Getting Started

     I hope that I actually have enough to say to warrant having a blog.  I always wonder where bloggers find all the words and ideas to convey to keep their blogs going.  But I have to admit, just living life and telling others about it, is a lot to convey.  Telling others of your hopes and dreams and wishes takes up a lot of room.  I hope that what I have to say is a blessing to others and hope that what we do will encourage others to follow their dreams as we follow ours.
    My husband and I are over the road truck drivers and are usually on the road for 2 to 3 months at a time.  We then go home for 10 to 15 days and try to cram our life into those few days.  So far we have been able to purchase 10 acres of land for our dream and have found an 1800 square foot repossessed double wide.  We had the double wide moved onto the property back in the spring when the dogwoods were blooming.  We recently had our septic system put in and our front and rear decks built.  I can't wait to be able to sit out on the front porch and look at the night sky and watch for falling stars and point out the planets and constellations to our nieces and nephews. 
     Trying to do all of this without taking out a mortgage has been quite daunting. Each time we go out in the truck, we make a list of the things we have to do to the house.  We then put the estimates next to each item and then decide which thing we will do when we next go home.  We then, out of each paycheck put aside an amount to be saved.  When we go home, we have that money for those items to be done.  So far everything has fallen into place.  We project that everything we need to do to the house and property will be done by December.  The list of things we still need to do includes putting in the carpet and vinyl flooring, hooking up the plumbing to the septic system, fixing our driveway, hook the power company up to the house, and the most important and most expensive is having the well dug.  Eventually, we want to go solar on the house but we have to go with what we can afford right now.
     After these items are done then we can have the county come and inspect and then they will hopefully give us a certificate of occupancy.  Right now when we go home we have to stay in a motel.  But with God's blessings, we will complete our little piece of paradise and then be able to come off the road.