We are out of the house and officially now live in our fifth wheel. Not how I had planned for all of this to go. In my mind we were going to have a year to sort all of our stuff into give away, sell and keep piles and disperse in a sane manner. That didn't happen and so now I am in a fifth wheel instead of my dreamed of motor home wondering where oh where did everything go. To this dayI have no idea where some of it went but that is okay. We have started our new life and whoever got our stuff is certainly enjoying it.
Ah I have everything put away here in the fiver(RV lingo I learned) and am ready to rest for a few days. We have been looking at motor homes but haven't found the right one, found one that is almost right but not yet. NOT! H0ward sold our fifth wheel and we had to be out in 10 days so off to find the motorhome. He convinced me that the almost right one was the one. It is pretty and we will have a great life in it until the bug bites us and we move up into another one. Oh yes, it is a 41 ft. Gulfstream Friendship Diesel pusher with 4 slides. And yes it is beautiful and I am very proud of it. So again the rush was on, ten days to buy the motorhome and move outta the fiver. I may cry, not may, Idid cry. Well when you buy a used motorhome we found you don't just walk in say I'll take this one and pay them for it. You have to wait for them to get it ready, get the sales papers ready, then close on the deal. Did I say I had 10 days to move? Again I was wrong by the time we got our new home to the RV Park we had 2 days to move and clean the fiver. Now that doesn't sound bad, I moved from a 2200 sq. ft. hoe in 10 days this should be a cinch. NOT a cinch, we had to ask for an extra 1/2 day and then we got it done. Whew I am tired.
Now it is time to get everything put away. Wait a minute, these are pretty cabinets but they don't function very good. I will have to figure that out in a few days. What do you mean all of our clothes that came out of the fiver won't fit in the closets-there are 3 of them, oh they just look big. Well I already gave away 3/4 of my clothes. Hum--have to get rid of more and wait where am I supposed to put my shoes. This ladies is what you better seriously look at when buying your first motorhome if you plan to live in it full time. The kitchen, closets, and storage I found are very very important and can be very very deceiving when you are just looking. But after weeks Of arranging and rearranging I have gotten everything put away and yes I do know where it is.
I will be back so thanks for coming along with us.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
The Beginning of Our New Life
I know most of you are aware of how all this got started but for those new to our world I'm going to start at the beginning. The beginning being June 2009.
In a life far away from here we lived in a beautiful home with lots of "stuff" and a big yard. When we traveled we had to continue with the bills and hire someone to take care of the house and yard only to return to find that most of it hadn't been done. So I told Howard that we either sell all the "stuff " and the house and go full time RV'ing or forget the travels as it was just too hard. No, No, No he said. He couldn't get rid of his stuff, so---you got it, we didn't. Then one hot sunny day in June 2009 -June 25th to be exact- Howard told me he had made an appointment with the realtor to put the house on the market. Well what a shock, I had a lot to do to get the house ready to be shown. The Realtor told me I had till the 6th of July to get things in order. Now that included having some painting done, packing some things away and getting the garage in order. So for the next 10 days I worked and made calls and worked and hired painters and worked. You wouldn't believe what I got done in 10 days. We were however under the assumption from the state of the economy and the report of the Realtor that it would take at least 9 months if not a year to sell our house. Well that was all wrong. Said Realtor brought us a contract on July 21 and we countered a couple of times and there we were. We sold our house and we had to be out by August 4th. We had not even told our family we were selling the house--we had plenty of time for that or so we thought. We were calling family members and friends as we were frantically packing. We did it with the help of a lot of friends. We want to thank all of you who worked you fingers to the bone for all you did for us. It certainly was a time that we found out who our real friends were.
Now this is just the beginning so come back every few days and read a little more about our move from stationary to mobile. It's been fun.
In a life far away from here we lived in a beautiful home with lots of "stuff" and a big yard. When we traveled we had to continue with the bills and hire someone to take care of the house and yard only to return to find that most of it hadn't been done. So I told Howard that we either sell all the "stuff " and the house and go full time RV'ing or forget the travels as it was just too hard. No, No, No he said. He couldn't get rid of his stuff, so---you got it, we didn't. Then one hot sunny day in June 2009 -June 25th to be exact- Howard told me he had made an appointment with the realtor to put the house on the market. Well what a shock, I had a lot to do to get the house ready to be shown. The Realtor told me I had till the 6th of July to get things in order. Now that included having some painting done, packing some things away and getting the garage in order. So for the next 10 days I worked and made calls and worked and hired painters and worked. You wouldn't believe what I got done in 10 days. We were however under the assumption from the state of the economy and the report of the Realtor that it would take at least 9 months if not a year to sell our house. Well that was all wrong. Said Realtor brought us a contract on July 21 and we countered a couple of times and there we were. We sold our house and we had to be out by August 4th. We had not even told our family we were selling the house--we had plenty of time for that or so we thought. We were calling family members and friends as we were frantically packing. We did it with the help of a lot of friends. We want to thank all of you who worked you fingers to the bone for all you did for us. It certainly was a time that we found out who our real friends were.
Now this is just the beginning so come back every few days and read a little more about our move from stationary to mobile. It's been fun.
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