Day seven of our full time journey… It’s getting more real, slowly. We’ve been full time Rvers for a week now, but still cleaning up “former life details” in the Chicago area. Yesterday was a big day. We finally closed and sold the house (Yay!) And I sold my jeep. Not sure how I feel…
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Not A Beautiful Beginning
Well, we’re not having a very sexy beginning here. We are camping on the hot (its 92 degrees right now!) black asphalt parking lot at Jim’s work. We did not close on the house as expected on Friday. Something about some child support paperwork that the buyer still needs to get to his bank. In…
Seven
Seven more days. One week. At this time next Friday we will be full-timers. There’s still so much to do! And yesterday we got word that the buyer’s bank is insisting he have the radon mitigated, even though it only tested at a 4.4. I always thought it didn’t require mitigation if it is under…
Nine.
We’re counting down! 9 more days! So far we have: *Held 2 garage sales *Sold multiple items via Craigslist *Taken 2 carloads to Goodwill (stuff that didn’t sell in the garage sale) *Dumped multiple loads into the dumpster at Jim’s office. And all this is AFTER we just sold the big house in December and…
The Winds Of Change Are Blowing
Today is totally gonna be a “feelings” post. The house is sold – the closing is set for July 24, at which point we will be “homeless”. Its scary. Every day I waffle between being excited and being scared to death. Jim is busy clearing out the house – maybe a little too fast! I…
The Best Damn BBQ Ribs You’ll Ever Eat
I’m not gonna lie – EVERY person I have served these ribs to has asked for this recipe. For the longest time I wouldn’t give anyone the recipe – it was my little secret. People would ask, and I would tell them, “I’d tell ya, but then I’d have to kill ya.” and laugh…
Tulip Time!
What a spectacular weekend! We put our house on the market, left the kids at home, and took off for a long weekend to go to The Tulip Time Festival in Holland, Michigan. The Tulip Time Festival was first started in 1927 by Miss Lida Rogers, a Biology teacher at Holland High School. She suggested…
Kwikee Step Rebuild
Jim’s turn, and I like to do the techie stuff. At 6 years old, our front entry steps are looking kinda beat. After dragging them thru a ditch outside of Silverton, Colorado a few years ago, followed by a roadside repair, they don’t work as smoothly as they once did either. Here’s what we are starting with:…
The Every Kid In A Park Initiative
Did you know that according to a 2010 Kaiser Family Foundation study, kids now devote an average of more than seven hours a day to electronic media use, which equates to about 53 hours a week. That’s more than a full-time job!! Did you also know that today, more than 80% of Americans live in…
What We Do To Earn Money
“How do I travel around in my RV and still earn an income?” is probably one of the most frequently asked questions that we see on forums and Facebook. It can be a real challenge, unless you got a kick-ass retirement fund from your company, to travel and earn an income. We have always been…