Betty the Beast

We bought the new truck home yesterday. We fully intended on naming her Destiny. That was before we got to know her. All the way home from North Carolina I kept pushing buttons. There are buttons for everything. I don't think I will ever figure them all out. I did figure out how to set a destination in the navigation system so I programed our home town. I was very proud of myself until I realized that I didn't know how to control the volume. Everytime we got off an exit to look at somthing or stop for gas she would yell "MAKE A LEGAL U-TURN" I thought the kids would go insane. Then we got home. Have you ever put a dually into a regular garage? It is a very tight fit. About 4 inches of space all the way around. Once we got her in and got the door shut Travis looked at me and said,"Man,she's a beast!" So, there you have it, Betty the Beast.
The ride home gave us time to REALLY talk. It seems so much of our life has just been accomplishing goals. Build a house,buy a new car, get a better job. We have really lost sight of the most important goal, be a happy family.I know alot of people think we are nuts but I hear the same reasons over and over again. I couldn't live in such a small place with my family, but you have such a nice house, what about your family, what about your kids education? Are they really listening to what they are saying?
That is the whole point. This big house and rushed lifestyle is letting my family slip away from me. I work all day and most of the evening, by the time I get home it's time for the kids to go to bed. On my days off they are in school. How many of these nay sayers even have any idea what thier kids are learning in school? I want to know that my kids are doing more than reading aboout life. I want them to live it. I want to spend quality time with my husband and my kids, not let them spend their childhood closed up in their rooms playing video games or watching tv.
I am sure if you are reading this you probably have some of the same feelings. I would love to get to know some of the families out there better. We don't care if you have no kids or 10. If you are in a luxury motorhome or a tent camper. We want just want to hear from you. Give us a little advice, or ask for some. Just say hi, or become lifelong freinds. I want to show my kids that it doesn't matter where people come from or how much money they have. That there are all types of great people who would like to be their freind just because. So drop us a line. We'll look forward to seeing you!

Catch up to speed

I am making this post to bring everybody up to speed with our insanity. We built a new house in the country two years ago. We lived in a subdivision before and felt suffocated.We quickly learned that we are not farmers. I started looking at other places to live and work all across the country and found that the best way to find nursing jobs is through a travel company.The problem was is that how will we know if we really like it somewhere that we have never lived. The obvious answer...Live everywhere for a little while.Only problem...the mortgage on the new house,and we still had not put the old ouse on the market. So we decided to sell them both. This means if both sell we will be essentially homeless.
Okay so we sold our old house and our new house is now under contract. This is the longest I think I have ever waited for anything. Hopefully, if everything goes right we should be OTR by April 15th.We found a truck to pull the toy hauler that we love but don't have. We took some of the profit from our old house and are trading in our truck and my work car. This means if the deal from the new house falls through we are going to be taking a 3500 dually the hour drive to work every day. This will not be good. We just couldn't pass up the deal that Earnhardt Chevrolet made us. Thanks John! So now it's time to hold our breath and pray.