January 2025
Welcome to 2025 and the first edition of The Rambling Quilter Newsletter!
Each month you’ll receive in your inbox a newsletter full of information about our full-time RV travels. Along with recommendations about locations, campgrounds, dining, and attractions, we’ll also share tips and tricks we’ve learned in 5 years of full-time RV living. We’ll share products we like and recipes we love that make living our best life easier.
Time to Clean out and Downsize
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It’s January, which means everyone is looking to start fresh, clean out, and/or downsize.
We have 10 Tips to help you begin your own cleaning and downsizing adventure
We eventually managed to get everything we wanted to keep, but not keep with us, into a storage unit. I feel like when we finally come off the road and move into a more permanent home, it will feel like Christmas.
Tips for Picking the Perfect RV for You and Your Family

January is also the time to start thinking about shopping for the perfect RV for you. There is so much to think about and being prepared can save you in the long run, especially if you’re thinking about going full-time. Click the link below for more details.
Favorite January 2024 Memory

We realized a bucket list dream on January 1, 2024 when we went to the Tournament of Roses Parade as part of the Escapees RV HOP Tour. Click the link to read about this amazing experience.
The Recipe Book
Instant Pot Spaghetti

Who doesn’t love spaghetti? And this recipe cook in one pot in less than 30 minutes! Bonus is that it’s even more delicious the next day!
Where are we in January?

We’re spending January in the Southwest. Houston, Athens, Waco, and San Antonio, Texas are on the list as well as Carlsbad, New Mexico. What a busy month!
Wonder why our Mission Statement is Don’t Wait to Enhance, Change or Save Your Life?
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2024 while we were living our best life. The path I chose allowed us to get back on the road in October 2024.
Breast cancer was just a pothole in our RV travel road and has allowed me to tell my story to others with the hope of saving others through early detection.
Interested in my of my story? Click the button below for the quick link to Don’t Wait – Our Full-Time RV Journey Through Breast Cancer and my seven novels on Amazon.
We wish you a very Happy New Year and hope you’re making memories and living your best life!
Don’t Wait to Enhance, Change or Save Your Life!
Jennifer and Mike Skinnell
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This is great! I look forward to reading your newsletters each month! ❤️