1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,680 A lot of women that I talk to don't like camping, but it's 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,520 super fun. You just need to learn to plan 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:13,320 ahead a little bit. I'm Ronnie and you're listening 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,840 to Clean With Me, the podcast where I walk you through 5 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,000 cleaning your house step by step. 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:23,120 When you clean along with this show, you'll get more done in 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,400 less time so you can spend the rest of your day doing what 8 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:30,080 matters most to you. Thanks for joining me. 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:36,760 I am recording this on a phone in the truck at a campsite, so 10 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,600 please forgive me that it's not the usual sound quality, but I 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,240 think it'll be OK. Let's get right into the 12 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,040 episode. It's time to gear up for your 13 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:50,560 cleaning session. Maybe you need to freshen up for 14 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:55,200 the day a little bit, or slip into some slides or whatever 15 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,560 kind of shoes you like to clean in. 16 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:06,000 Or maybe you need to open your curtains and blinds and windows 17 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,480 and let some fresh air circulate. 18 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:14,080 Or if the weather doesn't permit or it's late at night and you 19 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,320 want to keep everything locked up, I understand. 20 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,200 Maybe you can get your house smelling good with a scented 21 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:25,640 candle, wax warmer, essential oil diffuser, whatever you like 22 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:30,280 to use. Another thing you could be doing 23 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,360 to help kick off this cleaning session is starting a load of 24 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,880 laundry. Maybe you have some clothes to 25 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,880 wash, or maybe you have a lot of laundry to wash and you need to 26 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:46,120 just get some towels and underwear in there and get those 27 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,600 going. Those essentials or somebody's 28 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,040 uniform, you could throw in there whatever needs to be 29 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:58,400 washed in a hurry or maybe you need to strip your bedding and 30 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:05,320 get some of that washing. I recently got a new, I would 31 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,800 say comforter. It's actually one of those duvet 32 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:14,120 inserts and I didn't get the duvet cover yet because they 33 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,640 were all out of it but I just got the Better Homes and Gardens 34 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:21,360 and this is not sponsored or anything I just thought it was a 35 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,360 good deal and practical. I got the Better Homes and 36 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,920 Gardens duvet insert at Walmart and they keep the duvet covers 37 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:33,560 right there but they were all out of the white king sized and 38 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,880 I insisted on everything being white. 39 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,520 Of course I already got chocolate on the insert, but 40 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:44,520 I'll fix it. But I was thinking about getting 41 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:49,560 a white comforter or even a duvet set on Amazon or 42 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,000 something. But I, I don't trust the reviews 43 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,360 'cause I know a lot of people get paid to write Amazon 44 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,720 reviews, even though they're verified purchasers, you know, 45 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,200 they're, they're biased in a lot of cases. 46 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,200 So I like to click on the negative reviews. 47 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,760 Even if it's like 4.8 or something, I like to click on 48 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,760 the negative reviews on those items and see what they said. 49 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,000 And it's like, oh, these are super flat. 50 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,440 They're flat as a pancake. They look nothing like the 51 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,400 picture, this and that. But if you buy a comforter or a 52 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:28,040 duvet insert in person, you know you know what you're getting. 53 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,840 And I'm not saying it's the fluffiest thing around, but I 54 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,320 knew what I was getting because I looked at it in the store and 55 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:42,200 it was affordable. So I got that duvet insert for 56 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,760 now, which we're using that as our comforter just by itself and 57 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,280 I'm going to get the the cover later. 58 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,880 I realize I could have ordered it off walmart.com, but 59 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,440 sometimes like just buying things with bursts and for a 60 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:58,360 change. But I also got a new set of 61 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:06,560 sheets and pillowcases and I already had multiple sets of 62 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,760 sheets, but I was kind of down to 1 comforter 'cause I'm always 63 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,120 like passing different comforters on to the kids or 64 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,720 they end up turning into camping comforters or whatever. 65 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:23,880 My point is, I think it's a great idea to have a complete 66 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:29,480 second seat, a complete second sheet set. 67 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:34,200 I guess that's a tongue twister and a complete second comforter. 68 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:41,600 OK, so that if you change your bedding late in the day, you can 69 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:46,720 still make the bed and you're not going to be irritated with 70 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:51,120 yourself when you try to go to bed and you've got to restart 71 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,000 the dryer three times to dry that comforter or something. 72 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaking of bedding, you might want to just take a couple of 73 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:03,720 minutes to make your bed if you have not already done so. 74 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,280 So the camping trip tips I'm going to tell you in this 75 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:12,560 episode are probably so different than anyone else's 76 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,120 camping tips just 'cause I'm different, I guess. 77 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,400 Whenever I hear someone say they hate camping, a lot of times 78 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,560 it's it's someone who is a super glamorous type. 79 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:29,720 Their makeups always done, their hair is always curled, they're 80 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,040 always dressed real classy and everything. 81 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:39,680 And I often wonder, I wonder if it's because of the challenges 82 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,800 of looking good when camping. I wonder if that's why they 83 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:49,480 don't like it. When I was a teenager in high 84 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:55,880 school, there was a camping trip that was put on by our school. 85 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:01,960 It it wasn't just the usual summer camp per SE, but it was a 86 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:09,320 camping trip where the seniors got to be camp counselors to 87 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:16,040 some 7th graders. So I was in a little tent with 88 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:22,840 several 7th grade girls and I was a senior at the time and one 89 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:27,160 thing they were super surprised to find out was that I had 90 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:34,920 brought a butane curling iron. I graduated in 1990, so this 91 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,680 camping trip might have been in 1989. 92 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:43,440 And so you didn't want your bangs just completely flat. 93 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:48,200 Like at that point, I wasn't doing like the high hair or what 94 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,560 Nowadays they call it mall bangs. 95 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:55,000 Like in hindsight or something, my husband calls it high hair. 96 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:00,720 We weren't really doing that so much, but we were still curling 97 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:06,360 our bangs. And I can't remember if I bought 98 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:11,560 that curling iron specifically for that camping trip or if it 99 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:16,080 was so I could get ready in the car, but I used it for both. 100 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:22,480 So that was one way of making sure that I looked good tent 101 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,960 camping. And no, I'm not that super 102 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:35,600 glamorous type who always has a full face of makeup, but I do 103 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,040 care how I look camping. I'm not the other end of the 104 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,600 spectrum. You know when you go camping 105 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,360 with a group of people and the women are like, you put on 106 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,480 makeup or camping and they just purposely are looking real rough 107 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,040 or something. And no judgement here if you 108 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,000 don't ever wear makeup. I get that. 109 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:56,080 But I'm saying a lot of women who usually wear makeup will 110 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,400 kind of act like there's some kind of a rule when you're 111 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,560 camping that you don't put on makeup. 112 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,520 And maybe it's just that they're taking a break from it. 113 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,840 But I'm the type of person who always wears at least mascara 114 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,840 and these days some other things too. 115 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:18,720 And I'm talking even if I'm in a hospital bed or something. 116 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,440 I mean, I'm, I'm pretty sick. I'm pretty bad off if you don't 117 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,680 see any makeup on me in the hospital. 118 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,640 So yes, I do wear eye makeup camping. 119 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,200 And some of you might be thinking, well is it tent 120 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:40,559 camping or is it glamping? Definitely at my age I prefer 121 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:46,840 glamping. But as recently as how long ago 122 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:48,640 was it? It wasn't that long ago. 123 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:53,600 It was during the pandemic, so I'm going to say in either 2020 124 00:08:53,600 --> 00:09:01,880 or 2021 we went tent camping. So it's not outside of the realm 125 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:07,240 of possibility for me to camp in a tent, but I do prefer camping 126 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,360 in an RV. And if you don't like tent 127 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:19,080 camping or and you don't have an RV, you could rent a cabin 128 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,680 somewhere and still kind of camp, so to speak. 129 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,800 OK, I gave you way too much time to make your bed. 130 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:34,800 It's now time to straighten up your front entrance area or your 131 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,760 front room. Just start at the front door and 132 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,920 start straightening up. Clear any clutter off the floor. 133 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:46,040 Straighten the couch cushions. Dust any surfaces that may need 134 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:50,680 it and while you're at it, gather any dishes from around 135 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:53,560 the house, like the mugs on the night stand. 136 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,720 I'll tell you how I got chocolate on that comforter and 137 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:06,720 it's I'm not proud of this, but I had left a mug there. 138 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,160 OK, you know, I'm always talking about mugs on the night stand. 139 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:18,320 And the chocolate syrup that I had put into my coffee kind of 140 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,120 settled to the bottom. So once the coffee was gone, 141 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,720 there was a little bit of chocolate down in the bottom. 142 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:33,000 Well, in the middle of the night, I pulled my plastic water 143 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,400 bottle out of that mug. Like I had set the water bottle 144 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,960 in the mug, pulled it out and gotten a drink. 145 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:48,000 And then the bottom of the water bottle had chocolate on it and 146 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,520 it ended up on my comforter and it was dark and I didn't realize 147 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,840 it was happening until the next morning. 148 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:58,600 Yes, I sprayed it with a pretreater, washed it right away 149 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:00,920 but you could still faintly see it. 150 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,960 But since it's white I'll just fix it with bleach. 151 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,840 I'll I'll have to figure out if if it's safe to bleach the whole 152 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,040 thing probably is and I'll probably risk it since I got it 153 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,960 at Walmart. I probably just need to wash 154 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,840 that that comforter insert again with some bleach. 155 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,040 But whenever something really isn't supposed to be bleached, 156 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:27,320 I've been known to spot treat it with like bleach and AQ tip or a 157 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:31,880 bleach pen. Anyway, that's another reason to 158 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:37,120 clear your night stand if you're accidentally going to set your 159 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,680 water bottle into a chocolatey mug. 160 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:45,000 Usually I drink out of a Tumblr on the night stand, but this was 161 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,440 just one of those times where I'd grabbed a disposable water 162 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,440 bottle. Just be straightening up your 163 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,320 front entrance and then gathering any dishes and taking 164 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:59,160 them to the sink area. And your front entrance might 165 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,840 also include a living area or two. 166 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:08,080 I did buy another butane curling iron years later as an adult. 167 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,880 I didn't like the new one as well. 168 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,720 It was one of those situations where they don't make them like 169 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:18,600 they used to. These days I have a small travel 170 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:25,480 travel trailer and I have a curling iron in one of the 171 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,440 drawers in the kitchen drawers. We don't have a lot of storage 172 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,440 in this travel trailer. We used to have a great big one 173 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:37,680 that was like 27 feet long or so, and then we got a cab over 174 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:43,040 camper and long story. But now we've got a very small 175 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:47,840 travel trailer that's like an 18 footer, but it does sleep 5 176 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,640 people. It's lacking in storage, though, 177 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:57,840 so there's a curling iron in one of the drawers, kitchen drawers. 178 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,000 But what my husband and I are talking about doing, there is 179 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:10,040 kind of a ledge above the microwave slash convection oven. 180 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:13,720 There is a ledge up above there and we like to put things up 181 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,840 there, but some of it slides off while we're driving. 182 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:22,800 So we're thinking about adding something around that, some kind 183 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,680 of a net or a little ledge or something to keep things from 184 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:32,040 sliding off. So that's something that we're 185 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,440 working on is just some storage solutions. 186 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,960 But at the same time, we also just realized that there was a 187 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:43,760 lot of storage space under the bottom bunk. 188 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,600 So it's one of those things where you've got to take the 189 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:54,640 thing out a couple times and realize like what modifications 190 00:13:54,640 --> 00:14:00,640 you want to make or what you want to bring next time, stuff 191 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,680 like that. But while we're talking a little 192 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:07,280 bit about tent camping, where you would use a butane curling 193 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:12,440 iron if curling your hair is a must, another thing that's kind 194 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:16,040 of a must with tent tent camping is just bringing some wipes, 195 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,720 whether it's official makeup removing wipes or just baby 196 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,200 wipes, especially if you're camping with a group of people. 197 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:27,800 If it's just your family, you might not really care how you 198 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,120 look when you first emerge from the tent. 199 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,920 But a lot of times it's fun to go camping with other families 200 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,240 and you want to look presentable when you emerge. 201 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,720 So you definitely want to have a mirror in there. 202 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:47,640 You want to have a spray bottle possibly for you know, getting 203 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:53,360 rid of that bed head, a wipe for removing your makeup so you can 204 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,880 quickly wash your face and reapply your makeup. 205 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,960 If you have long hair you could sleep in a braid or something. 206 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:08,000 My hair is just barely past shoulder length, so I'm team 207 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,480 spray bottle these days. My hair gets kind of flat just 208 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:16,480 on the back on one side. So I just in the mornings when 209 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,000 I'm getting ready, if it's not a morning where I'm jumping into 210 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,160 the shower, I just kind of, you know, I'm talking about even at 211 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:28,200 home, I'll just spray the back of my hair and then brush it and 212 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,720 I'll be good as new. Even at home, I like makeup 213 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,320 removing wipes. Sometimes I go through a phase 214 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,760 where I keep them on the night stand because you know, you're 215 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,640 we're watching TV late at night. I don't always feel like getting 216 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:44,000 up to wash my face before bed, and sometimes I'll just quickly 217 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,840 remove my makeup with a makeup removing wipe. 218 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,080 Hopefully by now you've straightened up your front 219 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:54,040 entrance. It's time to head to the 220 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,520 kitchen, and you probably gathered up the cups already or 221 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,560 whatever else was around your house that needed to go to the 222 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:05,600 sink area. Go ahead and get started on your 223 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,160 dishes, whatever that means for you. 224 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:11,720 Maybe you need to empty your dishwasher so that you can pre 225 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:16,400 rinse some stuff and reload it. Or maybe you need to empty your 226 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,240 drying rack. Or if you're like me, you might 227 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:24,640 use a drying rack and a dishwasher and need to empty 228 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:28,400 both. If you're new to the show, I am 229 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:33,120 really big on emptying your drying rack and dishwasher first 230 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,080 thing in the morning, like when you go in to make your tea or 231 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,800 coffee or get your juice, whatever you do when you first 232 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,280 go to the kitchen in the morning. 233 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,480 That way it kind of sets the stage for keeping up on dishes 234 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,440 throughout the day. If there's just something about 235 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:52,200 keeping your drying rack and or starting with an empty drying 236 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,720 rack and dishwasher at the beginning of the day, that sets 237 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,040 you up for success. But no judgement here. 238 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:03,120 If you've got dirty dishes to wash and clean, ones to put 239 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:07,119 away, and you've got to put away the clean stuff and then wash 240 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:11,599 The Dirty stuff, just don't be tempted to add to that pile in 241 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:15,520 your drying rack and play dish Jenga with this huge stack. 242 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,400 It's going to make your kitchen look cluttered and you're not 243 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:23,280 going to wash your dishes as fast if you're hand washing some 244 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,560 of them or all of them when you kind of don't know where to put 245 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,000 them and you have to think too hard. 246 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,720 I like to just start placing them into an empty drying rack 247 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,040 as I wash them. I usually get any difficult 248 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:41,560 items, washings like pots and pans with dried on food, I'll 249 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:46,240 get or get them soaking rather. And then I'll do a quick empty 250 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,760 reload and run of the dishwasher. 251 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:53,400 And then once that's running I'll hand wash anything that 252 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:59,040 didn't fit into the dishwasher. And then lastly I'll scrub and 253 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,960 wash those pots that needed a little time to soak. 254 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,960 You don't want to get into a cycle of leaving things to soak 255 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,840 overnight. Once in a while something really 256 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,800 needs that, but not all the time. 257 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,080 Sometimes just a little bit of soaking while you wash the other 258 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:18,160 stuff is really all you need. So don't, don't lie to yourself 259 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,800 about that. Just be working on dishes, 260 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,760 whatever that involves. And of course, if you're ahead 261 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:30,160 of the game and you don't have any dishes to wash, be cleaning 262 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,280 the surfaces in your kitchen from the top down. 263 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,080 And there are plenty of deep cleaning tasks you could work on 264 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,320 as well, like cleaning out your refrigerator, microwave, 265 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,840 whatever. But a lot of you have dishes to 266 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,600 do. The rest of you can be doing 267 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,360 other cleaning tasks in the kitchen. 268 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:53,400 But yeah, if your fear is looking rough when you emerge 269 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:58,640 from the tent, make sure you've got a mirror, a water spray 270 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:05,640 bottle brush, hair ties, makeup removing wipes, and of course 271 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:12,080 your makeup. And for camping I always bring 272 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:16,280 some type of makeup that has a built in mineral sunscreen. 273 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,840 I use that a lot of the time anyway, but especially when I'm 274 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,480 going to be outside a lot. And for tick camping you do have 275 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:31,080 to time it correctly. Check the forecast and also 276 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:36,480 don't count on blow up mattresses because they almost 277 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:41,840 always leak. And don't expect to be 278 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:46,040 comfortable sleeping on just a sleeping bag on the floor of the 279 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,600 tent. You've got to bring some kind of 280 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:55,440 padding, whether it's a couple extra comforters or better yet, 281 00:19:55,440 --> 00:20:01,280 like one of those egg crate things, those spongy things that 282 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:04,400 you can use like on top of your mattress at home or whatever. 283 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,000 Bringing one of those to go in the bottom of the tent under the 284 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:14,880 sleeping bags is a must. Not when you're a teenager and 285 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:19,480 you're in there with some 7th graders or something, but when 286 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,800 you're an adult, you don't want to be sleeping on the ground. 287 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,560 When you're a kid, you're probably OK with roughing it 288 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:32,280 like that. And yes, tents have like these 289 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:37,840 little covers that go over the top for when it rains, but you 290 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,520 don't want it to rain when you're in a tent. 291 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,200 Anything more than just a light sprinkling it's it's going to be 292 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:49,080 a problem. One time we went camping and it 293 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,400 started to rain after a couple days. 294 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:57,120 But my husband's cousin who lived in the area had brought 295 00:20:57,120 --> 00:21:01,760 his tent trailer to join us for a day or so and go fishing, and 296 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,600 so he left his tent trailer there for us. 297 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:10,280 So on the last night, we were able to move into that tent 298 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:15,040 trailer rather than spend another night in the tent once 299 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:19,800 it started to rain. So rain, snow, those can 300 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,720 definitely be a problem. And being too hot can also be a 301 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,600 problem in a tent. So you know, you're going to 302 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:34,600 want to probably have some way to have a fan in there if it's a 303 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:39,480 little warm, If it's a little cold, you got to make sure that 304 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:44,040 you're able to keep warm enough. And checking the forecast is 305 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:48,200 crucial. An alternative to butane curling 306 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:54,120 iron, and this is probably more for people with bangs because 307 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:59,280 even when you have bangs that you wear relatively straight, 308 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:04,440 you need to kind of shape them. And so if you are in a situation 309 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,120 where you're not going to have power or whatever, just get a 310 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:13,880 large curler, like an old school curler like this little prickly 311 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:18,960 ones and just or even a large sponge roller. 312 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:20,360 But that kind of leaves the line. 313 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:23,160 I'm usually just the ones that are kind of prickly, like your 314 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:27,080 hair kind of holds it in place. And in the old days they would 315 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,160 stick those little plastic pins and do it. 316 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,160 But I just use the curler itself. 317 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:34,760 I get my bangs a little bit damp. 318 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,840 And I'm talking about situations where I don't really have power. 319 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,920 I've been known to do this like in the truck when we're driving 320 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:46,720 somewhere kind of far where I'll just use that one curler just to 321 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:51,640 shape my bangs. And yeah, I don't do it very 322 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,560 often because my hair dries super fast, especially my bangs. 323 00:22:55,560 --> 00:23:00,240 So even if I take a shower, like my bangs are dry soon enough for 324 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,920 me to shape them with like a giant curling iron at home 325 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:09,080 before I leave. But if I were tent camping for a 326 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,560 few days or something and did not have a butane curling iron, 327 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,360 I would bring just one big curler and a spray bottle and I 328 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:20,400 could shape my bangs that way. Like you basically spray your 329 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,360 bangs a little bit, put that curler in, and then do something 330 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:26,240 else like your makeup while your bangs are drying. 331 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,400 So just a little tip there. I talked about rain. 332 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,640 Another important thing to think about. 333 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:38,200 This is actually a lesson that I learned recently and I was not 334 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:44,720 even camping when I learned this lesson, but a lot of tennis 335 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,600 shoes or athletic shoes whatever you call them, have kind of a 336 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:54,920 mesh instead of being mainly leather and water resistant. 337 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,600 It can be a nightmare if your shoes and socks get wet. 338 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,600 This actually happened to me at Disneyland recently. 339 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:14,960 My I went to Disneyland with my mom and sister and I was kind of 340 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:19,880 the idiot that wore mesh shoes and there was a forecast that it 341 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,480 was going to rain. So I should have worn different 342 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,720 shoes, but I was trying to pick my most comfortable walking 343 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:30,480 shoes, and I didn't think that it was actually going to be 344 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,640 raining while we were there and that there would be some 345 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,200 standing water deep enough to get my shoes and socks wet. 346 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,520 But there was. But I remember another time when 347 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,200 my husband and I went camping at this place in Texas called Joe 348 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:49,120 Pool Lake, where it was just muddy everywhere. 349 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:54,280 It wasn't raining, but I guess it had recently rained and it 350 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:59,480 was super muddy. So it was a good thing that my 351 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,480 shoes were water resistant on that camping triplets put it 352 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,640 that way. And my kids shoes got pretty 353 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,640 messed up. But always bring at least two 354 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,520 pairs of shoes camping. There's just a high probability 355 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,840 that you're going to get your shoes wet even if it doesn't 356 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:19,560 rain, just from hiking around and bodies of water and whatnot. 357 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,680 So never go camping with just the shoes that are on your feet. 358 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,920 Bring a second pair and a lot of times when you go camping, 359 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:32,760 you're by a river and it's good to have some shoes that you can 360 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:37,080 wear in the water, like water shoes or jellies or just 361 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:41,440 something that you can walk around like part way in the 362 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,920 water in. So just a thought there. 363 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:50,360 The only time I've ever stayed in a cabin camping was a summer 364 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:56,720 camp I went to as a teenager. However, I do know people who 365 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,440 every time they go camping they stay in a cabin. 366 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:04,920 So they're avoiding that whole roughing it scenario like 367 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:09,280 they've got indoor plumbing, a bathroom and whatever. 368 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,960 If your dishes are done, be sure to wipe down your upper 369 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:20,200 cabinets, the fronts of your large appliances like your 370 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:27,760 microwave, your dishwasher, your oven, your refrigerator. 371 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,880 Another thing I wanted to say about camping is always have a 372 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,640 way to cook. I don't care if your tent 373 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,880 camping or you're in an RV, you're going to want to cook. 374 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:47,040 One time we went camping with a group of people and my husband 375 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:48,640 and I made something really good. 376 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:53,320 I don't even really remember what it was, but we definitely 377 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:57,080 cook when we're camping and it's a huge part of the experience. 378 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,560 Everything tastes better when you're camping. 379 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:05,040 You're super hungry when you're camping, and I remember this 380 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:09,600 other family that was on the camping trip pulled out some 381 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:14,120 cold hot dogs and just slices of white bread to wrap around those 382 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:18,440 cold hot dogs. And so we were offering him some 383 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,400 of our food. It was kind of awkward. 384 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,480 So if you're new to camping, you need a way to cook. 385 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:31,920 Sometimes there are little, you know, barbecue areas where 386 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:36,880 there's like a little grid thing over a fire pit or whatever. 387 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,960 But I recommend having a little Coleman stove or something if 388 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,320 you're tent camping. That's what I grew up with. 389 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,720 My husband has one. It's a thing. 390 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,280 You might need to get a little Coleman stove if you're going to 391 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,840 do any tent camping. And some of you are like, what? 392 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,520 I know how to camp, but I'm kind of gearing some of this to 393 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:05,200 people who haven't camped in a while or who are new to camping 394 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:11,680 because I also know some people who had never been camping until 395 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,720 they were like over 30 years old. 396 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,240 And of course, you need to dress warm, warmer than you normally 397 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,920 do because you're outside a lot more. 398 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:28,200 So make sure you dress warm and you're not automatically going 399 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:32,680 to be able to have a fire. A lot of times it's not allowed. 400 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:37,240 We're camping at a place where this whole town almost burned 401 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,680 down recently. So they're they're pretty picky 402 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:45,040 about fires and there are no fire pits in this place. 403 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:50,080 In fact, this place that we're staying at is technically an RV 404 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,120 park. But when you're in the 405 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,760 mountains, it's a beautiful camping experience, even if the 406 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,120 place is not officially called a campground. 407 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:03,960 But this place does have restrooms with showers and 408 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,920 things like that. We do have everything we need in 409 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,760 the trailer. Our, our travel trailer is kind 410 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,680 of an optical illusion because it looks really small and 411 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,640 they're thinking like there's no way all 5 of you are sleeping in 412 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:22,640 there. And admittedly, it probably 413 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,800 better suited for four people. We are squeezing in a little 414 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,880 bit. But it does have a bathroom. 415 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,720 It's got a toilet. It's got a shower. 416 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:39,760 Basically when you're in the bathroom, like the toilet stall 417 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:44,640 is the shower. Like there's a toilet, a sink 418 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,720 and then a shower head and a shower curtain and a door. 419 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:52,400 So basically when you're taking a shower, you shut the toilet 420 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:56,480 lid and you know, basically the the toilet is inside of the 421 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,360 shower. If you've ever been in an RV, 422 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,560 you know what I'm talking about. A lot of the bathrooms are that 423 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:09,280 way, but this place does have facilities. 424 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,840 It also has full hookups. So if you're new to RV ING or 425 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,840 you're considering getting an RV and you don't know how this 426 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:23,600 works, you have a water tank and obviously there's a limited 427 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,960 amount of water. And then you also have a sewage 428 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,400 tank, which has a limited amount of space in it. 429 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,440 So if you're boondocking, that's the term for camping somewhere 430 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:39,640 where you're not hooked up to power and water and sewage 431 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:45,360 drainage, then you're kind of limited as far as, you know, how 432 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,440 much those tanks will hold. And you know, maybe not 433 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:53,400 everybody can take a shower and things like that, but a lot of 434 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,720 these places have what's called full hookup. 435 00:30:56,040 --> 00:31:02,560 So you have unlimited fresh water, you have unlimited sewage 436 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:06,880 because it's draining into their sewer system, and then you have 437 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,680 electricity because you're plugged in. 438 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,160 And that's the kind of place that we usually stay at. 439 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:16,440 We're at a full hookup place. But that time in like 2020 or 440 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:22,960 2021 where we went tent camping, we were at a place that had 441 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,480 restrooms, but we had to kind of drive to them. 442 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:34,440 But we also have this little miniature tent that's like a 443 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:38,760 bathroom. OK, so for which obviously we're 444 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,400 probably not going to use that again for a long time, if at 445 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:46,120 all, because now we have an RV. But when we did not have an RV, 446 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,360 the way I like to tent camp is we would set up this other 447 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:53,840 bathroom tent and this little portable toilet that's basically 448 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:58,080 a bucket with a seat. You line it with like a bag and 449 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:03,000 it has a seat on it just to avoid TMI. 450 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,880 Like basically you just go number one in that one. 451 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,440 It's so that you could get up in the middle of the night to go to 452 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:13,440 the bathroom or go just before, you know, basically pee just 453 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:17,280 before bed or you know, when you first, you know, get up or in 454 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:21,080 the middle of the night or whatever without like walking to 455 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,800 the campground restroom where you would take care of other 456 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:32,000 business, so to speak. Because you kind of don't want 457 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,600 to use your porta potty for something because obviously 458 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,400 you're going to have to dispose of that later, if that makes 459 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:42,160 sense. But I do recommend that for tent 460 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,880 camping if you're not super close to a restroom, of course, 461 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,160 you're going to carry a flashlight for walking to the 462 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:53,720 bathroom and whatnot. So that might be an option, but 463 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:59,760 in some situations it can be convenient to have a portable 464 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:05,640 toilet, especially if you have small children that you're potty 465 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,880 training and or they have to go to the bathroom at the drop of a 466 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,480 hat or you have to go to the bathroom at the drop of a hat. 467 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:19,440 That's why I said camping tips for women because men don't need 468 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:23,080 that just to pee the pee in the woods or whatever. 469 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:31,720 OK, and women can too if needed, but when it's super dark and 470 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:36,280 it's late at night, it could be kind of creepy unless you're 471 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,120 walking a dog. That makes it a little bit 472 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,760 better. OK, which brings me to my next 473 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,440 point. You need to bring little plastic 474 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:50,880 bags for picking up after your dog when you're camping if you 475 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,440 bring dogs. We do bring our dogs. 476 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:57,400 We have stay at home pets, but our two dogs have to go with us. 477 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,440 The lower maintenance pets can stay home. 478 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:07,360 Our chickens probably love it when we go camping because we 479 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:11,000 have a chicken coop in our backyard and it has like a 480 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,280 little run, a chicken run. So the coop part is like the 481 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,360 little house where they go in to keep warm and they lay the eggs 482 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,600 and huddle in a little building at night. 483 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:26,360 But they have a little yard too, that's enclosed where they go 484 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,800 out and they're kind of semi free ranging, right? 485 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,880 They're eating bugs, they're getting sunshine, exercise, all 486 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,920 the things. But if you've ever had chickens, 487 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,760 you know that they will eat up all the plants, all the weeds, 488 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:44,719 and there won't be any sign of greenery in their run. 489 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:50,280 So from time to time we let them out, but our dogs will chase 490 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,120 them. So it's kind of a thing where, 491 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,639 OK, nobody let the dogs out. We have the chickens out right 492 00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:59,320 now and it can be kind of stressful because somebody might 493 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,840 forget and let or not hear about it or whatever. 494 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,720 Open one of the sliding glass doors and let one of the dogs 495 00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:08,240 out and it's like, Oh no, you know, she's chasing the chickens 496 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:10,200 or whatever. So we don't like to have to go 497 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,760 through that. So a lot of times when we're 498 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:17,040 going to be gone somewhere and we take our dogs with us, we 499 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:21,680 will open up the chicken coop door and let the chickens out of 500 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:25,200 the run. And then they get to free range 501 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:31,240 all around the yard and, you know, eat weeds and grass and 502 00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:34,160 whatever, find more bugs, whatever they do. 503 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:40,520 OK, Hopefully by now you're wiping down your countertop, 504 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:44,560 stove top, cleaning out your sink if you haven't already done 505 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,120 so. And then, of course, after that, 506 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,760 you're going to move down to your lower cabinets. 507 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,960 And then you're going to end by sweeping and mopping your 508 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:58,240 kitchen floor. By the way, if you want to get 509 00:35:58,240 --> 00:36:03,280 your whole house clean, we have lots of bonus episodes where you 510 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:09,000 clean your entire house. Special special thanks to those 511 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:14,280 who are already supporting the show, which unlocks those bonus 512 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:18,640 episodes. And you can unlock those 513 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:24,600 episodes by supporting us on Apple Podcasts, Patreon, 514 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:30,480 Spotify, which is kind of integrated with Patreon and 515 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,240 Spreaker Supporter Club. That's yet another option. 516 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:38,680 There'll be links in the episode notes or a link I'm camping, so 517 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,280 I might just put one link, but there'll be at least one link in 518 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:46,120 the episode notes to my website and that'll tell you how to 519 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,200 subscribe to bonus content if it's not already being 520 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:53,080 advertised to you on whichever app you're listening on. 521 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:59,640 Those episodes are called Clean with Me Unplugged, and yeah, 522 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:03,800 they tend to be longer episodes where you'll clean your whole 523 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,960 house. Other things to think about when 524 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:14,120 camping are mosquito repellent, sunblock, You're going to want 525 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,320 to create a camping friendly menu. 526 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:21,680 What we try to do is cook a lot of the same foods each time we 527 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,280 go camping. That way we just kind of 528 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,720 routinely know which ingredients to buy. 529 00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:29,720 Like there's going to be bacon and eggs. 530 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,200 Often there's going to be Stew. We had Stew tonight. 531 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,560 It was kind of funny because my 18 year old son was like, 532 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:41,560 where's the special bread? Because when I make beef Stew, I 533 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:45,800 make homemade French bread, or at least some kind of homemade 534 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:47,640 bread if it's not the French bread. 535 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:53,480 So I was happy that he loves my fresh bread. 536 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:59,400 But I had to offer him crackers. We did saltines to keep it 537 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,920 simple 'cause I don't have a lot of experience with the type of 538 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,040 oven we have. It's a microwave if you use the 539 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:12,120 microwave settings, but it also has this little metal rack that 540 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:15,920 you keep in it when you're doing the convection stuff. 541 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:22,240 But I don't really know how to do stuff in a convection oven. 542 00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:27,880 But when we had our bigger RV that had a regular oven, what I 543 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:33,920 would do for bread for the Stew night, I would buy some frozen 544 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,720 dinner rolls and just pop those in the oven. 545 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:42,160 And then you have that whole fresh hot bread experience. 546 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,840 But for the most part, when you're camping, you want to make 547 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:50,480 things that you can cook on the stove, like if you have your 548 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:55,160 little Coleman camp stove that you're placing on a picnic table 549 00:38:55,160 --> 00:39:00,920 at the campsite where your tent camping, or you have an RV where 550 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,320 you don't really want to experiment with a convection 551 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,040 oven. OK. 552 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,960 And you're, you're just comfortable with using the gas 553 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:13,880 stove. You know, things that you fry up 554 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,920 or boil on the stove are practical. 555 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:21,680 So keep things practical. And if you don't have an amazing 556 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:25,600 husband who tends to just do all the dishes when you're camping, 557 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,200 you might want to bring paper products. 558 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:33,400 We tend to bring the disposable stuff when we are camping with a 559 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,960 large group and like we're cooking for a bunch of people or 560 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,240 something, then we're going to bring paper plates, bowls, 561 00:39:39,240 --> 00:39:41,800 silverware. But for just our little group of 562 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:49,440 five, we are just doing dishes. And obviously the disposable 563 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:54,280 stuff makes more sense when your tent camping then you only just 564 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:57,200 have a few pans and spatulas and things to wash. 565 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:02,360 But when you have an RV, it's not a big deal to also wash your 566 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:06,560 bowls and spoons and plates because you have the sink. 567 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:11,360 But camping can definitely save you money, especially if you 568 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,520 just go camping in your own region. 569 00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:17,920 Here's another tip. If you're using a heater that 570 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:21,640 depends on propane and there's a chance that you could run out of 571 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:26,200 propane or even the. Even if you don't think you're 572 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:30,440 going to run out of propane, it's good to have a space heater 573 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:37,760 as a backup plan because those of us who camp in RV's are not 574 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,960 as worried about the forecast because we have heating and air 575 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:44,600 conditioning. But you still just want to be 576 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:50,560 prepared, you know, have a fan, have a space heater in case 577 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:55,200 something goes wrong. I hope you got a lot done during 578 00:40:55,200 --> 00:41:00,440 this episode and maybe some of my camping tips will help you. 579 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,680 Hay cleaning and I'll talk to you soon.