Join Us for our Winter Rally .............................................................................. 17 FtF Holiday Ornament Exchange ....................................................................... 21 Learning to Live with Less: Dreamers to Drivers Column ................................ 22 Teen Perspective ................................................................................................ 23 Ten Bests ............................................................................................................ 24 Rally Updates ..................................................................................................... 25 Want to contribute? Theres always roomjust email info@fulltimefamilies.com with your ideas!

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Standing Still is hard to do


Happy Holiday Season from balmy south Florida! Its great to be home for the holidays. By that I mean, both in my home on wheels, and parked in my in-laws driveway. Who can resist free laundry, free babysitting, delicious dinners, fabulous beach weather and great company not me for sure! After so long on the road, its great to be with the people you love in a land thats familiar. And yet, it has begun, a yearning for other places. As thick vines ensnare our tires, I look at western vistas and think, can I really stay in one place for 4 months. If youve been with us from the beginning, you know the answer already and you know weve done this before. By that, I mean, made long term plans to be parked, only to pull out the chucks early. And so I wonder, will we ever be able to settle down? Like most of you, when we started this journey 2 1/2 years ago, we were in search of the perfect place to raise our family. We knew we wanted to full time for a while before we set down roots, but with each passing month and mile, settling down has become less of a priority. It seems that moving is in both our spirits. Exploring new terrains, meeting new people, experiencing life in motionit suits us. But theres a lot to do before we move again. In the coming weeks well be publishing the 2013 Edition of How to Hit the Road, wrapping up the 2013 Winter FtF Family Reunion Rally Details, hosting our first Annual Christmas Ornament Exchange and Bringing the Lips to your Trips every Sunday night on Road Rebelles Radio. I hope youll join us for a bunch of these things and as always

Hope to see you down the road! Kimberly

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Lady Es RV Kitchen ColumnCooking for the Holidays in your RV


With now October being gone.I sure hope all of you were fortunate enough to be in an area or traveling through an area ..to see some of the awe-inspiring autumn foliage that has been occurring from coast to coast. The Professor and I just came back from a full week in upper central Arkansas, working with the great folks called workampers at the 4 day Rendezvous (a time to learn how to be successful in the Workamping lifestyle) sponsored by Workamper News of Heber Springs, Arkansas. Parked about 7 miles out of this very quaint little town of 7000 population was Wagon Circle RV Park the most stunning color changes were taking place right in front of us. These images are instilled in our minds as made our way back to our beloved Texas where it seems to be holding on to the more 80 and 90 degree weather. However, our cooler temps will come soonno doubt about it. With Thanksgiving upon usI wanted to give everyone a few tips to help with overcoming the challenge of cooking for your family in a small space. I remember my first Thanksgiving as a full-timer with my 2000 sq ft. home just a memory, educating myself on small appliances that could be used in the RV kitchen was daunting in itself. However, what I didnt know at that time..this appliance wound up being one of the best investments that I had made ... an electric roaster oven (18 qt size). A smaller size of 6 qt is also available, however, even though it can perform the same.the size is about like a large slow cooker. Your holiday cooking can require a larger appliance. Depending on the temperatures used .this guy will require from 800 to 1600 watts of electricity. Not only does it bake, roast and fry; it also can be your extra oven anytime you need it. I suggest that you place this on the outside of your RV (in your outdoor kitchen) maybe on a folding or picnic table. Using a heavy duty extension cord, plug this one up at the pedestal power instead of using the RV receptacle. This way you are freeing your rig up on that extra electrical pull. When not in use.please consider storing this appliance in the original box. You will find that storage goes a lot further when your small or larger appliances are stored where they can be stacked in the under-storage compartments or inside cabinets or closet space. Always remember that there are ways to make your RV kitchen experience easier and lots of fun for the family. Consider investing in a solar oven. The Professor and I have own a very inexpensive solar oven that cost us around $40and that has worked fine. Recently, we invested in a Global Sun Oven that has a self leveling tray built inside so nowno matter the terrain, our foods cook nice and even. The Global Sun Oven cooks in temperatureranges of 360 to 400 degrees in about 20 minutes with normal sunlight. Doing your research can pay off. Some websites are offering great savings right now so check it out if you think solar cooking is right for your family. I have some exciting news .I have decided to start my next cookbook publication. This with be a book chalked full of holiday recipes and are great for the RVing lifestyle. I have so many ideas and am anxious to get the ball rolling. You will be hearing more about this in the near future. .because I will be giving everyone who wants to be a part of this, a chance to submit their favorites. This will be a publication scheduled for Fall of 2013.

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THE RECIPE:

APPLE DUMPLINGS

Until next month..Happy RVing and Good Cooking!


This months recipe is coming from the RV Centennial Cookbook submitted by: Jan Powell of Bolivar, MO Method of cooking: electric skillet or dutch oven Apple dumplings List of ingredients: 2 granny smith apples, peeled and cut into 8 wedges for each apple (16 total wedges) 2 cans refrigerator biscuits 1 c. sugar 1 stick softened butter 1 t. cinnamon 1 t. vanilla 1 12 oz. Mountain Dew (can be diet) Recipe assembly instructions: Flatten a biscuit and wrap a slice of apple in it. (Try to cover the apple but don't worry if there's apple not quite covered with biscuit dough. Put into 9x13 inch pan. Do all the apples this way and place side by side into pan. In small bowl mix sugar, softened butter, cinnamon and vanilla together and spoon over apples and biscuits. Pour Mountain Dew over top. Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes (Dutch oven-10 inch-cut the recipe in half and put in a round cake pan in your Dutch oven. Bake with 8 coals on bottom and 10 coals on top for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.) Serve warm or cold. Warm with ice cream topping is yummy! Wishing you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving from the Professor and Lady E Cooper..

Until next month..Happy RVing!

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November Produce: Eat Fresh, Eat Local, Eat In Season


Stay healthy by eating whats in season! Each month we include a list of in season produce. Here is whats fresh right now: Vegetables: Fruit Oranges Tangerines Pomegranates Cranberries Pears Availability varies from state to state, so check Field to Plate's Seasonal Lookup Guide to see what's freshest near you. Make healthy eating an adventure by picking your own! Check out this great website for a pick your own farm by you: http://

sweet potatoes pumpkins winter squash broccoli


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Were getting ready for a brand new season of Road Rebelles Radio and the introduction of our newest show, Black Top Teen Radio. Hosted by 13 year old Johnny McCloskey and 16 year old Neva Emerine, BTT Radio discusses life on the road for kids. So tune in on

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The Benefits of Cleansing by Daryl Meyer-Hall


I am a big proponent of cleanses. I do a colon cleanse every 3 months. I do a liver/ gallbladder cleanse once a year. I just finished a kidney cleanse and I am in the middle of a candida cleanse! Yes, turning 50 last year is probably the reason why I am on this kick, but the truth is, I feel so much better after them, that it is my incentive to keep doing them! It is unreasonable to expect our organs to do their difficult jobs if we dont help them along. Your gut is the health of your body and your colon and supporting organs take a beating with the modern day diet. I like to use the analogy of a well tuned automobile. You have to drain and change the oil, run cleaner through the fuel injection system, and flush out the radiator once in a while. Otherwise, things stagnate and stop working efficiently. I truly believe most people dont know what feeling good really feels like. We accept our discomfort, aches and pains, and even disease as something to manage because we are aging or because it runs in our family. Stop being a victim and take control of your health. If you have never considered a cleanse, I would encourage you to reconsider. A colon cleanse is the place to start. There are 2 cleanses available through Young Living which are safe and effective. The fact that they incorporate essential oils in the formulas enhances their bio-availability. http://www.youngliving.com/ : (use enroller ID 941690)

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1. Item # 3296 The 5-Day Nutritive Cleanse facilitates gentle and effective cleansing to improve overall health and well-being.* A minimum of four, easy cleanses a year with our 5-Day Nutritive Cleanse and continued nutritional maintenance will help balance the extremes of the modern diet. This nutritive cleanse includes the following: Ningxia Red, an energizing, replenishing, whole wolfberry nutrient infusion (1 liter ); Balance Complete, a super-food-based, daily, superfood energizer and nutritive cleanse (26.4 oz.); Digest + cleanse, which soothes gastrointestinal discomfort and supports healthy digestion* ( 30 softgels ). Note: The 5 - Day Nutritive Cleanse is a starting place. More intense and targeted nutrients may be required for your particular situation. 2. Item # 3115 - Cleansing Trio Kit contains the products you need to begin improving your health through cleansing your system and eliminating waste by specifically supporting normal liver function.* Augmented with herbs that are rich in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, fiber, and essential oils, the Cleansing Trio will give you new energy and an improved sense of well-being. Kit includes: Essentialzyme, ComforTone, and ICP.
OR take a look at this link from Dr. Oz and his 48 hour weekend cleanse: http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/48-hour-weekend-cleanse The other great thing you can do for your colon is colonic irrigation or colon hydrotherapy. Colon hydrotherapy, is a safe, effective method of removing waste from the large intestine, without the use of drugs or laxatives. As with all therapies, it is important to find someone on good referral.

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FtF Affiliates Corner Featured Blog


Are you putting our button to work for you? Did you know that you could be making money by cutting and pasting a few of our products onto your website. How to Hit the Road, Bottles to BackPacks, Buried Bliss, FtF Memberships and Magazine Subscriptions this are only a few of the products we have waiting for you in our affiliate store. So click here to become an FtF Affiliate and start making money with FTF. This months top affiliates are: Margie Lundy Stacey Schrier This Magickal Life There youll be able to keep up with the adventures of the Drake family. Want your blog featured? Send the URL to Kimberly@fulltimefamilies.com Every month in FtF Magazine we feature one stellar blog from our blog roll list. This months featured blog is:

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The Zero Waste Family Project by Angela Malson


We all know that you are what you eat, and that what goes into your body must come out, for better or worse, right? Well, the same goes for your consumption and what goes into your home and what comes out. What you bring into your home effects the state of your home. If you are cleaning with highly toxic chemicals, then you are breathing in all of those toxic chemicals on a daily basis. If you are buying new products everyday to fill your home, then you need to find a place for all of those things, and clean and care for those things. Living full-time on the road doesn't really afford any of us to over-consume too much, though. We literally don't have the space. But, what about all of the "essential" items you buy? Clothes, food, toiletries. They come into your home and go back out in some form. If you buy a bunch of bananas, you have the peels left over. If you buy shampoo, you have the bottle when you are done. So what do you do with these things? Do they all end up in the trashcan and then to the dumpster and then landfill? They have to go somewhere right? And what a footprint we are leaving if we just consume and dispose! Because disposable isn't really disposable is it? Everything ends up somewhere! The best way to lighten your carbon footprint is with the three R's... reduce, reuse, and recycle. Try and reduce what you bring into your home. Don't buy something unless it has a place, so very important when you live in 256 sq. ft., huh? Reduce the packaging on the items you do buy. Buy one large bag of chips rather than single packs all wrapped up individually. And, remember the more you consume, the more stuff you have to take care of and clean and store. The next step is to reuse. I love checking out consignment and thrift shops in all the different towns we travel through. It's like a scavenger hunt, looking for treasures! And, you are reusing someone else's discards, giving a product a longer shelf life. See you are helping the product live longer! And, when you are done with an item that you have consumed, pass it along. Some people's trash is another's treasure. Even living in such a small space, we are constantly taking bags to Goodwill, when the kids have outgrown clothes, and when we sort and go through whatever books or toys they are no longer using readily. Also be aware of how an item can be repurposed. An old t-shirt with stains can be turned into a rag, old jewelry can make a new barrette, an old toy can be taken apart and its pieces can be used for an art project. There are also some awesome ways to upcycle clothing into something new and fabulous from pieces of old clothing given new life and a funky edge. And, when you have reduced, reused, and repurposed everything you can, recycle whatever can be recycled. This will vary from location to location, and a lot of campgrounds don't even recycle, or only recycle a limited amount of things. But, where there is a will there is a way. And, if you know that you can recycle glass, aluminum, paper, cardboard, and plastic, then recycle it! Most municipalities have recycling drop-off locations, and can be easily found near a campground even if the campground doesn't recycle. We have educated many a campground that didn't even know there was recycling right down the street from them, and really what more effort does it take to swing by the recycling center on your way to the post office? We use a few of those pop-

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Zero Waste Continued


do you compost, as well? Food scraps often get thrown in a trash bag and tossed into the dumpster along with everything else. But, did you know that it only takes a few weeks for most food to biodegrade back into the earth and become soil. And, if that same food is left inside a plastic trash bag, then it won't biodegrade at all! Imagine all of the food sitting somewhere inside bags in a landfill. That's a lot of waste! So, the next step you can take to go Zero Waste is to compost. And, yes, it is possible to compost on the road. We keep an inside container with a cover and dump all food scraps and any recycled paper products that may have food on it into this container until it is full. Once full, we take it outside and dump into a three gallon bucket with a lid. In most places, we never have animals get into it, but do have bungee cords to secure the lid just in case, and carry this outside compost bucket on our bike rack so it is always stored outside. When it gets full, we find a local nature center, school, farm, or friends's house
Angela Joy Malson - Writer, dreamer, life learner, activist, lover, eco-traveling, simple and sustainable living, gypsy, hippie mama, and full of hope in this time of transformative change and conscious awakening. With a Masters in Environmental Law, Angela is now CoFounder of Eco Womb and Visionary for The Conscious Caravan, Senior Writer and Copy Editor for Letterbox Studios, and Staff Writer for Blindfold Magazine. Juggling three kids and three jobs, she finds it grounding to dig her toes in the sand, gather by the moon, dance loud and proud, create space for stillness, and climb mountains.

up bins you can find in any camping supply store, or sometimes at a campground office, to separate the recycling into paper, plastic, and cans/glass. You could even just use paper bags to keep things sorted. And, remember that plastic bags can even be recycled, with drop-off bins often at the front of most grocery stores. In some locations, you can even take your bottles to local Redemption Centers to be redeemed for cash! And, you can also use paper or cardboard (or bills) to light a campfire, often serving a dual purpose for being a great release of energy into the flame. Be sure to check http://earth911.com/ for more information on just what can be recycled, and where to take things like automotive or hazardous waste, electronics, batteries, etc. And, yes, the Eco Womb Tour Bus has been known to trek recycling across state lines, piled up in our shower, when there is no easy recycling place to be found near a campground that does not recycle. But even if you don't commit to recycling everything and carrying it with you until it can be, then at least recycle what can be recycled where you are. You are helping keep items out of landfills, and learning that every thing has a life, from cradle to grave, trash just doesn't disappear. So, take those steps first, the three R's, and just remember that every thing needs a place. It comes from somewhere and ends up somewhere, so be aware of its life cycle. If you are already doing all of the above,

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Supporting Your OTR Lifestyle Blog Curation By Alan Sills


If you have read my narratives to date, I talked about various marketing models drop shipping, affiliate marketing, network marketing and some hybrid models. The core to all is to find products or service you have researched, believe in and wish to promote. Now comes the fun part! We are going to talk about HOW to promote and in doing so, generate sales and profits! After all, the whole idea here is to be earning money from the comfort of your RV as you travel from destination to destination. I have found that internet connections are not hard to come by and with an internet connection, you virtually have the world at your fingertips! The best advice I can offer here? Learn to create your own content, and curate others content. Learn how to make blog posts (not difficult) and to make videos (also not difficult!) What I do NOT suggest you do is start burning all kinds of capital (money) advertising by ANY method (pay per click, pay per view, or banner advertising (unless youre getting it for free!) Why? The days of cheap advertising on the Internet are OVER and I contend your return on investment will be poor (at best). I could devote an entire article to each of these two topics creating your own content and curating others content. So, allow me to start with curation. From dictionary.com, the verb to curate means to take charge of or organize; to pull together, sift through, and select for presentation. Applying this to blog curation, what we are doing is creating a valuable web property that over time will acquire Google love, get lots of visitors who are interested in your content, and in turn, when you post a banner advertisement, they will be inclined to trust you and buy the product(s) you recommend (by virtue of their being offered on your website. Allow me to provide a specific example here http://heartdiseaserisk.info This is a curated blog, 95% of the content is taken from existing articles, and you know what? Google LOVES it! Why? Well, first of all, it is 100% ethical as each curated post credits the original source and even places in a grey box any text directly copied from that source. In that sense, the original author is gaining greater exposure. Second, youll note that I add value to each post by supplying additional commentary, background, or opinion. Now, what do we mean by Google love? Well, simply this (and here is the big picture to blog

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FtF Featured Family: The Ethridge Family


We call ourselves "The Chaos Nest". It's insanely appropriate - life is chaos, ENJOY the journey! For the past couple of years we've been hit HARD. We have 4 boys, all 4 of them adopted, and 2 are special needs. Mental special needs. You'd never know it by looking at or engaging with them. When a special needs child is obvious, people think they understand. When they can't see it for themselves, they have no clue (but they still think they understand). In a nutshell, our family has been abused. Tremendously abused. We are shell shocked. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is a common theme in this house. We need healing. Our journey is about healing. Healing as individuals. Healing as a family. Discovering ourselves, discovering each other. It's an attempt to make us utterly dependent upon God and each other, eliminating the rush of external noise and distractions. It's about building deeper relationships. Creating a bond of healing that will take us through our lives. We've drawn in on ourselves so much, we needed an outlet, a release. We needed something different. Over Memorial Day weekend 2012, we, on a whim, went and looked at a used motorhome. We looked at it 4 times and finally made an offer on it on Memorial Day. By the time we brought it home 10 days later, we had already started packing things up, selling things, getting ready to full-time. Crazy. We are REALTORS with a real estate team. For the past year, while we were going through our season of utter chaos, we had transitioned our business to almost totally mobile. Now we realize it was excellent preparation for "on the road". Even Crazier. We put our house up for rent, sold just about everything, put our most important items in storage, and went out for our "shake down cruise" July 1st for 2 weeks. We came back and "moved into" a local RV park intending to leave at the end of September. A brother announced he was getting married, so we moved up our launch by 45 days. We also completely changed our journey direction. More Crazy??

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Affiliate Marketing Cont. from pg 13


curation) I selected a niche to curate for. There are literally millions of niches (and yes, I have some free training available to you on this topic, I will give you the link shortly) you can choose to curate for. If you go down this road, pick one youre passionate about. As you curate posts (my training explains where the articles to curate come from), youre growing a valuable web property. Over time, how much depends upon the niche you select, you will find that Google will reward your efforts by giving you first page results when someone types in your keywords. Why? Simple, youre providing value and adding content which is exactly what Google wants to supply for its readers. For example, on my blog, my goal is to be one of the top results when someone types in heart disease risk. You CAN know how many people are doing that search each month by using the google keyword tool (see my blog curation videos) and of course once you are presented as a top result, traffic and lots of it will come to your site. This traffic is also very high quality traffic! The folks visiting your site WANT the information youre curating. Further, they will grow to TRUST you. Think back (those who are dinosaurs like myself) to the trust Walter Cronkite enjoyed on the CBS evening news. If he started promoting a widget, I bet we all would have run out to TwoGuys, ValleyFair, or Gimbels (hows that for a walk down memory lane?!) to buy it, no? Well, as you build a following to your blog, and then later monetize it (start making money with it), you can for example post a banner ad that people will likely be receptive to as long as the ad promotes something specifically of interest to your readers. For example, I happen to represent a very good (if not great) arginine product (it reduces the risk of heart disease), once I have enough traffic coming to my blog, I will post a banner for Cardio Protogen on the blog and I suspect (strongly) that many of my readers will purchase it. To learn more about Blog Curation, please visit http://alansills.com/blogcurationseries

Is your blog listed on Fulltime Families.com If not, send an email to Kimberly@fulltimefamilies.com so everyone can keep up with your adventures!
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ARE YOU COMING TO THE RALLY?


The 2013 Winter FtF Family Reunion is set to be the best Family RV Event of the Winter! Dont miss out! The rally schedule is coming together and weve already got: Jan. 24th27th (check out 28th) Suwannee River Music Park

An Ugly Sweater Social A Performance by The Weaver Believers A touch football game between the Highway Hounds (Teens) and the Parents with special support from our littlest cheerers! A Seminar on Dry Camping by Author Marianne Edwards A Teens Only Dance Girlie Spa Day And tons more in the works!!!

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The Benefits of Cleansing, Continued from page 8


If you want to explore more targeted cleanses for liver, gallbladder, and kidney, then check out the book by Andreas Moritz called The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify and Rejuvenate Your Body [Paperback]. Available at Amazon.com. You can also search YouTube for his tutorials on cleanses. For candida cleansing and nutritional support, check out: http:// www.thecandidadiet.com/
I am not advocating their products, but there is a wealth of information on the website I used and found helpful. So, give your body a gift and start cleaning out all the stuff that is keeping you from thriving and feeling our best! To your health! Daryl Hall Proactive Health Counselor www.nothinbutnatural.com Young Living ID # 941690

Information provided here is for EDUCATION PURPOSES ONLY and is in NO WAY intended to replace proper medical advice. IT IS NOT for diagnostic or prescriptive use or to be construed as instruction on how to cure or treat any condition, illness or disease. Every individual is different, thus what may work for one may not work for another person. Consult with the professional health authorities of your choice. Remember, taking responsibility for your health is your own personal decision: do your research and choose wisely.

Mother Nature gave us the gift of healing. Providing our bodies with the nutrients, substances, and care required to heal, lies in our own actions.

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Zero Waste Continued from Page 10


to take it to and add to their compost, which they usually love and welcome us to do so. It is a great way to connect with the local community and learn what they are doing to be sustainable. Or, if there is no place to take it, or you are not comfortable doing so, simply take a walk in the woods with a shovel and dig a hole. Yep, it is that simple. Three gallons of food scraps biodegrades pretty quickly, and if you are digging a hole and then covering with dead leaves or branches, you won't even see it or smell it. We have been asked, what about animals? If you are deep enough into the woods you are just attracting animals to the woods, where they live. Just do not dig close to campsites, or close to any roads or trails, as it might make a mess if an animal digs it up. And, we have been asked, is it legal to do this? We have never been told it is illegal, never saw a sign, never been stopped. It is natural food that naturally composts and naturally goes back into the earth to make naturally rich, fertile soil, the way Mama Earth intended it to. Yes, it may be easier to compost if you had your own yard and could use it in your own garden. But, just think of all the pockets of awesome, rich soil you will create all over the nation, if you compost on the road. Really, you could contribute to bringing back healthy soils in areas where they have been depleted. Who knew composting on the road could have such an impact! Now, if you already reduce, reuse, recycle, AND compost, you are doing a lot. But, my guess is that you still have trash. You may have a whole lot less trash, but there are just some things that cannot be recycled or composted. And, yes, there is one more step you can take to reduce and even eliminate having any waste. Yes, we are not crazy, we are just determined to know the life cycle of everything that comes into our home, cradle to grave. So, whatever you cannot repurpose, reuse, recycle, or compost, you can bottle brick. You can actually go Zero Waste and have no trash at all! You basically take your waste, true waste, whatever cannot be recycled or composted, make sure it is dry with no food on it, and stuff it into a plastic bottle. You can use any plastic bottle, any size, anything that you can stuff trash inside, like granola bar wrappers, chip bags, the plastic ties on bread bags, odd pieces of broken toys, broken rubber bands, razors, etc. Stuffed tight and full, these bottles become hard. To fill in any remaining air holes, you can add sand with a funnel. You can easily get a couple weeks worth of trash into these bottles, and it's fun to see who can push the most amount of trash into one bottle. Use a stick or wooden spoon or whatever to do your stuffing, and then place the top back on the bottle. There is no smell, takes up hardly any space, and is just as convenient as a trash can. We keep a current bottle brick on the counter, and have eliminated the need for a trashcan altogether. Now when the kids have trash, they find a recycling container, the compost bucket, or stuff a bottle brick. Who said "trashcan" had to be an everyday word! So, what to do with these said bottle bricks when you have collected a pile of them? Well, send them to us. Yes, seriously. Or look for the many drop-off locations popping up all over the country. We are using these bottle bricks as sturdy building materials for park benches, walls, and schools. Just stack them and use cob (clay, sand, straw and water) or mud or whatever natural building material is available and smooth around the bottles. Yes, that's right. Stuff your trash into a plastic bottle, make it hard as a brick, and then use it as a brick to build something beautiful! At Eco Womb we have joined forces with the Peace on Earthbench Movement to collect bottle bricks, and build community benches (or whatever your vision is) all over the country. Check out http://www.earthbench.org/ for more information. We are currently developing a list of drop-off locations, but if you are interested, stay in touch with us and let us know you are starting this project with your family. We will make sure to let you know the when, how, and where you can donate your bricks. Being full-time on the road, we know you probably can't haul around your trash in bottles forever, but seriously, you can send them to us or give them to us if we see you down the road, and maybe just dedicate the space you had your trashcan in to holding a handful of bottle bricks. You might just agree that storing trash this way is a whole lot cleaner with less smell than having a trash can! Want to learn more, join us in signing up for the Zero Waste Family Project and take a step toward reducing and even eliminating your trash! Yes, we live simply on the road, we have to in such small spaces, but you may just feel a significant load being lightened when you lighten your carbon footprint and know the life cycle of your things! Because you, too, can go green with the Eco Womb! Hope to connect with you on the road and share some bottle bricks!

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The Chaos Nest Continued from pg 15


We left our home base, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on August 20th, 2012. We've traveled almost 4,000 miles so far. We are currently just outside of Houston, TX and we are on our way to Florida for the winter. In so many ways, we are finding that our situation is unique. We have 2 special needs kids - but we also have 2 non-special needs kids who need healthy parents. These 2 boys are competing for the 2016 Olympics in swimming. We can't just "travel around", we've got to "plant it" for at least 9-10 months a year. They need to train. So at present, they will train in Orlando for the winter and in Coeur d'Alene for the summer. So, we are "on the road". We don't know how long, we don't know why, we just know we are doing what we need to be doing. We explore some things, skip others, don't have a specific agenda, yes we are using the typical "sticker map" full-timers use, no we don't have a goal to hit every national park, yes we maintain a 'normal' household routine, no we don't get to live like every day is vacation, yes we are having fun, yes it gets chaotic, no we don't think it takes special courage to do this, no we didn't save up for months or years to do this, no we aren't rich, yes we are winging it . . . And that, in a nutshell (and a super fast rush of words) this our story as best I can tell it. BYLINE: We are The Ethridge Family. We are not "PC", we are "CP" aka crazy people. We travel in a 28' Motorhome with 2 parents, 4 boys (3 teenagers), 4 cats, 1 dog. Want more? Dare to want more? You might be offended, dismayed, laugh, cry, go insane, who knows. You can follow along with us at www.TheChaosNest.com

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FtF Holiday Ornament Exchange


Build Friendships, and good will towards men by participating in our Holiday Ornament Exchange! Its fun and a great way to connect with other fulltime families. Click Here to Join Now!

Welcome to the Road

The Mann Family has just launched on their Full Time Adventure! Are you next? Send an email to Kimberly@fulltimefamilies.com to see your family here!

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Learning to Live with Less by Marci Livingston


work to earn money but they could not spend anything until 30 days had passed. Let me tell you, that was a long 30 days of wanting to know how many more days, how much longer, and when would we see a Toys R Us. I was so tired of the asking that I was just as relieved as they were when the day had finally arrived. I realized for me that I was over the need to buy things when we were shopping at a thrift store in Billings, MT. It was the nicest thrift store I had ever seen. Everything was in order and organized by size and color. All accessories we neatly and attractively displayed. And yet, I walked aimlessly around. If someone was watching me must have thought I was lost. I did not want or need anything and it was truly a wonderful feeling! The boys have changed too. They don't ask when we are going to be near another Toys R Us. Their play habits have drastically changed. When we used to visit a playground, they would only run around on the play structures. The last few times we visited a playground, they played in the dirt around it. They are now more interested in dirt, sticks, rocks, water, hiking, and biking. We believe that giving our children everything they think they need is a disservice to them. We are trying to teach them to be content with what they have and enjoy the world around them. There is so much to explore and so much to do that costs nothing. This is the joy of traveling! This is the joy of showing our children another way of living! Marci Livingston www.livingstonfamilyadventures .com

We are realizing that old habits die hard. The first month of traveling the desire to buy was still so strong. When we would arrive at a big town, Gabe and I would get so excited to see all the choices of stores they had. And of course the boys would notice Toys R Us and would beg to go shopping. Our children have been well loved materially by their grandparents. They have been given so much and are not accustomed to going without. They have been constantly begging us to take them shopping. They had money and they wanted to spend it! They were always making lists and dreaming of new things they wanted to purchase. Finally, I put them on a 30 day buying freeze. I told them they could continue to

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Teen Perspective by Neva Emerine

About Neva: My name is Neva. I am 16, and I've been full-timing with my mom, Kimber,
and my little sister, Elaina, for almost 2 years. I couldn't imagine a better life!

Do you know How to Hit the Road? This book can show you how: To make money on the road To get your mail on the road To pick the right camper for your family And to get your life off hold and on the road! Order your copy today!

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Ten Best Authors Homes in the Country


10. Emily Dickinson, Amherst, MA 9. Robert Frost, Shaftsbury, VT 2. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hartford, CT 1. William Faulkner, Oxford, MS
Reprinted from National Geographic The 10 Best of Everything for Families

8. Authors of Concord, Concord, MA 7. Mark Twain, Hartford, CT 6. Jack London, Glen Ellen, CA

5.Ernest Hemingway, Key West, FL Want to walk in the footsteps of Americas Greatest Writers? Heres where you can: 4. Edgar Allen Poe, Baltimore, MD

3. Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dayton, OH

Ten Best Opportunities to Serve


Americorps Cityyear Citizen Corps Feeding America Habitat for Humanity Interamerican workshop US Army Corps of Engineers Volunteer Clearinghouse Learn and Serve America Youth for Service Nicodemus

Ten Best Thanksgiving Parades


1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Americas Hometown Parade, Plymouth, MA Parade Spectacular, Stamford, CT Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, NYC, NY Thanksgiving Day Parade, Philadelphia, PA Carolinas Parade, Charlotte, NC 6. 7. 8. 9. Holiday Lights! Parade, Gahanna, OH McDonalds Parade, Chicago, IL Americas Thanksgiving Parade, Detroit, MI HEB Holiday Parade, Houston, TX 10. Jacksonport Parade, Jacksonport, WI

When will we see you again? FtF Mini Meet up in Disney World When: December 7th15th Where: Orlando Thousand Trails / Disney World What: Camp with us and sign up for the Carolina Homeschool Groups Annual Disney Trip for great rates on Disney Tix: http://www.carolinahomeschooler.com/atravelwdw.html Who: Anyone who enjoys camping How Much: FreeYou are responsible for your camping fees and Disney tix. Some organized activities will include potlucks and campfires.

FtF 2013 Winter Family Reunion Rally When: January 24th27th Where: TBD What: Our full blown Family Reunion Rally with tons of fun activities. For more info about our past rallies, check out: http://fulltimefamilies.com/
slideshow/2012-ftf-summer-family-reunion-rally-is-a-huge-success/

Who: Anyone families who like to have a great time! How Much: Check fulltimefamilies.com soon for registration.

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