If you’re like me, when it comes to shopping for groceries and cooking meals, you want to spend as little time as possible doing either one. Being able to stock up so that I can shop less is important to me.

So, one of my biggest worries when I was getting ready to move into an RV and kiss my house goodbye (along with my huge residential refrigerator) was how I was going to cope with that teensy tiny refrigerator, because RV refrigerators aren't known for holding a lot of stuff.

When you look at all those RVs, you soon find out that the kitchens all have something in common. No matter if the kitchen is the front, the middle, or the rear of the unit, it is SMALL.

Even the largest of motor homes usually have a much smaller refrigerator than ones you will find in a regular house, and the ovens are all just about the same.

My first uh-oh moment came not long after we moved in. I wanted to cook a baked ham and the dang thing wouldn't fit in my oven! After 8 years of living fulltime in an RV though, I have learned how to shop for food, how to prepare it for storing, and how to cook it in the confines of my small kitchen.

Many of you have asked how I manage to sew and quilt in an RV. To paraphrase an old adage, my answer has always been "Where there is a quilter, there is a way."

Here are some fun ideas for finding space inside your RV for all of your hobby and craft supplies.

There really is no rule on what the right RV is for fulltime living.

Deciding which RV is right for you may be easier if you think of it as buying a HOME instead of thinking of it as buying an RV. After all, if you're going to be a fulltime RVer, your RV will be a home.

Making the decision to live fulltime in an RV was the easy part.

Getting ready to go was an entirely different story.

While we knew we wanted to go on the ultimate roadtrip, we found out in a hurry just how hard letting go would be.

There are a number of good resources for RV checklists out there.

I've spent some time researching them and I've compiled "the best of the best" below.

Need an RV checklist? Start here...