For almost 2 years I’ve been talking about how much I love living in a motorhome. I’ve written about how much I love all of the places we’ve traveled to, how we’ve made great RVing friends, that we’re more active than ever, and that our dogs are happy too.
Well, that’s all recently changed.
After nearly two years of listening to people tell me that I’m crazy for living in a motorhome, I began to reevaluate my living choices and realized that I must be crazy.
I mean, why would someone choose to live in a motorhome instead of a REAL home?
I miss my old house. My ranch style home was filled with rooms I rarely ever went into, and I loved that.
I also miss yard work, getting junk mail, all of the stuff I never used or needed, and more.
If you’re thinking about living in a motorhome, I want you to stop and read this blog post before making a drastic decision that could possibly impact the rest of your life.
If you’re interested in living in a motorhome, check out these other blog posts on Making Sense of Cents:
- The Ultimate Guide To Getting Started RVing
- How This Family Travels Full-Time With 4 Kids and 2 Dogs
- How To Make Money While RVing
- How Much Does It Cost To RV?
- Common RV Questions – Yes, I Even Talk About What We Do With #2
- Beginner RV Tips – Dreaming Of A Life On The Road?
Here’s why I dislike living in a motorhome.
The indoors are better than the outdoors.
Back when I had a real house, I hardly ever went outside or went on hikes. Now that we live in a motorhome, we have to go outside everyday. Who wants to go outdoors anyways?
The outdoors are strange anyways- mountains, beaches, beautiful lakes and oceans, forests, deserts, and more.
Who needs all of that?
We miss mowing the lawn.
Okay, I won’t lie, I never mowed the lawn. But, I’m sure Wes misses it.
However, I do miss all of the other yard work, such as the infinite amount of leaves that seemed to accumulate in both our front and back yard multiple times a year.
It always felt so great raking the leaves. I especially loved it when you woke up the next morning only to find there would be just as many leaves in the yard again.
It was a really fulfilling feeling.
I’m tired of perfect weather with RV living.
Living in a motorhome means we could follow the weather and perpetually live in 70 degree weather if we wanted to. BUT, who would want that?
I miss wearing coats and being cold.
I mean, going on a hike and summiting a mountain in the summer is cool, but I’m over that.
Our dogs are too active.
Sadly, there are some who don’t think we’re treating our dogs well because they live in an RV. I’m really not sure how this is any different from someone who keeps their dog in a house or an apartment. Our dogs can still sleep in multiple places, they can stretch their legs, eat and drink, and more.
But, maybe everyone is right?
After all, our dogs are more active now than when we lived in a house. So, maybe they are too active now?!
That’s probably because I take them for hikes every single day. Our bigger dog walks around 5 miles a day.
Perhaps that’s too much exploring for one dog?
We miss getting mail delivered to our mailbox.
The most popular question (seriously!) is what we do in order to have our mail delivered. Many people just think we don’t get mail and ask us how we survive without ever getting a piece of mail.
Well, I don’t know how we’re surviving.
We belong to a mail forwarding company called My Dakota Address. All of our mail gets sent there, and then this company forwards our mail to wherever we are.
BUT, I miss getting mail sent directly to me.
This is a big reason for why I’m tired of living in a motorhome, as I would much rather get my mail in my own mailbox instead of someone nicely putting it all together, recycling all the junk mail themselves, and delivering it to me.
I miss all that junk mail!
I miss all of my stuff.
Living in a motorhome means that we had to downsize. We had to get rid of a lot of our stuff, and I really regret getting rid of all my junk!
I mean, perhaps we could tow something behind our RV that is full of junk that we can collect over years on the road, but I would much rather have my basement full of useless stuff back.
Things I miss:
- All of my shoes.
- Clothing that hasn’t been in style in decades.
- All the trash that I stored for some reason.
And more!
Okay, clearly I’m joking. I know it’s a few days late, but Happy April Fools!
P.S. I’m sorry to anyone who took offense to this blog post. Trust me, there are positives and negatives to any type of home, but I love living in a motorhome the most! I just thought creating this blog post would be entertaining since many people think I’m crazy for wanting to live in an RV.
I LOVE living in a motorhome 🙂
Here are 11 Reasons to Choose RV Life.
Natalie Bacon says
Hahahahah this is an awesome post. We need a little humor in our lives! 🙂 I was so confused! Happy April gf!
Brian Wortel says
I just had to keep reading, waiting for something negative..lol
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Hahahaha!
Jennifer says
You had me going. I thought that maybe, after two years, you were thinking of going back to a house.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha noo!
Erica Holland says
Hahaha! I literally laughed out loud reading this post. It took me a second to realize this was a tongue-in-cheek moment. You do you, girl! It’s so clear that you’re doing what makes you happy, and it makes it that much more fun to follow along!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha I had a lot of fun writing this.
Cath @ Get MoneyWise says
When I read the headline I thought what the?? Ha ha love it. You might kill me for saying this but I thought after reading the headline “oh she must want a house to start a family”.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Hahahaha! You are too funny.
MyMoneyDesign says
Ha – you got me! I was reading through the list and saying to myself “these things aren’t that bad”. Then I got to the end. After a whole weekend of yard work, I can totally identify with the no more mowing the lawn and raking leaves bit. I’m jealous!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha!
Vicky says
Ha ha you almost got me there… who wants to be outdoors every day?
As a person who loves being outside… I find that hard to believe that you don’t want to 🙂 All though we don’t follow the weather, I just got back from a nice long walk in the woods, and today we were lucky with some cool but sunny weather.
Enjoy your day!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha thanks!
Matt says
I think I let my April 1st guard down, because this totally fooled me. I was just thinking — hey, I’ll give RVing a shot if she wants to give it up! Then I saw indoors is better than outdoors and suspected I was more than a little duped.
It’s always good to remind ourselves of the simple joys in life, like this post does. Chasing beautiful weather, downsizing our stuff…sure sounds like you’re enjoying the freedom! ~Matt
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha glad I fooled you!
David Domzalski says
You got me. Haha. First of all, great idea for a different post style. I liked how you piqued our curiosity because we all know you love the RV life!
Secondly, nobody loves junk mail. So, Happy belated April Fool’s Day to you as well 🙂
That My Dakota Address sounds pretty cool. Everything really is taken care of pretty well with your setup. I think it’s amazing you’ve been doing it for 2 years.
Great post. Thanks for sharing.
Dave
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thanks Dave!
Sabrina says
Haha- yep, you had me going for a while there. Good one! Glad you’re still on the open road. 🙂
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thanks! 🙂
Brad - MaximizeYourMoney.com says
Are you sure you were joking about the shoes? I think that might be the one item on the list that my wife would disagree with. 🙂
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha I still have a lot of shoes in the RV. My husband keeps telling me I need to get rid of some.
Barb says
Good One Michelle, I loved it. Every one of your reasons was something that has been said to my husband and I about soon moving to an RV. I just laugh and ask them why would I not like it?
They come up with the same old spiel, butI’m excited at the prospect.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Right?!
Amy Fillinger says
I bet you miss crazy Missouri weather. I for one thoroughly enjoy 85 degrees one day, 25 the next, and then being sick for two weeks! It’s fantastic. It must be awful to stay in 70 degree weather all the time. 😉
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Right?! I definitely miss that.
Megan Wagner says
Hilarious. You had me until “the dogs are too active.”
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha! 🙂
Maggie Newhouse says
Freeking hilarious! OMG…….I thought you had gone off the deep end!!!! And….we are just getting ready to take off on our One year journey in a motorhome! Whew…….funny!!!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Hahahaha!
The Savvy Couple says
Hahahaha a prankster I see! Fun post to read. Let’s be honest living in an RV sounds amazing! Hopefully in a few years when my wife Brittany has off in the summers from teaching we can set out on our own adventure for the entire summer.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
We love it!
Kim says
I thought you had lost a pack of your marbles when you stated that you loved raking the leaves just to get up the next day to find they had all returned. I don’t mind raking, and I LOVE the outdoors, but I’d get frustrated year-after-year, to find that I had to spend so much time redoing what I had just finished. No thank you! Ha
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Hahahahaha!
ana says
URG, i could just cry. I never lived in a motor but i did spend 2 years in a minivan i converted into a camper with a living are, kitchen area, even bathroom. I travel the US & Canada and saw the most amazing things. It took an act of God to get me to stop and i went thru a severe depression. But there was a reason…after months of sadness the reason was made clear…the birth of my grandson. Now i can’t imagine going back to that life, well not until his mother can handle being away from him. Then i hope to hit the road, little boy in tow. It always warms my heart to meet a kindred road-trippin spirit.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
We absolutely love RV life. I had a lot of fun writing this April Fool’s post 🙂
Jan says
You had me going for a minute! Happy belated April Fools! 🙂
Chelsea @ The Johnsons Plus Dog says
Haha… I was about half way through the post and thinking….well, this just doesn’t sound like her at ALL! Great joke.
JT says
You fooled me! Great job.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha 🙂
Janet Shaughnessy says
LOL! Great post! You’re living the dream!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha thanks!
Lucy says
Haha well done, one of the best articles I’ve read all week and it certainly got me to click on the link to find out what had happened to your idyllic lifestyle. Aprils fools well played!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha thanks!
Mark Lugo says
I thought to myself… This must be a joke and I so glad it was! Cheers!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha yes!
Jodiemichelle says
OMG! I am dying of Laughter. I needed it. Thankx.
Happy Aprils Fools!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thanks! Glad to fool everyone.
Kendal @HassleFreeSaver says
You had me at yard work. With spring comes weeds, mud, mowing, maintenance and all the stuff I loathe. Glad you’re still enjoying the RV life!!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Roseanne says
HAHA – yes, who wouldn’t want to give up HAVING to go outside, walk the dogs . . . and back to raking leaves. I enjoyed your post a lot ~smile~
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thanks!
Danell Underwood says
When I saw your headline, I thought, “Oh, No! I hope that’s not true.” I don’t want you to regret your decision, because I am planning to hit the road in about two years or less after I get my youngest off to college. I like to hear about all the people who love life on the road. As soon as I read the first reason, I knew you had to be joking.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha! Yes, we still love it 🙂
ReachingTheCrest says
too funny…you could have also went with, ‘we decided to upgrade to a huge massive motorhome’ with a trailer…
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
hahaha!
Nita says
We love camping and RVing. After our decision to move where we would want to retire, since retiring early boat has passed for us. We thought of timesharing (we have ones people gave to us that allow us 13 weeks of vacations a year), RVing and some long term cruising, we could do that until we got to the age where we want to settle in nearby one of our kids would be a great adventure that is affordable for us in our late 50s. I enjoy your post on the RV life.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thanks! Yes, we really love it.
Linda Ware says
Yeah, I can see how you would miss the endless loop of mowing, fertilizing, weeding and mowing the lawn.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha yes!
Sabrina Fair says
You had me going there for a bit and I decided that no matter what you said, we were still going to go full time in our motor home. Great post. 😊
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha good!
Lois Sacks says
So not cool! I was in a panic thinking you were serious. I would not go back to living in a house if you paid me. Thanks for making me laugh!!!!!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha 🙂
Janis Foley says
I loved this post! It’s inspiring… Getting to live in new places all the time sounds pretty amazing to me!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
We love it 🙂
Debbie Gartnerd says
Very cute, Michelle. for a minute, I thought you would do both – + house. until I got to the 2nd paragraph and then I scrolled up to check the date and then I though hmmm sounds like a belated post. love it. btw, I love my condo as I don’t have to mow, rake, shovel and I went for years wo/ getting mail here. I hate mail and junk mail even more.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you! 🙂
Kris says
Had me going! But knew it couldn’t be true!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha!
Ms. Montana says
When we travel in our camper, I love how easy it is to clean! And the being outside every day! Our kids are so excited to get back on the road. 🙂 They might like it as much as your dogs do! 😉
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha I hope so! 🙂
Melissa says
Haha, you got me there for a sec!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
🙂 I’m loving the comments on this blog post today.
Cameron says
HAHA!
I was really fooled, I said, “what the heck” when I saw the title. I was interested to read all about this change of heart.
Then I went, “Oh I think an RV would be alright….”
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha!
Amber says
Good one! You had me going there for minute, but only for a minute.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Glad to fool you even for just a minute 🙂
Stephen says
This post confused the hell out of me. I read the first section and thought…this must be an April 1 post. Scrolled up and saw April 3rd…hmmm, must be serious. Point 2 is legitimate enough, point 3 seems fishy again…double check date posted…what the hell is going on? Scroll to bottom to check for April fools and finally some relief…thanks for that one!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haahaha! That is too funny.
Bryan says
This was my first post of yours I’ve read so I actually thought you HAD had enough of the RV life…until I got to the comments!
Patrick says
I knew from the first few lines it was a joke, but i loved the humour in the post so feel free to joke anytime!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thanks!
Wayne Whiting says
Yeah, I miss all those fun things too. Well, maybe not the lawn mowing.
Lindy says
My jaw dropped when I read the title!!!!! I couldn’t believe what I was reading! Thank God you are only kidding. Love your blog and insight and thanks for all you do!
Manuel says
Haha, funny written post! I’ve never thought about RVing before, but since I’m reading your blog I consider it as an option. My GF and I want to travel to the USA in 1 or 2 years after we are done with our studies. Maybe this is the best option to see the country and still being able to work from time to time remotely.
One thing I found sad is that you have written you are sorry for maybe offending someone with your post. I mean it’s funny. Must there always be someone who is offended by anything? -.-
However, keep up the good work!
Sonia says
You nailed it brother! I am so happy everyone reading this CAN take a joke! Great post !
Graham @ Reverse The Crush says
I started to sense the sarcasm around the mowing the lawn point haha. Great idea for an April fools post. Glad you are continuing to enjoy the RV life. Thanks for sharing, Michelle!
Cassandra @ Arter says
Ha ha, awesome! I needed this 🙂
Audrey Pincott says
I for one envy you. What a fantastic real living experience. 😉
Charlie Harrigan says
Great post…..great timing (April Fools)….
Elizabeth says
OMG Michelle! I follow your instagram posts/stories, blogposts constantly. I read the email before clicking on this post and was SO sad! I was like omg I cant believe I am reading this! Good April Fool’s joke, keep on living the dream. Your story is so inspiring
Ms. Frugal Asian Finance says
You got me for 1 minute. Then all of the downsides you listed about the TV sound more like upsides to me. Good job though!
Marie Jackson says
Haha, you definitely got me 🙂 I’m like she loves living in a motorhome, where is this coming from?! 😊
Felica says
Nice post! You did have me going for a bit though 🙂
Michael says
Good one! Don’t forget, each of us has our own set of idiosyncrasies 🙂 Our paradise may be someone’s hell and vice versa.
Enjoy the RV!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Yes, I know that 🙂 I know many people who like playing with their lawn (no, I’m not joking!), haha.
Allan F Seabrook says
You sure had me April fooled, too!
But is the day you’re really tired of the RV life ever going to hit you? We’ll totally understand if it does.
BTW, our lawns are cut for us, the leaves are picked up, and the snow is shovelled. Oh, and we can keep a dog. Or a child. And we are not in a RV 😉😉😉
Just sayin’.
Allan
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
I don’t think that’ll happen anytime soon. We’ll settle down again one day, but not until we’re done exploring 🙂
Jason says
Lmao. You had me going for a minute.
Mrs. Picky Pincher says
Hahaha, you should have posted this on April Fool’s day. 🙂 Hey, there’s nothing wrong with living the mobile life. I think we’ll start seeing more people flock to a more nomadic lifestyle as home ownership becomes increasingly more expensive.
Alexis @FITnancials says
I think having an RV is a great idea, but what really sells me is the possibility to move away to a new place if I end up disliking my neighbors.
Lindsey Mozgai says
I loved this post. It had me so concerned! I thought you were going to quit rv living!
Elaine says
Haha you got me for a bit 🙂
I’m living in a RV and I’m not going to quit.
Mary says
Love this!
Pamela says
Already been through all those thoughts in my head. I think there are pros and cons to both. I am a true believer in not getting over your head with “stuff” but, for me, I still want the (small) house and a yard that will accommodate all my gardens. Since we grow and preserve a good portion of our food. That requires more space than an RV can offer. I personally know people who sold everything and are quite happy in there giant RV. I’m glad you have found your kind of happiness too! Maybe some day when I retire from gardening!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
I don’t know if you noticed, but this was an April Fool’s joke 🙂
Neena says
Ha! You fooled me, too. I love seeing the photos of your travels. Keep them coming. 🙂
Wallet Squirrel says
lol I had no idea where you were going with this. Most people I know love their motorhome and don’t get me started about raking leaves.
Have an awesome time on the road, and Happy April!
Mandy says
Oh you had me going there! My husband and I are planning on getting a camper soon and if we can get to a point where we can support ourselves with online income (using your awesome courses!) then we may try this for a time. I think (hope) it wouldn’t be too difficult to rent our house for a year and then move back if the nomad lifestyle wouldn’t work.
Gotta admit I would miss gardening but would not miss having so much space to clean!!
David Chen says
After reading this I think I may need to give it a try! Clever post.
Samantha says
I love this post! Too funny. I love reading your rv posts so keep ’em coming!
Corinne says
Hi Michelle! I use a mail service that scans my mail into my email. They also can deposit checks on my behalf or consolidate all my mail and then ship it me me in one package. Just an idea for you;)
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
I don’t think you read this blog post entirely – it was an April Fool’s joke 🙂 I have no problem getting my mail, I belong to MyDakotaAddress.
Professor .Shaka says
I loved this post! It’s inspiring… Getting to live in new places all the time sounds pretty amazing to me!thanks for sharing.
brian matthew says
Start travelling e-bikes to have more fun while travelling.
It really feels better , Do try once.
Thanks !