Closing on our house is all set for noon on April 27th. I expect a call from our attorney by 12:30 knowing that the buyers would try to negotiate concessions rendering a lower price. I was wrong, the call came in at 12:15. Buyers inquired about foyer tiles as three Read more
Once we decided on which of our belongings to keep for the longer term we needed a storage unit with the right size and cost. Until you get everything together it is very hard to determine the exact size of storage unit you will need. You will also need one Read more
It’s amazing the amount the treasured junk that you can accumulate in a 8,000 square foot house that you live in with two kids for 15 years. The Busse Bus is about 700 square feet, so obviously we needed to make some decisions on what to pack, what to keep Read more
On April 2nd, 2018 Matt Anderson proposed to our little girl, Ariana at her favorite vineyard in Napa – Medlock Ames. She said yes. Since he didn’t ask her on April Fool’s Day I know it was legit. Now Matt and Ariana have known each other for about ten years Read more
I arrived home with the Busse Bus on March 28th and parked it in front of our house. All we needed to do now was close on the house, have a estate sale, sell two cars, decide on what belongings to keep and store them, get updated driver’s licenses, outfit Read more
People often ask me how it is to drive the Busse Bus. I tell them to imagine putting a steering column in the foyer of their house and then driving it down the street. It’s huge! Unhooking the coach from electric, water and sewer for the first time is daunting. Read more
So, we purchased a Newmar instead of the Tiffin. We thought that it fit us better after researching different brands. We got a lot of the features that we were looking for in a slightly longer version. It had all of our must-haves and most of our nice-to-haves plus other Read more
We started by attending a local RV show where we were able to review many different manufacturers in one place. What we didn’t realize was that only local retailers would be there and only displaying what they had to sell. Talk about newbies! We knew early on that we wanted Read more
In January we decided to put our house on the market. After interviewing several realtors we decided to use one from our hometown Libertyville who was highly recommended from our niece and nephew, Jeanette and Danny. They have been using her to flip houses for over a year. Laura Reilly Read more
When you lose your job most people fret about what to do next. Find another job in the same field? Different field? Reinvent themselves? Go back to school? Or… We decided to go full time RVing. Sold the house, sold the furniture, stored the rest of our precious belongings, sold Read more