Making Use of Free Resources - Our RV Journey - Summer Trip - Day 13

“My books, my family, my friends, and my farm furnish more than enough to occupy me the remainder of my life.”  ~ Thomas Jefferson, 1795

We’ve already made a trip to the library to catch up with our favorite authors.  I love the library and find it a wonderful resource. My love of the library has been passed on and embraced by my children. We are all readers and currently have at least one book at our bedside.

We also have one Kindle that I add free books too as I find them. I prefer a real live book nesting in my hands as I read. A friend had a few extra Kindles and sold one to me at a bargain price. They are wonderful for traveling. When I first received it, we were reading Little Women. It is a rather big book. We were getting ready for t0 and I was delighted to find it for free for the Kindle. It is also useful to find and have access to free books.

~ Happy Camper

Back to Basics

Let's go back to the basics. Each and every one of us has 4 basic needs:
1. Food
2. Water
3. Shelter
4. Clothing
I also add #5. Love. =)

So each day, how many of us are thinking about these 5 basic needs? Not many of us. If we are living comfortably, we take these 5 basic needs for granted. When I think of simplifying my life, I go back to the basics.

Yesterday, my children and I went to the library. We love the library! We borrowed the first book in the series The Boxcar Children. I remember reading and loving this series as a child. As I was reading this book aloud to them, I realized this is a great book to talk about and explain our basic needs to the kids. So that's what I started doing. The kids are really enjoying the book. We are halfway through it already. The Boxcar Children are acquiring their basic needs. They are also good problem solvers! I highly recommend this book.