I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!
Now, bring on to New Year’s!!!!
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All I Need Is . . . .
Okay, this clip may be a somewhat accurate portrayal of me as I was trying to figure out what I needed in the RV.
The RV is stocked with everything we need, except my Kitchen Aid mixer. All I need is the stocked RV and my Kitchen Aid mixer. And my mixing bowls. All I need is my stocked RV, my Kitchen Aid mixer and my mixing bowls. And the Instant Pot. All I need is the stocked RV, my Kitchen Aid mixer, my mixing bowls, and the Instant Pot. And . . . . .
You get the picture.
Seriously, I got rid of or packed most of our belongings and the things I packed are sitting in a storage unit. But the things I brought with us in the RV don’t all fit. My Kitchen Aid mixer is too tall for cupboards, under seat and under bed storage areas. It will only fit on the counter or in the closet space. There isn’t enough counter space for the mixer and we need all available closet space for our clothing, because we don’t have a lot of closet space. For a matter-of-fact, we don’t have enough closet and drawer space that will hold enough clothing for the four of us. I brought the food we had left at our house and we don’t have enough cupboard space for all the food, so I bought a storage container with drawers and was able to squeeze it in next to the fridge and it’s now full. However, I still have food that is sitting on the counter because the storage container didn’t provide us enough additional space and there isn’t room for another storage containers. We are utilizing the microwave as cupboard space, which means any time we want to use the microwave we have to pull it all out. I have a basket full of baking supplies that is sitting on the couch along with our coats, which we don’t have room for. Our second bathroom shower is being used as an overflow storage unit and is now full. We would put more of our things in storage, but it is full as well. We didn’t want to pay an additional $60 per month for a larger unit, so the choices became getting rid of more belonging or getting an RV with more storage. Everything that is in the RV has been or will be used on a regular basis, so getting rid of things isn’t a great option. That meant one thing – ask Santa for a larger RV. A fifth-wheel to be exact!
After looking at several units, Santa is working on granting my Christmas wish!!!!!
Today we signed a purchase order for a Heartland Oakmont OM390MBL. If all goes well, we should be moving everything over to our new, roomier RV sometime after Christmas or maybe after the first of the year. We are requesting something be added to the new RV and that might delay move-in by a little bit, but hopefully we’ll have the paperwork approved within the next 1-2 days and can begin to re-pack some things and prepare for yet another move.
Since the plan is to be full-time RVer’s for the next 1-2 years, we really need to have something as homey and comfortable as possible. The new RV should do the job wonderfully and we’re keeping fingers crossed that Santa is able to give us the gift of a bigger home this Christmas!
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A December and Christmas to Remember
In 5 days hubby flies back home.
In 6 days we load the U-Haul truck.
In 7 days we leave Illinois headed for Texas.
In 9 days we park Georgette at the RV park. Our new temporary home.
In 21 days we celebrate Christmas.
This will certainly be a December and a Christmas to remember.
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First, Last, TWO WEEKS
We’ve celebrated 19 Thanksgivings since living in this house. I’ve hosted about 15 of the 19 Thanksgivings, baking the turkey, ham, making stuffing, mashed potatoes, a variety of vegetables, and desserts. This year, however, I had our Thanksgiving meal catered. This was a first for me, but with only two weeks til moving day,
TWO WEEKS!!!!!!!!
my time needed to be spent packing and cleaning.
I ordered the food from my favorite grocer, yet it was still a little unnerving for me. Overall, the food was pretty tasty though and it made Thanksgiving much more relaxing. Just a few dishes to do and we headed out for another first.
A movie!
We’ve never gone to see a movie on a holiday, but with all the changes happening in our lives these days, it seemed like another fun first to try.
Of course this Thanksgiving was also the last that we will spend in this house. For a matter-of-fact, it was the last holiday that we will spend in this house.
We’ve made some terrific holiday memories in this house over the years and those memories we will carry with us always.
Typically, with Thanksgiving behind us, I turn my focus to Christmas. I’m typically dusting off the decorations and decking the halls about now,
but instead I spent the day bagging up more donations, helping hubby dispose of our mattress and box (we really need a new one), tear down the girl’s bedrooms and get them set up in the master bedroom. I also packed. I do that daily now.
We made some good progress as we tackled all the things that need to be done before we pull out in two weeks.
TWO WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!
Now time for bed, because tomorrow it’s only 1 week and 6 days.
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An RV Christmas Project
We have 32 more days before we’ll be living in our RV full-time and we’ll be arriving less than two weeks before Christmas. I’m taking a small tree and decorations, which we’ll be setting up as soon as we get the RV parked. Because I like to create wonderful memories, I was hoping to come up with a fun Christmas craft project we could do this year.
Tonight, I saw a video someone posted on Facebook and I knew I had found our RV craft project. Even though I couldn’t understand one word this woman was saying, the projects on the video are pretty self-explanatory. I think the girls and I will tackle the second project – some fun Christmas colored embroidery floss, water, glue, balloons and white Christmas lights (minus the blinking) and we have a cute RV Christmas decoration.
What fun projects do you have planned this holiday season?
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Thru the Eyes of a Child
45 days until Christmas!!!!!!
Christmas is going to be quite the event at our house this year with two little boys added to the mix.
The girls have started working on their Santa’s lists and FS1 has been pretty clueless.
Recently though, as we’ve talked about Christmas we’ve begun to realize that Christmas here is going to be very different for these two little guys.
While we aren’t 100% sure, it appears that FS1 hasn’t experienced a Christmas with gifts under the tree.
Recently, hubby asked him if he has ever gone to sit on Santa’s lap and he responded, “No.” Hubby then asked, “Well Santa still brings you presents right?” He responded, “No, nobody gets presents.”
Because we don’t always know if he is fully comprehending everything, I talked to him a little about Christmas today. I asked if he had a Christmas tree at his house and he said, “Yes.” I asked if Santa came to put presents under the tree and he said, “Yes.” I asked him what he got for Christmas and he began listing off all the toys he plays with here at our house. As I inquired more he told me he didn’t get presents at home.
This will most certainly be different from the Christmas’s he’s known.
Christmas at our house includes a trip to see Santa 2-3 weeks before Christmas. It means writing Dear Santa letters and mailing them off to the North Pole. It’s sending and receiving Christmas cards in the mail. It’s an annual trip to see Christmas lights. It’s listening to Christmas music. It’s watching our favorite Christmas movies. It’s about decorating the tree together. It’s waking up Christmas morning to see gifts under the tree. It’s about smiles, laugher and excitement as gifts are unwrapped. It’s baking and decorating Christmas cookies. It’s spending time with family.
Over the next 45 days, we’ll begin doing those things we do each year in the World of Weeks. It may be the only Christmas the boys experience in the World of Weeks and I hope we can make it a happy and memorable Christmas for all.
