Two Weeks Later

Well it has been two weeks since the last post.  We have been so busy since then, we just did not have time.  As you can see from the picture, cramming your stuff from a 3100 sq ft house into a 40' RV is no easy matter.


We officially moved out of the house on 26 April 2012 and into the RV, which has had its toll on Misty and myself.  The kids are doing pretty well and have not complained about not having all of their toys, as of yet.


Poor Misty is doing most of the storing of our stuff in the RV, which is very time consuming and challenging.  She has switched items around a couple of time now trying to determine which is best place to store certain items.  Target's and Wal*Mart's stock has had to go up due to all the storage containers we have bought in the past few days.  Just today Misty is running to the store to buy some Space-saver bags to store some more clothes.


We still have a good bit of junk in the house that we need to either store or give away and to complicate matters even more, the new owners have moved in and some of our stuff is intermingled with theirs.  It is also weird walking into your old house, that is no longer yours, and seeing different furniture and decorations that are not yours.


So far it has been quite the shock with our lifestyle change, but we are still optimistic and know we are doing the right thing.


Until next time.


Don

Our New RV

This is the 2011 Fleetwood Discovery 40G RV which we will be living in for the unforeseen future with our seven children.  We are selling our 3000 square foot house and moving into a 41 foot RV to explore America and Canada and supplement our children's homeschool education.


There will be nine of us total starting with myself, Donald Lively, who is retired from the WV Army National Guard with 23 years of Active Duty, my wife Misty, who was in the WV Army National Guard for nine years and is now a full-time mom, our son Jered (Misty's step-son), who just turned sixteen, Ethan who will be nine tomorrow, Courtney who is eight, Tia who is six, Ian who is five, Avery who is three, and Chloe who is one.


Needless to say, it is a full boat, but we have no problem with it and feel the overall experience we have will outweigh the cramped quarters.


We will be leaving Elkview, West Virginia sometime late May or early June 2012 to start our adventure.  We will be moving into the RV early May, staying at a near by camp ground until we pull stakes and start down the road.


I hope to post something every week on our journey and experiences.


Follow along to see how well we do.  Some family members only give us three months while others give us six.  We plan on proving them all wrong.


Don