So We've Moved. . . . (Again)

So the Thompson's are on the move again. Only this time, things will probably get a lot more interesting. So let's start the play by play as we count down the days in the RV. Yep, that's right RV as in Recreational Vehicle!! Or in our case as in. . . HOME!



What started with a contract on our house back on Sept 29th has already been a little chaotic, and is only the start of the adventure. The new buyers wanted in the house ASAP which meant we had little time to prepare, much less find a new house to go to. Home inspection was Oct 7 and it wasn't until the the 17th that we found out everything was good to go. Oh, did I mention the closing date was scheduled for Oct 21!!


So where does a family of 5 and two dogs go for a short term (oh boy do we pray it's short term)rental? Well, you start by looking at rental properties. When you get denied by them you move on to cabin rentals, when the dogs can't join you there you go to plan B or maybe Q. That's the local 1-800-RV4RENT location. So we secured our reservation and a spot at the Texan RV Ranch in Mansfield.


With that all settled the next hurdle is the actual move out. What we thought was great forethought, naturally turns out crazy busy and after two flat bed trailer loads, two small trailer loads, about 8 guys, two 10x15 storage units and 1/3 of a garage (Thanks Crawford's!) we were out of our house and prepped for the move into our rolling casa.


Of course it couldn't be that simple. Tuesday Brandi was at the Dr. with what appears to be ulcer like symptoms. . . just think how bad it would be if she had some stress in her life! Obviously super mom was overcoming that too well and therefore came down with strep throat on Thursday morning.


But we survived all that even without as much direction from the Boss as we would have liked, we closed on time on Fri. Thanks to a last minute visit by Lanae even Brandi's treasured red chandelier is safe and sound (probably still in the back of Lanae's car) and we were out. No longer residents of the Lowe's Farm community but ready for our next space. . .Wherever Gods wants us!


With all that said, follow us along over the next 30 days as live out our very busy lives here at the Texan RV Ranch! We'll try to keep this up with day by day details of all of our adventures.


Day 1:

We check in at the front desk while our RV and all it's stickered up glory sits in the parking lot. Mary at the front desk realizes right away that we are not the "normal" RVers as she tries to field all of our questions. Before long, Micheal, the maintenance guy is there to escort us to our site. (I have since learned by watching others check in that what we thought was sort of the norm of someone helping you to your site is not so normal) Not only did Michael escort us he also attempted to get us all hooked up with the luxuries of the RV park. . . things like connection to the sewage line, the city water and electricity. I say attempted because none of these connection went as planned. First he looks at our power cord and tells us he can't connect it. The pegs are all bent up and corroded.


While we wait on what to do about the electricity he moves on to the water supply. After we locate the hose (only took me about two trips around all the cubbies on the exterior of what we will be calling from here on home), he connects it and a nice steady drip runs down the home. And based on the rust stains it's not the first time this leak has happened. So new hose is also in our near future. Finally, after a quick visit to the general store on site we had the right adaptor for our sewer line and we were in business!!


Last thing to do is go get the kids and bring them home! Needless to say they are jazzed about their new residence (follow along and we'll see how long that lasts). But the excitement declined some when Brandi and I went to bed at 8:45. It'd had been a long a couple days!

Check back for day two and on as we count them down. (Also hope to update this with some photos. . . as soon as we find the cord!)