I get asked a lot about how we are living and how our days look practically.
Here's an overview of where we are at:
We are a family of nine. David, myself (Jodi) and our seven kids. Our kids ages range from almost 17 years down to 17months. We have three daughters followed by four boys.
We currently live in two mobile homes. One has four beds which David drives and the girls sleep in. I drive the six bedder and David joins myself and the four boys here for meals and sleeping or if he is not working.
The girls are really into Doctor Who at present so their mobile home is called "The Tardis" and has a picture of the tardis around the entire front door. It's not quite complete yet but I will put up a picture when it is. I think it looks pretty cool. David did most of the art work, he's a pretty clever boy no matter what he puts his hand to. The Tardis has become a real teenage pad. The girls friends love coming over and I think they enjoy the novelty of something a bit different.
My Home is called "Mother Trucker" it was a bit of a joke to begin with but it's stuck. I was so nervous when I first started driving. I remember arriving with a sweat the very first time I drove and especially when I had to reverse. These days, after over a year of driving it feels like an extension of me and I wonder why it felt so daunting.
We travel slow up hills but we are in no rush. As long as we are considerate to those behind us then we just amble along. Our mobile homes are not the top of the market they are both 1990 Mazdas but with a regular service every six months we hope to keep them in shape.
We are fully self contained. We do all our cooking, showering and ablutions on board. We used to use the local pools for showering but now we have set up the very small bathrooms so we can use them better. There is a shower but to save water we use about 1/4 bucket of water per person for washing. It's amazing how little water you really need to get clean. We need to fill up with water and empty our waste water and toilet every 2-3 days.
I might begin a diary for a week to show how our days look. I'm not sure if it will be boring or not but it will be a record for us to look back on to see how we did life. Life is anything but normal but it still has it's normal challenges and it also has extra highlights with the benefits of being on the road.
Welcome to the life of the Mother trucker and Tardis.
Here's an overview of where we are at:
We are a family of nine. David, myself (Jodi) and our seven kids. Our kids ages range from almost 17 years down to 17months. We have three daughters followed by four boys.
We currently live in two mobile homes. One has four beds which David drives and the girls sleep in. I drive the six bedder and David joins myself and the four boys here for meals and sleeping or if he is not working.
The girls are really into Doctor Who at present so their mobile home is called "The Tardis" and has a picture of the tardis around the entire front door. It's not quite complete yet but I will put up a picture when it is. I think it looks pretty cool. David did most of the art work, he's a pretty clever boy no matter what he puts his hand to. The Tardis has become a real teenage pad. The girls friends love coming over and I think they enjoy the novelty of something a bit different.
My Home is called "Mother Trucker" it was a bit of a joke to begin with but it's stuck. I was so nervous when I first started driving. I remember arriving with a sweat the very first time I drove and especially when I had to reverse. These days, after over a year of driving it feels like an extension of me and I wonder why it felt so daunting.
We travel slow up hills but we are in no rush. As long as we are considerate to those behind us then we just amble along. Our mobile homes are not the top of the market they are both 1990 Mazdas but with a regular service every six months we hope to keep them in shape.
We are fully self contained. We do all our cooking, showering and ablutions on board. We used to use the local pools for showering but now we have set up the very small bathrooms so we can use them better. There is a shower but to save water we use about 1/4 bucket of water per person for washing. It's amazing how little water you really need to get clean. We need to fill up with water and empty our waste water and toilet every 2-3 days.
I might begin a diary for a week to show how our days look. I'm not sure if it will be boring or not but it will be a record for us to look back on to see how we did life. Life is anything but normal but it still has it's normal challenges and it also has extra highlights with the benefits of being on the road.
Welcome to the life of the Mother trucker and Tardis.
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