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Hi my name is Emi. I’m born in raise in small town just outside Quebec City, this is where my lovely accent come from. My #vanlife story starts in September 2018. After a long-term relationship that I was trying for more than a year to rebuild, I decided it was time to end this toxic relationship once for all. This is where I decided to move away from this man that I was still in love with. I put all my belongings inside my SUV (GMC Jimmy) and moved six hours from where I was living. I didn’t know where I would sleep, didn’t know where I would work but I knew I needed to make a drastic move. At that time, I told myself I will only sleep in my car for a month while looking for a place to rent. What I didn’t know is that one month became another month and another month. In the end, I end up sleeping in my car for a full year. Even if people will consider this the lowers time of my life, this experience was the best thing I couldn’t have done with my life. I took that year to focus on myself, decide what I wanted, and most importantly what I didn’t want. That year made me also realize that for so long, I was chasing the wrong dreams. I was chasing what society wanted me to be: to have a big house, a steady job, kids, get married… None of those dreams was making me happy. In September 2019, while I was actively looking for a van, I received a phone call that someone had found my cat (Kelly). After, trying for hours with no success to communicate with my ex-boyfriend (who was taking care of her), I decided to drive the six hours to go pick her up. Without going into too much detail, it turns out he wasn’t able to take care of her anymore. So I brought her in a cat kennel for a couple of days until I found a van we both could live in. I put all the savings that I had accumulated while living in my car and bought my van (a 2011 Ford Econoline that I end up adding a hightop) In the beginning, It wasn’t so glamour. My cat and I were sleeping on a mattress on the floor of the van. We both had to adjust. Now, my cat loves this lifestyle as much as I do; she looks at the window while I’m driving and she loves exploring new places. Since then, my cat Kelly and I are have been living full-time in my self convert van.
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when are you going to upgrade your van as you mentioned
Emi with cast iron cooking with anything that has tomatoes in it does break down the seasoning due to the acid. What I do is a couple coats of oil to season it more.
😋Looks yummy.🎄❤️🙏🏼👍🏼👍🏼✌🏼❤️🐈
Being lonely don't look to fun
🎶Can you live this fantasy life 🎶🥳🎊🎉😿🌬️
Wow, who says you can’t eat well when in the bush!? That looked really good Emi. Ya when Chrome showed up you can definitely see everything. Stay safe, warm and well fed (no problem with that one) 😉🍻🎄
EMI, you could also do a dutch oven cookbook (on the campfire) with 10 recipes. 😊😊👍👍
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LIKE AND SHARE THIS VIDEO. GREAT WINTER INFO!!!!!!!!
Surprised you didn't have snow.
I always find lasagna taste better when re heated. Great video as always EMI.
Good night Kelly!! I hope you too enjoy your meal looked delicious. Thanks for sharing. God bless you and kitty and Chrome. ❤️🌲❤️⛄️❤️🎁
Hey Emi glad you are feeling better! I was wondering how is she going to make lasagna in a Dutch oven but you did it!
What happened to that really nice saw somebody gave you.
They sell it at dollar stores for 1.25
Don’t eat that beyond meat garbage ….filled with toxic poisons !!!!! 😊
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Lasagna looks awesome! It’s so difficult cooking on fire as it can be too hot😂. But the taste and atmosphere you can’t beat.
It amazes me that you have more than 19k views on this so far, but only less than 3k likes! Come on people! Help this girl out! Make the algorithm happy! Watch to the end, like, and comment!
‘Em, get a can opener or bottle opener,just lever up the lids until they pop, then you can open them. Saves the hand muscles. Happy Christmas to you , Kitty & Chrome, Elaine from Queensland, Australia.
I am not vegetarian or vegan, but I think you came up with an excellent meat substitute with the lentils and walnuts. I'll bet it was great.
Hm, je ne savais pas qu'on pouvait mettre des noix dans des lentilles. Moi j'aime bien me faire un plat de lentilles, steak haché et légumes, je préparer ça pour la semaine pour mes 3 jours où je travaille nonstop pour pas avoir à me pré-occuper de cuisiner. Va falloir que j'essaie certaines de tes recettes (meême si je ne suis pas vegan, ça a juste l'air bon LOL). Et je te criais "frappe sur le pot avec une cuillère!" haha ❤ KELLY 💖
Use a spoon and or a knife and break the sill then the jar will come open.
I open jars just like you do.
Nice campfire dinner and of course the entertainment of our furry baby! Your lights look great in your van!
Oh I love seeing your travels! Thank you for sharing
redoing your Christmas lights looks much better – If me I also would not want them shining in my face at night when trying to go to sleep. Your place looks pretty good Draw up a sketch of how you would want to redo – then you'll have a good idea how it will all fit in.