Category: Getting Ready

Under Contract on the House!

June 15, 2021 A lot can happen in one day! We are under contract on the house! Yesterday, we received a good offer and we accepted it! The retirement rv dream can move forward! We’ll be able to start our travels at the end of July. There is still a lot of work to do […]

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Retirement RV Dream Delayed

May 25, 2021 I had hoped to turn in my two weeks notice yesterday for my retirement. Since our house hasn’t sold, my retirement is delayed. I will work until the house sells. I am glad I told my boss that I will work until June 4th or until the house sells, which ever is […]

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All Clothes Moved to RV

May 13, 2021 We have been packing up the items in the house that we want to keep long term and moving them into storage. Bruce and I donated two large bags of clothes to Goodwill. I donated a lot of my shoes as well. I was still amazed at how many clothes I had […]

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Progress and Knocked Silly

May 5, 2021 On Monday, we had a structural engineer come and look at the house. There were some cracks in the sheetrock along the stairs that worried our realtor. I know we have shifting soil in this area, so her worries were catching. The structural engineer looked at everything and said there had been […]

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Relaxing at the RV

April 25, 2021 Just a very quick update as the countdown to retirement continues. Since Bruce discovered Facebook Marketplace, we been downsizing at an amazing clip. Our barrister style bookcases are gone (two were bought by my friend Jeanne), the kegerator is gone, the two futons are gone, as well as a bunch of other […]

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De-Winterizing the RV

April 8, 2021 Since the weather forecast for the next ten days was predicting above freezing overnight, we decided to de-winterize the RV on Saturday, April 3. We wanted to flush the RV antifreeze from the plumbing system. I was very excited by the idea of having running water in the RV. We hadn’t had […]

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Busy, Busy Friday

April 7, 2021 Friday, April 2nd, was a very busy day for me. I had my 20 year anniversary at my job! I can now keep my health insurance with the company. When I started the job, I didn’t think I’d be there for more than a few years. Those of us in IT tend […]

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