We just kept lowering the price until someone bit. We were willing to go lower than we could have gotten if we had more time because we want to spend time traveling instead of staying at home and trying to sell a camper. It still wasn’t a bad price, and the new owner was very happy. He drove all the way from the Nevada/California line to get it. In a way it was sad because we had so many good times in it. We still have to sell the pickup, but we have time for that later.
We are now planning on what we will take to pick up the new motorhome. Kevin kept thinking all the things we needed to live in the motorhome for two weeks would fit in the back of the SUV, but he has realized that just won’t work. We will rent a little U-Haul trailerso we can be comfortable while still leaving poor Lily some room. She loved traveling in the SUV when we moved here, probably because she can see out of all the windows. It is about 700 miles, and we can do it in one long day.
As for the house, we have put up pretty much all the blinds finally! Both guest bedrooms are pretty much put together. They are smaller than my old guest rooms, as is the dining area, so we gave away quite a bit of furniture. None of the kids are interested in things like china cabinets, though I had one take our big dining room table. We bought a much smaller expandable table and a very small buffet/hutch at IKEA. It fits much better with my modern decorating style.
We have also worked a lot on the outside of the house. The yard is odd shaped, and it needs a lot of water. We tried some different sprinklers, and we ended up with a tractor type that follows a hose. Luckily there are outside hose bibs on both sides of the house so we can water the entire yard in one day. It has been so hot and dry I am afraid the “seams” of our sod has died. They weren’t pushed well down onto the dirt. The seams will eventually fill in, but we will have to be careful with watering.
Since I don’t have any house pictures, here is one of Lily being her adorable self. She cover s her eyes like that all the time. You can just barely see her pipe cleaner and feather play toys.
