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Itโs been 3 months since we moved into a rental home in northern Vermont and now that the weathers nice and we decided to stay through fall - we picked our fifth wheel up from Virginia! โฃ
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Weโre settling into our new campground and still have to organize and set up our fifth wheel for living, but it feels good to be back! ๐ฅฐโฃ
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March, you were fun. ๐ฅณโฃ
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If Iโm being honest, Iโm ready to transition to warmer weather though. ๐คฃโฃ
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Shorts and sweatshirts is something I can settle for.. but rumor has it the weather Iโm looking for shows up in May. โฃ
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Regardless, Vermont, thanks for a good first month and reuniting us with friends who live here! ๐ฅฐ
It sounds naive to say we went in pretty blindly to this (our first) rental, but we did. โฃ
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I wanted to work in Vermont, itโs been a destination for us to visit for awhile, my rate was very competitive, we knew we couldnโt live in our fifth wheel (lack of campgrounds in winter), and weโre pretty desperate for an affordable rental that could fit our family. โฃ
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I was simply sold on it having a wraparound couch and a dining table that sat six.. there was a place for everyone in our family to be present with each other. โฃ
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The listing mentioned lakefront, but it didnโt click. โฃ
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There werenโt many photos showing the inside and certainly none showing the outside.. Iโd say we settled going into it, but I think we were gently guided. โฃ
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This house is a gem to us. โฃ
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A little slice of paradise that we have a front row seat to.. I donโt know if Iโll be ready to leave here when this assignment is up. โฃ
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This place feels.. healing. โฃ
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๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐น ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด + ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ด!โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ
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We knew we needed a change. โฃ
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We wanted a change. โฃ
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We knew we didnโt want to keep missing out on time together. โฃ
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We got married and had a family to spend time together, not to let work, school, and extracurriculars take the limited time we do have away. โฃ
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We just choose to do it in different places, live in our RV or rentals (like now), and live a much slower life together. โฃ
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Weโve lived this way for almost 3 years now and we still love the spontaneity and the adventure. โฃ
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We love coming home where all of our family and friends live, too.. but weโve learned we can make anywhere home as long as weโre together. ๐คโฃ
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๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐น ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด + ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ด!โฃโฃโฃ
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It was, in fact, HARD to pack for six people for varying seasons of weather over the next 16 weeks. ๐ โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ
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We, also, did not leave that day as I predicted (the plan was to leave around dinner time & drive halfway). โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ
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We made it to VERMONT late last night & are settling into a house now - our first time ever since we started traveling/travel nursing as a family - instead of living in our RV like we have for over 2 years. โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ
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There were no open spots at the few year-round campgrounds nearby & we are SO TIRED of paying astronomical rates for campground sites with no amenities, extra for our kids (usually have to pay extra after 2 adults, 2 kids), extra for the car, & extra (sometimes, not as common) for the dog. โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ
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Iโm telling you, our campground rates for almost a year have been more than peopleโs mortgages. Heck, more than my mortgage even before we sold our home this past November. ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ We donโt stay anywhere extravagant by any means - definitely not resort like that might be even close to worth the cost. โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ
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So, we opted for a furnished home with a reasonable price compared to what we usually pay for campgrounds. โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ
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So far the kids have settled in & are liking the big living roomโฆ Iโd say they like their bedrooms & beds too, but they arenโt using them like youโd assume. ๐
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So much to share about
What did we hope to gain giving up our home & careers to travel? โฃโฃ
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Time. โฃโฃ
Freedom. โฃโฃ
Flexibility. โฃโฃ
Exposure to new places. โฃโฃ
New ways of living. โฃโฃ
Quality family time. โฃโฃ
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I change jobs every 3 months which can require a lot of work to secure & our income is never stable for more than a few weeks to months at a time. I can have my contract canceled & I can have my rates cut at a moments notice. โฃโฃ
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We live in our RV 85-90% of the time. Other times we live in resorts that we secure through our timeshare company. Other times we stay with family. โฃโฃ
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I was scared to let my home go that we had built, that we brought 3 of our 4 babies home to.โฃโฃ
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My husband left his job as a government contractor almost 3 years ago & has been a stay at home dad since. โฃโฃ
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If you ask my kids now who the most amazing person theyโve ever met is - it would be their dad. โฃโฃ
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They didnโt feel that way a few years ago because he was always coming & going from business trips or grinding away day to day. โฃโฃ
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Our American dream changed substantially over the years & now we focus on how can we find the best place for me to work but also for us & the kids to enjoy, learn, & experience new things.โฃโฃ
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Itโs so hard to believe itโs been almost 3 years since we started putting this new way of life in motion. By giving up the stability we knew - we gained so much more & for that Iโm grateful we took the leap. โค๏ธโฃโฃ
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โฃ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ถ
Why have I made it a priority to travel with my husband and kids these last few years? โฃ๐๏ธ
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Family adventures. โฃ
Family bonding.โฃ
Traveling is fun. โฃ
Quality time together. โฃ
Social development & exposure. โฃ
Real world education. โฃ
Visiting historical sites. โฃ
Strengthening our relationships. โฃ
Inspiring our children & others. โฃ
Traveling makes us happy. โฃ
Creating memories. โฃ
Experiences over things. โฃ
Doing new things together. โฃ
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Is it non-traditional? โฃ
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Are we breaking the mold? โฃ
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Are we doing it right? โฃ
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Are we living, learning, and growing? โฃ
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So for those reasons alone, we will continue on. โค๏ธโฃ
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Did we really just put our RV in storage for 3 months? โฃ๐
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YES!!!! โฃ๐คญ
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At least, thatโs the plan. โฃ
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I just finished my 8th travel nursing contract and am taking one month off!โฃ
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IโM SO EXCITED!!!!โฃ ๐คฉ๐คฉ๐คฉ
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Weโre spending 2 weeks in Utah and then another week at home with our final week being the transition period to my next work assignment location. โฃ
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We wonโt be taking our fifth wheel with us to my next assignment.. at least not until campgrounds open in May where weโre headed. โฃHINT HINT! ๐คญ
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Weโre actually excited about this change in living! โฃ
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Although, I can guarantee weโre going to be missing our own bedโฆ thereโs nothing like your own bed. โฃ
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We will see how the next couple of weeks go first! ๐ โฃ
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๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐. ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข โ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง๐งโ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ! โฃ
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If youโre camping where itโs below freezings temps like we are currently, this is not uncommon. โฃ
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Usually we leave a trickle, but there are campgrounds that donโt approve of that like the one weโre currently at. โฃ
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Can yโall believe this is an RV fridge? ๐คญโฃ
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I was SHOCKED when we went shopping for our fifth wheel in early 2021. โฃ
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We previously owned a pop up with the tiniest little fridge known to man and our first fifth wheel that we only had a few short months had a very small fridge that would only hold 1-2 days of food and thatโs being generous. โฃ
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Now, I certainly wasnโt expecting anything along the lines of this size, but there is not one day I have or will ever complain about this fridge. โฃ
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Itโs bigger than the one we had in our house! โฃ
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Itโs โresidential sizedโ and it is truly one of my favorite things in our RV. โฃ
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Weโre a family of six and we EAT! ๐คญ โฃ
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This video is from when we moved out of it for a time and I was taking care of my mom, hence the emptiness. โฃ
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But, itโs seriously THE BEST! โฃ
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In the spirit of keeping it real and sharing our home on wheels with yโall - weโre doing a walk through and ya get what ya get. ๐คญ
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Itโs a little messy, little disorganized, might not be picture perfectโฆ but we like REAL. โฃ
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Okay, we like pretty and clean too, but thatโs not our current state so.. sorry, not sorry. โฃ๐
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2.5 years of living in our fifth wheel and we still love our small, but cozy space! โฃ
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Week 2 of @invisalign is here! โฃ๐คฉ
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I switched to my second round/week of trays yesterday. โฃ
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I wear one set a week before swapping them out. โฃ
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I swear Iโm already seeing shifting of my front tooth where my crown is (Iโve had a crown there since my teens from an accident I was in that broke my tooth). I was hating how my front tooth was protruding, but just thought that was how things were going to be. I CANNOT WAIT to see how it truly sets into place over the next couple of months. โฃ
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My bottom teeth feel like they are slowly shifting into better alignment as well - am I crazy or are these results real and already happening?! ๐คญ โฃ
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Day 3 Invisalign update: had this bad boy in my drafts and it needs to be shared for my Invisalign friends! ๐ฌ #invisalign #adultbraces
With winter storm Finn passing through and its effects in many states today have had us on high alert. โฃ
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We got a tornado watch around 6:45pm and decided weโd head to a hotel to play it safe. โฃ
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Our current campground has a few structures that may (or may not) be safe if a tornado were to hit but I donโt want to be running towards shelter in a warning especially at night. We quickly found a hotel 4 minutes down the street that was able to fit all six of us and our dog.โฃ
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If we were ever to lose our RV I can easily say I would not mind as long as my family is safe. โฃ
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New Yearโs Eve in 2021 we spend it in a hotel in Alabama while under a watch instead of our RV. โฃ
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I also am extremely nervous when it comes to storms and especially tornados. I really wish this werenโt the case, but itโs reality and it terrifies me. โฃ
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So, we are grateful this hotel has a kitchen that we could order dinner from for the kids and a bar that gave hotel goers two complimentary drinks. We will stay buckled down here during the night while the storm passes. โค๏ธ
โจ Invisalign journey: day one! โฃ
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If you would have asked me if I was ever going to get braces, I would have said no. โฃ
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At least for cosmetic purposes. โฃ
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Cosmetically, my smile is crooked from a broken jaw in multiple places when I was younger and my bottom teeth have always been crooked. I didnโt think it was too big of a deal though. โฃ
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When I started having to wear a mask at work (never was good at it) I would hold my jaw in a really awkward position, like slightly open mouth with my jaw pulled back? I donโt know, but it was so weird. So much that my jaw would get stuck or would swing sideways when Iโd talk on and off during the time period. It was so strange and so uncomfortable. โฃ
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Since then, I noticed over the last 8-12 months my jaw muscles aching so much that I would massage them to see if that helped. It didnโt. โฃ
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So, I got Botox in my massester. โฃ
TOTALLY HELPED. โฃ
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Around that time I noticed a crack in my front tooth - it ended up being a hairline fracture. I saw my dentist and he said my teeth are hitting in multiple incorrect places and itโs wearing the enamel down to the point it cracked my tooth. โฃ
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Iโm also clenching a lot (noticed this progressing more leading up to the jaw aches/pre-botox) and and he said Iโm wearing down all of my teeth because of that and the incorrect alignment of my bite. โฃ
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He told me this would only get worse and once I wear my teeth down so much thereโs no going back - so he referred me to an orthodontist who immediately took me down the path of needing braces. โฃ
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We went 0-180 FAST! โฃ
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Iโm not complaining though because once my Botox kicked in I could REALLY feel even more how incorrectly my teeth were hitting when I was biting/at rest. โฃ
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So, weโre on this journey, as Iโm told for now, for the next two years. Iโm now 4 days into week one. I have trays I switch weekly for the next ten weeks before I follow up to see how things are pr
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By appreciating the little moments. โฃ
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By being intentional with those moments. โฃ
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Itโs as simple as making a movie night feel a little more special. โฃ
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We made popcorn, had macaroons, German cookies, and dark hot chocolateโฆ the dark hot chocolate was an adventure in itself. No one really liked it by the looks of their faces.. ๐คฃ โฃ
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I donโt know if the kids think these moments are extraordinary, but I hope that when they grow up they realize the little extra touches that we hope bring a sparkle to their life. โฃ
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I donโt think we will ever wait this long again to clean the carpets in our fifth wheel again. ๐คขโฃ
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I also donโt really like to have shoes in the camper or even when we had our sticks and bricks house.. so can you imagine what it would be like if we just wore shoes in here all the time? โฃ
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Do yourself a favor and- wherever you are - SHAMPOO THEM CARPETS!!!! โฃ
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Also, Iโm pretty sure weโre going to have to do more than one round LOL! โฃ
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๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ.๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ. โฃ
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2023 recap: WHAT A LIFE โจ๐คฉโค๏ธ
Sometimes we put our RV in storage and this is always the interesting part - finding a place to put it! โฃโฃ
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If weโre visiting family for a few days, we just park it on the road outside of their house. โฃโฃ
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When we went out of town for 2.5 weeks this December, we put it in a campgrounds storage section. โฃโฃ
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Weโve also kept it at an industrial storage unit in our hometown before we ever took off full-time. โฃโฃ
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For a couple of months when I had to come home to take care of my mom we put our fifth wheel in private storage - this was on a gentlemanโs land that he opened up publicly for storage purposes. โฃโฃ
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Other times, we will just leave the RV in our site that weโve paid for if it was affordable for a monthly site - this hasnโt happened in awhile though. Campgrounds on the east coast have been HIGH for awhile for us now. ๐ฅด โฃโฃ
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Any questions about storage options? โฃโฃ
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