Enough of this bug

We have spent the last 2 weeks with a bug.  It started with my 6 year old and worked its way up through the family.  I am just getting over it.  I can't wait to be on the road homeschooling and avoiding these nasty illness that are harbored in classrooms.

So proud of my hubby

I moved to DC in 1997 from New York.  The opportunity of owning my own business, a deli, was an opportunity that I just could not pass up.  So I packed up my stuff and left.  I also left behind Rob, boyfriend at the time unsure if he would decide that he should follow me.  Neither one of us had great a career, we had jobs.  Rob was working with an electrician hoping to get licensed.  I worked for a roofing company as a secretary, gagging.  Green grasses awaited.  The deli was owned by my cousin which allowed me to pay it off without giving a down payment.  The hours were long the work was hard, but in the end it was well worth it.  Rob finally decided to come down in 1998 with the intention of finding a job but I realized that I needed him in the store.  We worked our butts off and paid off my cousin in record time.  We married in 1999 and had our first in 2000.  Everything was moving very fast.  Through all of this Rob never had a chance to take any of his "stuff" out of the boxes he moved them down here in.  That is until today.  He has dwindled down his 6 boxes to 2 and has come across some very interesting memories.  He has parted with so much and it gives me a warm feeling all over.  For years I had been saying to go through your stuff and get rid of what you do want.  He would get so mad, it's my stuff and I'm not getting rid of it.  I love that he has embraced the idea of life on the road enough to get rid of his stuff.  I even hear things like, by Christmas we should have enough money.  Then I hear but what are we going to do to earn money, which worries me greatly.  I know it will all work out though.

Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel....

RV's are cool

Well I tricked the kids into taking a ride with me today.  I must say they  were very good about being dragged to look at RV's.  We left just before lunch and I bribed them with food.  Once we ate the rest of the ride was a joy.  My younger two love getting in the RV's.  The big one (11) is always reluctant at first but then joins the fun.  I had called around before I left asking if they had bunkhouses with lofts.  The fella at the dealership assured me and then once I was there I learned it was not so.  Normally I would have been annoyed at having driven such a distance and the cost of gas but I decided I was going to pick his brain.  He was very nice and answered all my questions.  We saw some bunkhouses but without lofts.  Then we saw one without bunks but a loft and my children demanded that I buy it on the spot.  I am glad they are excited about our future.  I was also informed that there will be another RV show which will be family oriented.  I hope this means more than a few bunkhouses to look at.

Looking forward to the weekend....