It's official the house is in escrow

After a little negotiating we came to a deal on our house.  We are in escrow as of Dec 23, we purchased a new car named "Toad" hence it's towed behind us.  Our home inspection was Dec 27 and we came through with flying colors.  The buyers are very happy.  Escrow is set to close on February 4th, Lorraine's birthday.  What a gift.

Now comes a crazy month of packing, downsizing and finding a new home (motorhome) so we are not homeless come Feb 1.  I thought I would be more sad about leaving but truly I am not.  There is so much to explore, people to meet and ways for me to grow while learning about myself I am so excited.  I must say a little nervous about driving a 45' house on wheels down the 405 freeway to get out of town.  That will be Tom's job.

I will miss our friends here a lot and hope to be back sometime to visit but not to live !!!

More to come....

The beginning of our New Adventure

Our adventure is truly life changing.  Tom and Lorraine are going from running 2 businesses to retiring, selling our home and rental property and hitting the open road.  We have always wanted to see more the US and Canada with maybe a peek at Alaska.  The plans have been set into motion and we are working on our goal of being on the road by Spring 2011.


As of today we are waiting on an offer to come on our primary home.  Should come today.  Then the real fun begins of setting every plan into motion.  


We have purchased a truck to store our possessions we are keeping.  There have been a few months of downsizing, selling, throwing away and giving away many items we just could not keep.  Getting the house ready to sell and setting it for showing.  


During this time Lorraine (me) had to have surgery on my foot to fix torn tendons and ligaments. Put a little delay in the plan while I could not walk for almost 3 months.  Currently I am still on crutches till New Years 2011.  We pushed on to get the house ready and we listed it.  


Now we are looking for a motorhome to pack ourselves, our 2 dogs and 2 cats.  This should be interesting.  The dogs should be fine.  We'll see about the cats.   

Once we are on the road we plan to have updates on what is happening with us.  Tom being the wonderful photographer he is there will be plenty of photos.   So keep up with us and your comments are welcome anytime.