Long time coming...

It has been a crazy almost two (2) months here. I don't know how time flew! Where to start!

I have been baking in the RV. What have I done?! Ahhh let's see...pretzels (sticks, twists, original - all salted and buttered, cinnamon and sugar, and cheesey ones. My fav are the salted and buttered ones. So easy and quick to make the kids love them! I have made bread loaves (many of them), we go through at least 1 a day. They cost me $.84 not including propane or electric (for the a/c). I have made cookies and granola bars.

The kids are doing well, they crave the structure of schooling which I am doing in an unschooling/mixed with all sorts of other schooling for them. They seem to have adapted well, still unsure but who isn't!? We haven't made many friends at least none like back home. We all miss back home, friends and family (chosen). I laugh and say, "It is hard to make friends after elementary school", kind of funny because my kids don't attend it anymore and we have had more friends since leaving public school than when we were in it!

Pets have adjusted well, lazy babies! They seem to love it! Now of course time in the tent and on the road, they feel that I can never leave home without them! Ah well everything is an adjustment period, boy do I sure hope so!

Mom and Dad are adjusting well...Mom is doing her thing at home, being SM - Super Mom!! Dad is working, commute isn't so good but it has to work for now. We have been looking for land to call base and an RVand truck.

Things are serene here. I keep telling people I have found my inner peace, but I think really what it is, is that I have found my inner balance. We are in the middle between both coasts, and in the Central part of the state. It seems to work well for us and I am happy. I could use more ME time, that has been a lost cause though.

Well the adventures continue, we can't wait to get our own RV and be on the road. Until then, this will do just fine!

Until later...

WHAT is that smell?!

"OMG! What is that smell (reminds you of a Sir Mixalot song huh?!) honey?! IT was bad, and when I say bad, I mean bad. The downside to never living in an RV or owning one is that you don't know much of anything. FORGET what you read, start digging on RV forums for things that can go wrong!

So we did some research into "Sewer smells in the RV" and came up with some things to do/fix. We did the bleach and water to deodorize.  We did the vent replacements under the sinks. We flushed it several times, and by it I mean the grey and black water tanks. The smell isn't so bad in the main portion of the RV now, but the BATHROOM...wow, it is pretty horrid. So I started searching for how to clean said black water tank, and came up with several options, "The GEO method", toilet wand flusher contraption, the flushing (we did), the replacements (we did) and some other ones, like ice cubes, etc.

Upon further investigation (GROSS!), I was peering into the black water tank via the toilet and decided that baby needed a massive cleaning. So either he is going to borrow if anyone has it, the flusher toilet thingy contraption, or I am bringing in the water hose and a trigger sprayer and going to tear into the disgusting tank via the toilet. Why? Cause the hotter it gets here the worse it becomes and just like I scrubbed the used RV down everywhere else, I feel it needs to be done in the tank. I am not going to keep being subjected to however old of poop smell that is!!!

The kids are spending a lot of time in the yard, thankfully! Every time I go out there, I get bit by something which turns into a major infection as I am allergic to everything that bites. So I sit in the RV mostly with the AC blowing trying to avoid the toilet at all costs. I keep having the boys come in to tell me if it is still the same smell or going away. LOL. Anyways, enough of that!

Until later...

Happiness...

You don't find happiness after an experience like I had to go through and the kids witness, but I must say I found some! The trailer is smaller, but it is in great condition. I am still cleaning to my standards though. We have been here for three days now and are making it our own place.

My plants came from storage, they were only going to hold on so much longer! I am so happy they held on for as long as they did!! They are outside on our "deck" and happy. We watered our grass and the plants. It is so peaceful here. NO screaming/fighting neighbors, no loud kids (other than our own!), which might change. We have a slip and slide, volleyball net, horseshoes, and some other stuff set up now for the kids in our yard. Since we are stationary while we look for our own motor-home we are making due.

OK something you need to know...toilet paper as you once knew it is no longer! The one thing NO one has told me about is the TP! YOU have to use special RV TP. OMG it is horrid LOL. Oh well, will chalk that one up to getting use to living light!

I have always been a pack-rat, not saying I am giving that up but definitely get rid of a lot, yes more than when we first moved. Living nomadically is so freeing, in so many ways. There is less clean up, less to figure out what to do with, less you can carry simply because it is too big or you don't have the space!

I put the mixer out, we stored the appliances under the dining seat, the coffee maker is out, I just need to bake NOW! I am super excited, just need to make a run to the storage to get my pans (some were forgotten the other day).

Who knew living this life would make me so happy!? I do miss my family and friends back in WA, but WOW I think I was truly meant to live this life! The life of a gypsy or nomad. I think I can thank my mom for that one! Gypsy Rose II she said, as she was the first Gypsy Rose. :-)

OH and I love having a potty RIGHT there! Man asked the boys...wanna go camping?! First thing they said was "In a Tent?" LOL, then followed by "NO"! "AWWW" man said, "too soon?". Yes babe, too soon!

Until later...

Oh the horror...

I started hearing things, like "oh the husband didn't know you paid her money. He doesn't want to sell it." etc. So we go to pay our next payment (as they were suppose to be out yesterday and we pay today) and the man on the couch inside what is to be my home is very rude to us. He waves us off like flies, telling his wife to go take care of SEE the title first. Why?? Well good question, they never transferred it into their name and we don't want issues.

What comes next terrifies my kids (I am sure that nightmares of this day will haunt them). The man comes out starts screaming at me about how dare I bring a third party. HE decides who HE is going to sell to and it isn't going to be us!!! I calmly stood there, told the kids to go to the gazebo, and told him how I felt. I told him that we had an agreement, it was for $1,500 but then his wife came back and said he wanted $2,000. We said ok, asked when they would be out and we were told Sunday and the agreement was we pay upon their exit. They weren't, here we are just asking to see the title nothing more, nothing less.

We were always met with WHERE is my money or WHEN can you get it. Seriously?! I just want to see the title. We never even saw the slides work. RED flags were always going off, now this made it very clear. I told him I want my money tonight, he said it is at the bank and he would get it tomorrow. I said he has until close of bank business and I am calling the cops if it isn't returned by then.

Then I walked away and cried. I was crying not for the loss of the trailer, I wouldn't take it if it was free, but for the way I was treated!

Well...when one door closes a bunch of windows and another door opens. By a saving grace, a rental trailer came available literally one hour before this all happened. The owner was like if you want to see it (while hugging me, I was inconsolable), it was smaller but it is MUCH nicer she says. WHO knew it would be so awesome! We have our own fenced HUGE yard (grass was just planted), no neighbors, trees around us, a dry creek that fills when it rains, a fire pit and most of all a bathroom! HAHA!

Well off to help move us into the new trailer, for now this will work! We can still shop for what we want a Class A or C and just rent this. We are super happy, the kids are even happier than they were for the last one!

Until later...

Disappointment...

So they were suppose to be out today...they weren't. It was really a let down. They said maybe Monday or Tuesday night. It really was an incredible disappointment.

I really wanted to get in, clean, figure things out! Ok...we are playing the waiting game again.

Until later...

Anticipation!!

It's like waiting for Christmas day to happen! We are all super excited for the move into our new RV! We just hope they get out early Sunday morning versus late Sunday night!

We have plans to rip out the carpet and put laminate snap together hardwood flooring. Where we are staying the owner offered to give us what she had, that was very sweet of her! We also plan on taking out the queen bed and replacing it with a daybed and trundle and adding a folding table that is attached to the wall in there.

In the dining room/living room area, we are planning on taking the table and bench chairs out and replacing it with a long desk for two (our work spaces).The couch sofa sleeper will be taken out and replaced with a new one.

I also want to take out the commode and replace it with a real one!

There is lots of cleaning, organizing, etc. to be had!

Until later...

Pics of the new rig!

Here is the new rig!

That is not our stuff. She is taking it with her. It has a new awning (6 months old too). I can't wait for Sunday!!!