Boxes, boxes and more boxes

I do really need to start packing. But where to start first.....

Andy and I are getting in our last of the doctor appointments, dentist, etc. Notifying people of our move and trying to determine what address to put on our drivers license. So much to do.....

I'll pack this weekend.

House hunting and down sizing

Just returned from Florida visiting with Alyson and her family. Andy and I traveled to a few places looking at homes, possibly to buy. Venice, south of Sarasota on the Gulf was by far by favorite place. Altho the median age is 70 years old! But we are sticking to our plan of traveling for the next 12 months. If gas goes higher then $4.00 a gallon, we will settle very quickly. Alyson asked Andy if he was a little nervous about retiring and he responded that he has been planning this for 30 years. Living on a "fixed" income is fine, he is stocking up on condiments, napkins, silverware, etc. from all the fast food places we dine at! He is always planning ahead! I am sure this makes my children even more secure in our plans of selling the house and living in a RV.

I need to start packing. Andy is really unable to do most of this since he brought very little with him when we got married. I am having some saddness deciding what to keep and what to throw out. It is hard down sizing and trying to live minimally. I do know that my kids are still having trouble accepting this. I want them to know this is now my turn to live and be carefree and maybe a little irresponsible. And have some fun! I must have done a good job making this house in Rochester a real home. Selling our family home after my divorce was hard, so many memories there, but also much saddness. This new home in Rochester did seem like we all lived here together. Well actually, all my kids have moved in with me for short periods of time. Neal lived here when he moved back from Columbus, Alyson and Chris before they left for Florida and Amanda....she helped me buy this house! She lived here during summers, weekends and Christmas vacations. I do know this was a huge part of their young adult life. But we will have a new home base :) Hang in there guys and let Andy and I have some time and fun, just the two of us like carefree kids living life. "Life is like a runaway train I can't wait to jump on."

Our Journey

Andy and I have decided to retire early. We put our home up for sale and it sold in 15 days...unheard of these days. So we are now planning to live our dream of traveling the US for the next 12 months in a RV. Hence our blog site....Life is a Highway. This site will take our family and friends on our journey. We are hoping to be on the road come early July. We have much to do before then. Like buying our new "home" and packing up a 4 bedroom, 2 bath house so it will fit in that RV. Sorting out our closets and basement has been hard at times trying to decide what to part with and what we actually have room to keep. We had our first garage sale last weekend and sold a lot with a profit of about $350.00. Every time someone left with our "junk" I had a story to tell about the item.