Settling Down

We decided to change from full-timers to part-timers and have a home base.  So, we bought a small house in Pensacola.  At 1,000 square feet, it is still 5 times bigger than our RV!  The house is a fixer upper and will provide plenty for us to do.  The structure is good and it has wood floors throughout the house, but everything needs cleaned and painted.  The wood floors will take a lot of work too.

The previous owners didn’t mow for months so the grass was two feet high.  On our 2^nd day, the police showed up asking us to take care of the yard!  Either the previous owners were going for privacy or they just didn’t care enough to trim bushes.  So, there is a row of 10-foot bushes surrounding the property.  Personally I thought we should keep it this way for Halloween for a real scary haunted house.

 

 

It’s taken some time to get used to home living again.  Before we only had to pay for phone and the RV park / state park.  Now we have phone, electric, gas, water, sewer, trash, and internet.  I forgot how much a hassle it is having a home.  On the other hand, having separate rooms for sleeping, reading, watching TV, and eating is just wonderful.

Another comment…Craigslist and Freecycle are one of the best inventions of all time!  The previous owners left lots of junk.  With freecycle, we were able to get rid of lots of stuff that someone else can use versus paying for someone to haul it off as trash.  Craiglist has been good for both buying and selling things quickly.  How did we live before the internet?

Hopefully we can show a few before-and-after pictures of the house.  Plus, we plan to travel for the Christmas holiday and at different times.  Our posts will be more sporadic in the future.