DEPARTURE DAY!

Woke up to hear the geese flying overhead and realized we will be following them today!  Had my son Matt , his wife Courtney and grandkids Kennedy and Hayden over last night for a wienie roast, shed a few tears as we all hugged, but I told them it's not good-bye it's "hey, I'll see you in the spring"! Mixed feelings, happy,sad,excited, anxious, scared, challenged but ready! Leaving town around 2:00! Keep us in your prayers, this is the start of living our dream!  Got a lot of work ahead of us before we leave, packing, dropping things off at the house, picking more things up and then figuring out how to get it all in the motorhome, deciding what chairs to take, I want all four and he said no, just pick two, lol, one of the many little disagreements we have had, but we end of laughing and I usually get my way! So to our kids and grandkids we love you all and will miss you everyday, this is harder for us then you will ever realize but it's a dream I have had way back when I was married to your Dad, we always said when we have raised the kids and are retired let's run away in a motorhome and see the world, well, I know he is smiling as I continue on with our dream, funny thing is that when I mentioned this dream to Craig and almost fell out of his recliner and said OMG, yes, that has ALWAYS been my dream too, so here we go following that dream! So be good, take care of yourselves and stay out of trouble, lol, we will be praying for you's everyday!

ON THE ROAD FINALLY!!

The day has arrived, we officially left Oscoda Friday afternoon after living in our motorhome in our dear friends backyard for 2 months! Had a fantastic time, had family and friends come up and see us while we were there! My best friend of 36 years came up and spent 3 glorious all girls days with Annette and I,  stayed in the house with them while Craig stayed in the motorhome, not sure if he was being kind or didn't want to be around 3 silly old gals acting 16 again! We all got our hair cut, colored, hi-lited by Peggy, even Craig got in on that, then we rented movies and watched all girl flicks, we talked and shared memories until we laughed and cried into the wee hours of the night, not to mention over eating and even had a few Pina Colatas!  Thanks to Annette, Barry and Richard for allowing us to park our big rig there and enjoy the sunrises, beach and most of all..the great hospitality they showed us! We cried and hugged when we left knowing we wouldn't see each other until next year!
                        We pulled into Bay City State Park late Friday afternoon and was surprised to see the campground packed, I asked the ranger why it was so busy this time of year and she told me it was Halloween weekend where kids got to decorate pumpkins and cookies, play games and go trick or treating, just about every campsite was decorated for Halloween, there was a prize for the best decorated site, they had us right in front of the playgrounds, which we would normally avoid, but with the grandkids coming Sat. it would be perfect.  We sure picked a great weekend to be here since our kids and the grandkids will be here to see us off before we head for Texas Wed.! Thank Goodness I have Halloween costumes I sell on e-bay, the kids all got to dress up and go trick or treating, we bought 240 pieces of candy for Craig to pass out while I walked around with the grandkids and he ran out about 15 minutes before it was over! Had a weinie roast and then hugged and kissed them good-bye, I did good and didn't let them see me cry until they left, that was hard especially with the little 3 year old knowing he wouldn't understand where Papa and Nana are!  It was an emotional day but rewarding, we both collapsed in bed by 10:00!
                                    Tomorrow we are taking the motorhome in to have some last minute minor repairs made, drop off and pick up some things in the garage, get some laundry done, mail some sold ebay items off at the post office, etc. then Tues. Craig has a doctor appointment at the vet's hospital and I have some business with my doctor, and Wed. I have my mammogram at 1:15, don't want to miss that, gas up both vehicles, pick up the mail for the last time and check on everything one last time,  then we are going to try to see the kids, grandkids and family one more time before we leave.  Phewwww!  Hoping to be out of Michigan by evening when we rest for the night!
                                           So wish us luck as we start our vagabond lifestyle and pray we have God as our co-pilot and have all good luck, until the next time, Good Night and God Bless!
                       

GOT A DATE WHEN WE ARE HEADING FOR TEXAS!!

Well, we finally have a lift off date when we head for Texas!!! Sept. 28th Wed. morning! I have a mammogram that afternoon, then we are off on our adventure!  Many people have called with concerns about the fires in Texas, we have been watching the news and the fires are at least 4-5 hrs. 350 miles north of where we will be, we are hoping it will be under control by the time we get there, if not we will have to drive thru the area, if they are still going on then we will have to deviate around it! But if it isn't under control by then, well, then Texas will be in serious condition!!!  Praying for those poor people in the fire area!  We have realized that we have packed too much and will be dropping a lot off at the house, plus there is a few things we thought we didn't need and do, so will be exchanging things out! Glad we decided to live in our Dolphin for a month and a half before we headed for Texas, learned a lot!  I have spent a lot of time with friends and family, got our finances figured out and got kind of an idea what we will have left over after bills, believe we will be ok! Hoping fuel prices will drop back down after the holidays, I see they went crazy over the Labor Day weekend!!  I have been buying a lot of things to sell on e-bay, clutters up the motorhome a bit, but it is all necessary, I plan on using e-bay as part of our income, so Craig is biting his tongue and not complaining too much!  Well, that is all for now, will try to post something every week or so until we are on the road, then hopefully daily!  Thanks everyone who is following my blog, I will try to keep it interesting!