Kids who grow up and quit believing in Santa probably spend their whole life wondering what is missing from their world and all they have to do is keep believing.
Your glamper is fab.

Thanks for sharing such good memories! Blessings!

Merry Christmas! as usual I love seeing your “old” decorations, they are beautiful!

I always enjoy your posts, such a positive message. Love the pictures of you and your family and the dog looks so sweet. Merry Christmas : ))

I love this blog and happy your memories were so good as my little girl. Carmine’s looks like a beautiful restaurant! Your camper looks so inviting. Great family picture.

Love you.
Mother

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I was actually just wondering that about the wasps. I keep seeing them everywhere this year. It seems like we can’t open our back door without one sneaking in. About 2 weeks ago I ended up with 4 inside my house. They really make me worry because I’m afraid they will sting my boys or my dog who is actually highly allergic to them. (We dealt with a bee sting in the past with my dog and it was not pretty.) I am starting to think my new garden is what’s drawing them near my house.
I am not a big fan of bugs and I wasn’t awear of the amount that is really surrounding me, but I will continue to respect their job as a part of our world an let them take care of my garden!

Thank you for such a lovely educational piece on our world of insects. One of my favorites to run across is the Rhinoceros Beetle. You can see why they get their name

Really interesting blog. Great pictures.

This Suburban Farm Girl and Advanced Master Gardener is a tremendous example of a lifelong learner! Her curiosity and sparkle deserves national attention as an example for the youth of America! Don Ramsey, Resident of Newtown, CT

I am honestly not a big fan of burgers and very seldom will order them if we go out to eat. I prefer pasta or chicken, but if I had to pick my favorite burger, it would be my dads teriyaki burger. He makes them super thick and full of teriyaki sauce. He will also grill pineapple and onions to go on top. The only other add on is Swiss cheese. It is such a messy burger that you will need plenty of wipes! I do have a weakness for onion rings though, but my favorite are homemade sweet potato fries! I could eat them everyday. It sounds like you have had a fun burger journey. Hope you can visit them all again soon.

Oh my goodness, it is getting close to my lunch hour and YES, I want one of the burgers you just talked about! each place sounds so good!

YUM!! What a fun jaunt you shared and hamburgers too. Thanks God bless.

Thank You for sharing your road trip. I like that ice-cream parlor. Unfortunately, there are not too many ice-cream parlors left.
Marilyn

It all looks “fun” and yummy! I want to make sweet potato fries! Do you have a good recipe? Do you boil the potatoes 1st? Would be great with a delicious burger…..

We camp often and just returned from a 4 day campout yesterday, but this looks like so much fun! I think I may have to look into a small vintage camper or glamper.

Looks like so much fun!!!
To say these are cute campers would be an understatement!
Thanks for sharing your fun adventure!

Looks like a fabulous time. I need to find a sweet vintage camper and hit the road. 🙂 You have inspired me.

You did a wonderful job of restoration and I’m so glad you enjoyed your maiden voyage. If you can tolerate one more suggestion: see if you can find a vintage cover for your spare tire. If not, find a vinyl cover to protect it from the sun. That giant ball of fire in the sky can cause your tire to deteriorate quickly and make the rubber unstable. Meanwhile, continue having as much fun as you can!

What a great job you did with the camper. i love anything Vintage. Thanks for sharing.
Marilyn

Loved seeing your Vintage Glamping ideas .
I bought an older Scamp this year . Glamped
it out , still doing art work on the outside . I’ve
had more fun in my ‘little femine ‘ get away bug , just
sitting in the driveway . Many neighbors stop
by to talk and we’ve solved a lot of problems out there .
It’s simply a creative outlet , fun and given me much
joy ! Soon to hit the road .

Oh my word Nicole, I’m dying over your camper (but you already know that)!!! It is SO AWESOME!!! I need one. Oh how I need one! Just exactly like yours!!!

Big hugs,

– Dori, the Ranch Farmgirl –

Love the blog!! 🙂

Nicole That is SO AMAZING! You made my heart smile, as this is my dream. What a beauty. The colors are so happy and inviting. I bet it will look even better when you get the awning. Enjoy it!!

Oh I love all the pics and what a fun time… I cant wait to take mine on a camping venture with other vintage campers, we go camping all the time, just havent been to one with other vintage campers yet…how fun to wake up in the 60’s…LOVE ELVIS….I love the name Gidget, and I love yall had such a good time…many happy trails to yall. Neta.

Oh, how I miss camping. I haven’t been in years. Congrats to Susan C for winning. Nicole, your glamper Gidget is so cute and the name is perfect. I am so glad you posted these pictures. It is so much fun to see the different ones and how cute they all are.

HI Nicole,

LOVED your beautiful pictures! They took me back in time. You FEEL like you’re back in the 60’s being around all those vintage campers! Enjoyed experiencing your “fun” camping…you did a lovely job of decorating Gidget the Glamper…Perfect name.

“Sweetness and Light” is my suggestion. I loved your article!

I love this glamper! I love to camp and I love our camper, but yours is so cute. The additions to it are simply amazing. The fact that you carried the vintage theme on inside is what makes it so cute. I would name her Miss Daisy because I love the movie and you would be pulling Miss Daisy. LOL!!

Love the new camper!! You guys definitely lucked out. The decorations and storage match great. I would love to own a trailer someday. We actually began looking this year but just haven’t found the perfect one. We also want to take our time and find the perfect trailer without spending an arm and a leg. We will just have to keep our eyes open. Hope you can find the perfect name for your camper!

Congratulations! She is the cutest little camper so she could be name Cutie Pie. I love what you have done with her.
Happy trails.

I love your camper, it looks perfectly cozy! Aren’t you glad you waited? My husband and I are looking but so far we haven’t found the perfect one for us. I feel confident, though. It’s out there, I just need to find it.

OH so COOL! lucky you!

Lola :).

What a great little find!
You are going to have so much fun!

I think Gypsy would be a cute name. I have always wanted to live in a a tiny camper on the road live in a little town for awhile and then move on to a new adventure.

What a cutie…I would call her
“Miss Teensie”

I love, love, love the kitchen area!!! You and your vintage trailer were meant to find each other. Congratulations (on both your find and your 25th anniversary!) and best wishes!

Beautiful little camper! My best friend has one similar to yours just 10 ft long. It’s name is Junior. I think yours could be Li’l Miss Roam-a-round.

Thank you for sharing your great pictures of your long sought after glamper! It is WONDERFUL! Glad you FINALLY found your dream…You’ve decorated it so adorably…I did like the comment “pulling Miss Daisy” Cute!

The first name that came to me was “Gladys”.
Sound 60’ish love the trailer
Hope she gives you many years of fun.

What a cutie! I keep thinking it should have something to do with your minions, since mini is in there, but sadly nothing witty comes to mind. Maybe the suggestion can get the creative juices flowing! Enjoy!

How about a vintage Danish name like Agatha or Ursula?

How about Josephine Traveler. What a beautiful trailer. You have done a fine job of fixing it up. Have fun camping. We need to enjoy our parks while we still have them, and let our government know that we do.

I just adore your camper! So happy for you! I see you like Minions so how about naming your camper Po-Ta-Toe!

How wonderful! Fun times ahead!

Look like “Naomi”

You love the Minions, go with Bob or Carla! We too would love to get a camper one day. We just got a “new” 2000 Jeep and put the trailer hitch on it. We did not have any towing capacity before this. We are slowly heading the right direction, on bite a t a time 🙂 Until then, we tent it. Have fun in your new toy. It looks so inviting.

Your camper is adorable. I would call her Blue Moon, something that doesn’t come along everyday but is a site to see if you’re lucky. Congrats on your 25th anniversary. May your travels be filled with fun and adventure.

A beautiful camper, you’re very lucky! My name suggestion is “Peachy”.

Nicole, I know what you experienced when you found the right one. I went through the same experience when my husband and I went looking for our camper. As soon as I saw it and the layout inside I knew it was ‘the one’. It was ‘home away from home’, ‘love at first sight’ for me and we bought it. I never named her though. But after following your post and seeing what you have done what stuck in my mind was this: Nola Blu Don’t ask me why, it just did. Can’t explain it, but I like it. Hope you enjoy your camper for many years. Unfortunately, my husband sold ours after a few years and it was a great loss to me.

OMG She is ADORABLE! My sweetie and I have a 1976 Arabian fifth wheel that I completely redid the inside and brightened up and added all my vintage touches to. We found it on Craigs list, after several attempted scams ughh, finally found one just one exit up from where we live. Got a great deal. Love having a home that is paid for. HA! I LOVE your stove and fridge and sink. How cool to have turquoise. I loved my original fridge in mine but had to replace because it kept going out, cant be off camping and fridge goes out. We have had every type of camper you can think of, and even lived in a huge one for 5 years which had all the luxuries of home, but then we bought our house here in NC and got rid of the big fancy one and got this small vintage one we have now. Out of all our campers this is my favorite. I just got a new vintage awning made for her, I tried to hold on to the original one for as long as I could but unfortunately it was dryrotted inplaces and kept ripping so I ordered on from martysawnings on line..she makes awnings to your requested size. very fast, took only two weeks and very reasonable. We have been camping now for 25 of our 27 years of marriage, and we only have 3 states left to visit. I love Mary Janes term glamping, even met some ladies once that were glampers at a campsite in La. they were all traveling together through several states. for a name how about “Sweet Magnolia”…anyway have tons of fun, there is so much to see out there and so much better from traveling with a camper. Be Blessed and happy travels to yall. Neta.

You and your Husband have done beautiful things with your camper. I hope that you have many happy years camping and Glamping!

Loved your story. I had chickens for years. Between raccoons, hawks and coyotes they managed to get them all. My daughter-in-law lives down the hill. She has lots of chickens and two roosters that get along. I can hear the roosters crowing in the morning and I get free eggs. Couldn’t get better than that.

Nicole, so sorry you had to get rid of your rooster and that he had turned so mean. I wonder why they do? I don’t have nor will I ever have a rooster in my hen house. No Men Allowed! My hens love me as if I was their ‘rooster’ as they gather close around my feet when I go in the pen. They cluck and coo and talk back and forth. I love my hens. Some don’t lay eggs any more – too old probably as I have had them for over a year and they were over a year old when I got them. Golden Comets and they are so calm and gentle hens. This fall I hope to get some new younger ones that will lay more eggs as I have neighbors who rely on me for fresh brown eggs. Your hens look wonderful. I hope you have a better year now that you have some new ones and no ‘rooster’. I have never witnessed a rooster that does what your rooster did and hope never to see it. When my son was small a rooster attacked him and I have never trusted roosters since then. Maybe it is because they train them for fighting and that ‘gene’ is passed down? Who knows? Happy days ahead for your ladies.

Hi Nicole. I’ve had mean roosters and there’s just no changing their nature! They become dangerous and have to be destroyed, sadly. I’m now in an apartment (senior) but I hope to be able to have chickens again some day. I miss my “girls” as my grandmother would call them. There’s just something peaceful about the sounds they make!

Your story rings so true me and I’m very sorry you had the experience but, in my humble opinion, you did the best for all. Your new ones are lucky to have the older girls and y’all in there lives. Hope your change will lessen soon. God bless.

Nicole, that’s a bummer about your rooster. I’m sorry to hear he turned mean and needed to find a new home. It’s always hard to see animals go. I agree with you on them still being pets. My husband grew up on a farm so he doesn’t understand. He probably would have just cooked him. There is no way I could have. One day I hope to have chickens and I don’t plan on having a rooster. It will be so much fun for my boys to experience. I hope all your chickens, new and old, are doing good.

I’m so sorry you had to go through that with your flock, Nicole. It’s traumatic for the flock and the flock keepers too! We experienced exactly the same thing with our flock several years ago. We accidentally ended up with two roo’s in a batch of new chicks ( our second flock I believe) and decided to gamble on keeping them to see what would happen. All was well in the beginning until one of the roosters became the alpha an wouldn’t leave the poor hens alone. He even quarantined two off in the coop an wouldn’t let them out at all in the run and when I went in the run he was aggressive. The hens were stressed and so were we. I thought I was a tougher farmgirl than I really am and had both of the roosters butchered thinking we would eat them. I lacked the guts to ever cook them. They sat in my freeze for a year and I finally disposed of them in the trash.

I’m happy to know that the new little flock is happy with the older girls and peace has been restored in your hen house!
A hard life-lesson for sure. Thanks for sharing your story.
Blessings!
Deb

I really enjoyed your story. I look forward to the day when I can have chickens again. And now that I’m retired, I’ll have more time to enjoy them and get to know their personalities like you do with yours. Too bad they don’t have some neutering program for roosters – maybe it would make them more docile. But then, I guess they wouldn’t protect the flock? Hmmm….

I really enjoyed your post as always, Nicole. Your home Improvements and family addition are wonderful and I love how you decorate your home in patriotic colors, very happy and cheerful but still cosy and welcoming too. Well done to your daughter on finishing her first year of high school. How did she find it?
It’s winter here in Australia, but we live in a mild climate, so cooler temps, but no snow. Still busy days here, with family, work, painting, daily walks, and working on making my goals happen. happy summer days to your and yours

I LOVE geraniums…so cute that your’s became a “home” for a family of birds.

Love your decorating style, I do the ‘summer look’the same. We had a late, if any Spring and having Summer storms, gardening is getting a late start but on I go on a season of ‘Harding’. Great addition to your family. God bless

Hi Nicole, I love your chicken coop. I wish I had made mine like this, but maybe later when my girls are worn out and tired of laying eggs and it is time for them to retire, I will change my coop around abit and get some new girls in. A good floor is always a blessing when it comes to cleaning it out. I also love geraniums, especially the lemon ones that keep the mosquitoes away. Kudo’s for using a rescue site to obtain another canine pet. It’s great when an animal chooses you. Keep on blogging.

Oh how reading your blog just got me super excited for summer! During the first part of this week we took 3 trips to the swimming pool and now I’m ready to get my own kiddie pool. The boys just loved it. I also have my garden planted, but no quite as much as you. Good luck with your garden. I hope it gives you mounds of fresh produce. Your little Oidin is still adorable as ever! Love the little car seat for your little fur baby. As for our summer I’m hoping to go camping, swimming, and have plenty of BBQs. Then fill in the rest with small fun activities with my boys.

I love orchids! I have always wanted one but like others I have been intimidated by their special needs. Your break down actually makes me feel like I can keep one alive! Right now I currently have a bamboo plant that is dying. I’m not sure why either. I have had it for 6 years now with no problems, but lately it is dying one stem at a time. So now that I’m in need of a new plant I might try an orchid. My only problem is where to put it. I would have wanted to put it on my kitchen table but now I know that won’t work! Maybe my living room? I’ll have to test it out. Love your blog post.

Your Orchids re lovely. Have a Happy Mother’s Day.
Marilyn

I love orchids and tried for years before I was finally able to get one to bloom. My problem was that I was watering them too often. A little neglect (not really neglect but less watering) worked wonders and now I have several, both at work and at home, that bloom almost continuously. They are fascinating and beautiful plants.

I have several orchids. I love that the blooms last so long. On one I had there were three stems at the same time. Each stem had about 15 flowers. It was beautiful. I’m getting ready to repot my orchids. I’ve already bought the potting soil, the one shown in your blog.
I hope SPRING gets to you soon. That is one of the nice things about orchids…they can bloom anytime. I enjoy reading your blog.
Take care,
Becky

Great help for successfully with Orchids. I love Orchids but in my area it is difficult to keep the humidity proper, so I do my best and when it is time, I buy another. May sound extravagant but what’s a girl to do. We had snow twice in 12 days, so no outside Spring yet. So happy y’all had a fun Spring break, your pic’s are superb. God bless.

What a fun surprise birthday party! Your daughter did well! I hope you enjoyed your day. Everything looks fantastic. I would love to dress up in some 1940’s clothes! I tell my mom all the time that I was born in the wrong generation. I’m close with my mother and always have been. It’s such a wonderful relationship. May you and your daughters stay strong! Happy late birthday!

Your little chihuahua is so cute and surprisingly your new snake has pretty markings. Snakes freak me out usually but I didn’t cringe when I seen him.

Is all of your snow melted? Did everyone survive the storm just fine? Hopefully spring time will catch up with you all there soon!

Happy belated Birthday to YOU! No outside planting here either, been snowing on/off foe two days/nights, we so need the moisture so not complaing yet. Thanks for sharing your interesting life. God bless.

Nicole, I love the pictures of your friends at your surprise party! Your friend Lisa has a great sense of humor and I really liked the flyer’s hat. Cake was great! Wish I could have been there with you. Noodle does look like candy corn.
I love you,
Mother

That laundry room is so cute & well organized! I love it & it has inspired me to do some touch ups on my own. Thanks for sharing. Pat

The clothes pin bags take me back to my childhood, hanging clothes on the line in the backyard. The clothes pin bag was so handy to keep clothes pins close by. I still use clothes pins for clothes and craft projects. Thank you for offering such a sweet memory.

This is a cute laundry room! Thanks for the ideas!

I love your laundry room. I also did mine over a few years ago. Painted it a cheery green, made a skirt for the utility tub, hung tin signs, and my grandmothers washboard along with a smaller one I painted for her in my decorative painting years. It’s good how easy it is to make a utilitarian room so pleasant to be in.

Thank you for all the ideas. My laundry room is much smaller (more like a closet, haha) but you definitely gave me some ideas and love the clothespin bag and something to protect the top of the machines. Always refreshing to get ideas to make an area more inviting.

Love your laundry redo. I use clothes pins for a lot of different things. We use wire baskets to support our tomatoes and peppers. To keep up with the different varieties, I write the name on the clothespin and clip it to the wire. Now I don’t have to say, now what kind did I plant here.

Cute laundry room!

I have an ironing board just like yours. it was my husband’s great grandmothers, passed down to us. I love hanging clothes out on my clothesline and need a new pin holder and can always use more pins! I also make my own detergent so the soap will come in handy. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway!

Homemade and thrift items are my favorite accents throughout my home. I made a wooden laundry sign to hang in a grouping with granitewear basins and washboards. Also have an old wooden ironing board where I hang my favorite apron. Would love to add the beautiful clothespin bag. Your laundry room looks great done with little money but much creativity. So farmgirl.

LOVE all your practical and fun ideas. The laundry dispenser is perfect!

Nicole, love the amazing detail you have added to your laundry room! Now that i think of it, you are definitely one for details – you always show so many details in your home, garden and adventures 🙂

As i read your blog, i realized that i have also made our laundry room more cozy – same red washer/dryer (don’t you love that color – who wouldn’t want to do laundry!!!???); new colorful rug and curtains; farmgirl art from the Good Will; and an awesome cloth ‘basket’ – so much better than plastic (i agree!!!). Ours also has our dog bed – up dated as well. I have inexpensive white cabinets on one wall where i keep all my canning supplies and less used kitchen equipment. To top it off, on the white shelves i have stored our precious nature collections that the boys and i have collected over the years. A real special place for me – only thing left is new paint and ceiling repair – hubby fell through the attic a while ago and its not totally fixed yet 🙂 ).

I’m going to look at it right now and practice thankfulness for such a lovely room! Thanks for reminding me to do so 🙂

Love your laundry room. Trying to get mine in order. Right now I also use it for the dogs to sleep in at night and my baby chicks. But it will get all prettified soon.

Lucky you to have a laundry room. Mine in the condo is a small place behind two doors, but still think I can spruce it up a bit.
Clothespin bags–my mom’s was of sturdy fabric with a circle opening for ease in grabbing a wooden pin or two, and tossing them back in at take down time.

My laundry room is located just as you walk into my back door. I hope to clean it up this weekend. I like the idea of the place mat on the top of the drier to fold clothes on. Right now it holds about everything that doesn’t have a place at the moment. I have a moveable drying rack that is in my front porch and needs to come back in this room. Lots of wonderful ideas on this blog. Thank you – I am inspired.

Love the laundry room redo and the clothespin bag. I’d love to win that. Just moved out to the country and I’m enjoying hanging out clothes.

So pretty! I hope your front loads last more than mine did (2 years and 3 weeks, just out of warranty!). We are going to be building our retirement home soon, i saved some pics and am going to try and incorporate some into my new laundry room!

I LOVE your washer and dryer. I always wanted that color red, but we settled for white. My next set will for sure be red! Your remodeling has turned out fabulous. Those are some very creative ways to redo a laundry room. In our current house, our washer and dryer are in a closet. So technically we don’t have a laundry room. If we ever get the chance to move I would love to decorate mine similar to yours!

Hi there,
You both did a fantastic job! In rebuilding our house after our fire in 2010 I also got the laundry room I always wanted, within the space constraints of course. I noticed your antique dryer rack on the wall. Last year I found one just like it at Animal Welfare’s Thrift Shop. I paid maybe $8 and spray painted it white. My husband said he didn’t want it there and I won out! It is so useful and folds out of the way when we don’t need it. Since I use the heated pool at the Senior Center 2 – 3 times a week, the laundered bathing suit dries there so nicely. I think he’s changed his mind by now. Yours, Ellen O.

Oh my – so many great ideas here! I never noticed your beautiful washer and dryer!

You have cute treasures that are useful and decorative. That’s a fun laundry room.

Too cute! Love the old timer items she used since i am an old timer myself! thanks!

So adorable, I have some cute antiques in my laundry room and I love them. My laundry room needs help to make it function to the fullest. Thank you

I love your laundry room! I am now on a mission to find a tole-ware hamper!!! I love all of the containers you use as well!! I try to use cute containers for everything from detergents to flour! I’ve even lucked out with some old for things like coffee, oatmeal, and premium crackers!

What an adorable laundry room! Makes me want to go check mine out and see how I can make it look more pleasing while keeping it the work room that it is. Great post.

That laundry room is so neat and clean. I can not stand certain laundry product smells. I sneeze numerous times. Would love to win one of Julie’s creations. Thanks for the giveaway.
Joan