I started to write this on my phone on Sunday, but we had some sick Autumn issues and I didn't have the chance to finish it. So, here we go again. Sunday was day one, again (so today is techincally day 4). We are officially fulltiming in our RV. We moved in after church on Sunday. Then yesterday we went to the beach house, cleaned it out and left the keys. I think that makes it feel a little more official.
We are staying at Famcamp on base. Today the kids and I are at the clubhouse because Zach worked from 7 pm to 7 am last night and is trying to sleep. Plus there is internet access here. The kids are playing pool, well Gavin is trying to play and Autumn is getting in his way. :)
We've had some learning experiences already. We keep popping our breakers by overloading them too much. It's taking some getting used to, but we are figuring it out. We are also learning how to take fast showers so we don't fill our grey water tank up too fast. We are not at a full hook up site, so we have to either borrow a portable tank to drain our galley and grey tanks or move the whole thing to the dump station. I think we're going to borrow the portable tanks.
But that's that for now. Now that we are here and have easy internet access I'm hoping to get back into the habit of being able to update several times a week.
Until we meet again...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Good afternoon. I hope things are well with you. Autumn and I went to Tennessee this weekend to get Gavin for Christmas break. My mom and sister brought him down and we spent the weekend with them there. It was a nice visit, but I was happy to come home.
We told Gavin about moving into the rv and he is pretty excited about it. We will be staying in it tomorrow and hopefully the next day too. We haven't stayed in it yet, so it will be our maiden voyage. Everyone is really excited.
I am listening to the kids playing in here right now and I am starting to second guess living here. ;) There will be no where to hide from them at.
I think we have everything we need to start our lives in here. It's kinda hard to believe we are so close to living in here. I will update after our first voyage and let you know how it went.
Until then.....
Monday, December 14, 2009
18 Days To Go
So I am still typing this on my phone. It's such a crazy life right now. I have been working on Christmas cards all morning. Autumn and I are headed to Tennessee on Friday to pick Gavin up for Christmas. :) We are meeting my mom and sister there for the weekend. I am so excited. Zach has to work, so he can't come with us. :(
We spent some time working in the RV yesterday. It was so much fun to be out there in it. Autumn loves it. She plays in her "room". We are telling Gavin when he gets here for Christmas. I want him to see it before we drop the news on him. It's a lot to take in and I want it to go as smoothly as possible. He will be here when we move into it. I hope that will help the transition too.
Until next time. :)
We spent some time working in the RV yesterday. It was so much fun to be out there in it. Autumn loves it. She plays in her "room". We are telling Gavin when he gets here for Christmas. I want him to see it before we drop the news on him. It's a lot to take in and I want it to go as smoothly as possible. He will be here when we move into it. I hope that will help the transition too.
Until next time. :)
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Moving in Three Weeks
So apparently I can't figure out how to type anymore at the end of my post. Maybe someday I will figure out how to be smarter than my phone. But it doesn't look as though today will be that day.
Hey there. I hope everyone is doing great. We are still in the beach house with no internet access so posting is still sporadic. I am actually typing this post on my new phone. It's interesting to say the least.
We were planning on moving into the rv at the end of January, but we've moved the date up to the end of December. We are going to start the new year off in it. I am so excited. It's only 3 weeks away. :)
There has been some other changes too. We now have a doggy in our family. Her name is Meesha. She is a 5 year old pug. She may very well be the best dog on earth. She is sitting and cuddling with me as I type this. I love her.
Hey there. I hope everyone is doing great. We are still in the beach house with no internet access so posting is still sporadic. I am actually typing this post on my new phone. It's interesting to say the least.
We were planning on moving into the rv at the end of January, but we've moved the date up to the end of December. We are going to start the new year off in it. I am so excited. It's only 3 weeks away. :)
There has been some other changes too. We now have a doggy in our family. Her name is Meesha. She is a 5 year old pug. She may very well be the best dog on earth. She is sitting and cuddling with me as I type this. I love her.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
So Much Going On
Wow. I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while. So much has been going on I just haven't had the time. Where to start??? Well first thing, we closed on our house!!!!!! We closed on Tuesday the 3rd. Everything went smooth. Well almost everything. Apparently the washer and dryer were supposed to be included with the house and we had already sold them. But it was to a girl in Zach's shop and we were able to buy them back from her and take them back to the house. :) So that disaster was averted.
Let's see......We have moved into a beach house here. A couple at the church we've been attending has a beach house (it's a vacation rental home that is already furnished) that they aren't using and have offered to let us stay there rent free for the next three months. So that's where we are living now. We hadn't even met these people but they heard our story of what we are doing from the pastor and were so impressed that they wanted to help us. So this is their way to help us. :) What a blessing. God is so good.
So we bought the RV last night. We paid for it and are heading over today to do our walk through and learn how everything works. We thought about not buying it because we are staying in the beach house, but decided that we would rather have it ready to go so when they need us to leave the beach house we can just up and go. They won't have to wait on us to find someplace first. So we get to pick it up today and now we can take our time getting everything just right in it. :)
We drove to Clermont this past weekend to take my aunt the tv (she bought it). We rented a van and drove down on Thursday night. Friday morning we got up and drove to Tampa to go to Busch Gardens...that was so much fun. Perfect weather an NO LINES!!!!!! We rode the roller coasters so many times without even having to get off. It was great. Then we went to Jungala and rode one of the rides there that brings you up and just drops you down. Autumn was just tall enough to ride it and since there was practically no one there we got to ride over and over without getting off. She loved it.
Well we left there Friday night and headed back to Clermont then Saturday morning we got up and headed home. It was a busy busy couple of days. Clermont is about 6 hours from us and Tampa is about 2 hours from Clermont. Lots of driving (it was a rental so it didn't matter too much. :) )
So that's a little of what's been going on. Hopefully soon I'll be able to tell a little more in depth about the beach house and what we're going to be starting to work on to help others. But for now I need to go and eat my lunch. MMMMMM
Until next time.......
Let's see......We have moved into a beach house here. A couple at the church we've been attending has a beach house (it's a vacation rental home that is already furnished) that they aren't using and have offered to let us stay there rent free for the next three months. So that's where we are living now. We hadn't even met these people but they heard our story of what we are doing from the pastor and were so impressed that they wanted to help us. So this is their way to help us. :) What a blessing. God is so good.
So we bought the RV last night. We paid for it and are heading over today to do our walk through and learn how everything works. We thought about not buying it because we are staying in the beach house, but decided that we would rather have it ready to go so when they need us to leave the beach house we can just up and go. They won't have to wait on us to find someplace first. So we get to pick it up today and now we can take our time getting everything just right in it. :)
We drove to Clermont this past weekend to take my aunt the tv (she bought it). We rented a van and drove down on Thursday night. Friday morning we got up and drove to Tampa to go to Busch Gardens...that was so much fun. Perfect weather an NO LINES!!!!!! We rode the roller coasters so many times without even having to get off. It was great. Then we went to Jungala and rode one of the rides there that brings you up and just drops you down. Autumn was just tall enough to ride it and since there was practically no one there we got to ride over and over without getting off. She loved it.
Well we left there Friday night and headed back to Clermont then Saturday morning we got up and headed home. It was a busy busy couple of days. Clermont is about 6 hours from us and Tampa is about 2 hours from Clermont. Lots of driving (it was a rental so it didn't matter too much. :) )
So that's a little of what's been going on. Hopefully soon I'll be able to tell a little more in depth about the beach house and what we're going to be starting to work on to help others. But for now I need to go and eat my lunch. MMMMMM
Until next time.......
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tragedy
This post really has nothing to do with our adventure. It's a prayer request.
We have some friends at the church we go to in Panama City that are going through a tragic time right now. Their two oldest children were walking to the bus stop with the mom and they ran out in front of a car and were hit. The six year old little girl, Julie, was killed and the nine year old boy, Micheal, is in critical condition. Their mom had to witness her babies going through this. All of the children already at the bus stop had to watch this too. Please pray for God to send His peace to everyone this has touched.
We have some friends at the church we go to in Panama City that are going through a tragic time right now. Their two oldest children were walking to the bus stop with the mom and they ran out in front of a car and were hit. The six year old little girl, Julie, was killed and the nine year old boy, Micheal, is in critical condition. Their mom had to witness her babies going through this. All of the children already at the bus stop had to watch this too. Please pray for God to send His peace to everyone this has touched.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Rain
Rain rain go away come again another day. It's raining today. But my plants have been terribly neglected by me lately so they are probably pretty happy at the moment.
We are moving our stuff into a storage unit on Saturday (I hope it's not raining then). We're going to be sleeping here Satuday night and moving into the hotel on Sunday. We figured that's one less night we have to pay for. :) After church on Sunday we'll come back here and clean, that way it's nice a pretty for the girl who's buying it.
Today I'm staying home and working on laundry. We are delivering our washer and dryer to the girl who is buying them, so I'm trying to make sure all of it's done before then. The problem is I HATE DOING LAUNDRY!!!!!!! I'm ok at the washing and drying. It's the folding and puting away that I have issues with. At least now the puting away consists of leaving them in the laundry baskets (because we have no dressers). I think going to the laundry mat will be good for me. It will force me to do it all at once, and living in the rv I'll have to put it all away because there will be no room to leave it laying around.
About 90% of the house is packed up. I packed most of the kitchen today. I can't pack the pots and pans because we still need to eat the rest of the week, but the dishes are packed and we'll just use paper plates until we settle down again. As close as we are to moving it doesn't seem as though we'll get it all done. But I know we will, some of it just has to wait until Friday to get done. It's that stuff that is causing me stress now.
So now I need to go and do some more packing and cleaning.
We are moving our stuff into a storage unit on Saturday (I hope it's not raining then). We're going to be sleeping here Satuday night and moving into the hotel on Sunday. We figured that's one less night we have to pay for. :) After church on Sunday we'll come back here and clean, that way it's nice a pretty for the girl who's buying it.
Today I'm staying home and working on laundry. We are delivering our washer and dryer to the girl who is buying them, so I'm trying to make sure all of it's done before then. The problem is I HATE DOING LAUNDRY!!!!!!! I'm ok at the washing and drying. It's the folding and puting away that I have issues with. At least now the puting away consists of leaving them in the laundry baskets (because we have no dressers). I think going to the laundry mat will be good for me. It will force me to do it all at once, and living in the rv I'll have to put it all away because there will be no room to leave it laying around.
About 90% of the house is packed up. I packed most of the kitchen today. I can't pack the pots and pans because we still need to eat the rest of the week, but the dishes are packed and we'll just use paper plates until we settle down again. As close as we are to moving it doesn't seem as though we'll get it all done. But I know we will, some of it just has to wait until Friday to get done. It's that stuff that is causing me stress now.
So now I need to go and do some more packing and cleaning.
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