Well, we close on the house on Monday and move into our new 5th wheel home. Exciting and a little scary.
I am exhausted! We have packed up and sold 17 years of stuff. It's amazing what you can find in those closets. We are doing the storage thing for now - just till we are all settled and know that this is it. Plus, I am still having a hard time with giving up some of the stuff. I figure that will ease as we move through the process.
I am so excited to not be working to pay bills. I am excited that I won't have to clean that big (big to me) house anymore or take care of that yard. I have loved the yard, but it just takes so much time that I want to spend doing something else. Plus, with this Texas drought it is really hard to watch everything die around you.
We have talked about doing this for years. Now our son is grown and we can make the move. We orginally had a 2 year plan that got bumped up. I'm glad because 2 years could have turned into another 2 years and then maybe would have never lived our dream.
So in a few days we will begin our working retirement and a whole new adventure together. I am so excited!
The Hensons said
01:55 PM Jul 21, 2011
Enjoy the journey!
Bob and Kathy said
05:08 PM Jul 21, 2011
May God bless you as you enter a new stage of life, and may all your journeys be safe and happy. Please keep us posted along the way!
Froggi said
05:40 PM Jul 21, 2011
Congrats on the big move....hope to meet you on the road!
Walking Plow said
11:40 AM Jul 31, 2011
Very encouraging. I hope to be out there soon as possible also. As for the stuff you leave behind. Leave it behind. Wont take to long and you will not remember what you left in storage. That's how it was for us when we had a storage place after we moved to a smaller place. Now we will move from this smaller place to a house on wheels. With a real big yard. So big it will takes days even weeks to cross it.
TxYellowRose said
12:27 PM Jul 31, 2011
Congratulations and welcome to Life!
3fortheroad said
09:46 AM Aug 1, 2011
BenMary wrote:
Well, we close on the house on Monday and move into our new 5th wheel home. Exciting and a little scary.
I am exhausted! We have packed up and sold 17 years of stuff. It's amazing what you can find in those closets. We are doing the storage thing for now - just till we are all settled and know that this is it. Plus, I am still having a hard time with giving up some of the stuff. I figure that will ease as we move through the process.
I am so excited to not be working to pay bills. I am excited that I won't have to clean that big (big to me) house anymore or take care of that yard. I have loved the yard, but it just takes so much time that I want to spend doing something else. Plus, with this Texas drought it is really hard to watch everything die around you.
We have talked about doing this for years. Now our son is grown and we can make the move. We orginally had a 2 year plan that got bumped up. I'm glad because 2 years could have turned into another 2 years and then maybe would have never lived our dream.
So in a few days we will begin our working retirement and a whole new adventure together. I am so excited!
Hey Ben & Mary, Congrats on the start of your new adventure.
-- Edited by 3fortheroad on Monday 1st of August 2011 09:47:21 AM
-- Edited by 3fortheroad on Monday 1st of August 2011 09:48:20 AM
Well, we close on the house on Monday and move into our new 5th wheel home. Exciting and a little scary.
I am exhausted! We have packed up and sold 17 years of stuff. It's amazing what you can find in those closets. We are doing the storage thing for now - just till we are all settled and know that this is it. Plus, I am still having a hard time with giving up some of the stuff. I figure that will ease as we move through the process.
I am so excited to not be working to pay bills. I am excited that I won't have to clean that big (big to me) house anymore or take care of that yard. I have loved the yard, but it just takes so much time that I want to spend doing something else. Plus, with this Texas drought it is really hard to watch everything die around you.
We have talked about doing this for years. Now our son is grown and we can make the move. We orginally had a 2 year plan that got bumped up. I'm glad because 2 years could have turned into another 2 years and then maybe would have never lived our dream.
So in a few days we will begin our working retirement and a whole new adventure together. I am so excited!
May God bless you as you enter a new stage of life, and may all your journeys be safe and happy. Please keep us posted along the way!
Very encouraging. I hope to be out there soon as possible also.
As for the stuff you leave behind. Leave it behind. Wont take to long and you will not remember what you left in storage. That's how it was for us when we had a storage place after we moved to a smaller place.
Now we will move from this smaller place to a house on wheels. With a real big yard. So big it will takes days even weeks to cross it.
Congratulations and welcome to Life!
Hey Ben & Mary, Congrats on the start of your new adventure.
-- Edited by 3fortheroad on Monday 1st of August 2011 09:47:21 AM
-- Edited by 3fortheroad on Monday 1st of August 2011 09:48:20 AM
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