Guess what you ask? Guess that I am back in AZ. How did this happen? After spending 5 months here last winter/spring dh said he missed the kids and I so much that he wouldn’t offer AZ as an option again. Hmmm, I guess the 2 months we spent with him this summer was more then he could handle LOL.
Midway through the summer he made a comment about I might be able to come back to AZ. But I told him he needn’t worry cause I had decided not to go to AZ. BUT THEN….. a couple weeks later he offered the AZ option to me again! Do you think he was trying to get rid of me?
Actually we/he wasn’t sure where work would be and for how long. First we were going to Chattanooga, TN then that changed to Beaumont, TX. Maybe if we had more time to see how things would work out but it seems all the places we might have ended up were starting school in early August. There was just no time so off to AZ I went.
Once the decision was made to leave then the fun began (driving the 1600 mile trip). Dh headed off to TX while I headed west. My kids are monsters to begin with, but 3 days in a car with them was more then I could seriously tolerate. Add a 3 month old puppy to the mix and now we are having a blast. Do you know how many truck stops, rest areas and public restrooms are between Nashville and phoenix? Well, I don’t know the exact number but I think we stopped at every last one of them. Every stop also resulted in whining, crying and begging for candy, snacks, soda, toys and anything else they could think of.
I am really not sure how, but I did make it back here alive (and luckily so did the kids). It has only taken me the last week to recuperate.
I am going on 43 years old and I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up. I don’t feel like I have a “passion” for one thing over another. How sad is it to not have a passion?
I remember back in the day (those crazy 80′s) I dreamed of being a CSI before there was even a job for that. Something in the forensics field has always been something I wanted to do. I think I would get along better with dead people then live people lol. However, sadly I think that boat has sailed.
Now I am looking into the university of Phoenix for their Information Technology/Web Design associates degree. A lot of work and even more money (*sigh*). Right now I love blog designing and this would take me to a more marketable field (I think). I am kinda limited to the degree I go for in the fact that everything I do has to be done online since I am never in one place long enough to go to traditional classes.
Then I am thinking of other things that are on a smaller scale. I have always loved animals. What about Dog Obedience Trainer? Lord knows my dogs could use some training. And then my mom’s 5 psycho dogs could use some work too lol. This is something I could do living in an RV and selling my services each place I settle. I am not looking to get rich. I am looking to supplement our income and give me some extra spending money is all.
See the thing is I worry about what will happen once dh is gone. Sure he is younger then me but the men in his family have a history of not getting out of their 60′s before they die. On the other hand are my 2 grandma’s. One lived to 92 and my other one is 97 and still going strong. I expect to live for a long, long time. What is my point? Well I am getting to it…. My point is 20-30 years form now it is going to be even harder to live on a fixed income then it is now and I just don’t see myself being a Walmart Greeter trying to make ends meet (no offense to any greeters out there 
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I live in an RV. If something happened to dh tomorrow I would have NOTHING, except an RV that is. No house, no furniture and barely any belongings. And you know what? It’s damn scary. I would get some income from insurance, and whatever death benefits dh has but it wouldn’t be close to what we have coming in when dh is working. I just feel I need to something sooner, rather then later.
Ha, now I just need some motivation. Anyone have some to spare??
Nashville
Where we spent our 4th of July
Yesterday was the 4th of July. We really didn’t have any plans, not like past years anyway. But this year since we are 40 miles from Nashville we decided to venture into the city for the big fireworks. As I was looking online for where to go for fireworks I found a list of the top 10 places to see fireworks for the 4th 2010. Nashville was on that list, so that was cool.
Here a couple of picture I took of the fireworks. I took these with my phone no less. Not too bad for a “phone camera”.
I have more pictures of the city itself, but you will have to come back Wednesday for Wordless Wednesday to check those out.
Yeah I know, kinda crazy. I mean we already have 2 dogs and how many people and dogs can actually fit in an RV anyway? I guess we will find out, the hard way. Our 2 dogs are small, but our new puppy is going to grow into a horse lol. Her mama is a Weimaraner and the accidental daddy is a Britney Spaniel.
Seeing as I am the only female around here, since my cat ran away 
I got a female puppy so I wouldn’t be so alone lol. I named her Coco. I think however she is going to be a “daddy’s girl” as she is always loving up my husband. Coco is my first female dog. I have always gotten male dogs before, not sure why, just the way it’s always been.
I got Coco a couple days ago at 6 and a half weeks old. Here she is sleeping as puppies do.
Here is Coco enjoying the sun. She has the most beautiful blue eyes.
My other dogs are learning to get along with Coco, slowly. Romeo just ignores Coco. He did the same thing to Lucky when I brought him home too. Romeo just gets this look on his face like “ugh, a puppy”. He and Lucky are best buds now so hopefully he will warm up to Coco.
Romeo is in serious need of a haircut…duh!!!
Lucky is not the least bit sure of Coco yet. He has growled at Coco a few times already. Anytime Coco get close to him he takes off in the other direction. Lucky always acts all tough but he is really a chicken-shit at heart lol. It seems as Lucky wants to establish his dominance over her but I am sure that will only last so long as Coco will surely outweigh him by 50+ pounds.
Lucky hates it when I take his picture, like I am going to steal his soul or something. He always turns his head and puts his ears back. It is kinda funny but makes it hard to get good pictures of him.
Here we go again, but where here is (or will be) nobody knows. I am back in Texas, after spending five months in Arizona. However first I would like to explain where I have been in regards to my lack of blogging. Yes I know, it’s taboo to blog about why you haven’t been blogging but whatever. I have been depressed (have suffered from depression forever). Anyway when your depressed nothing seems exciting, at least not enough to talk about let alone blog about. I don’t talk about it much outside of my family. So there ya have it.
Back to my post….. I am here melting in the Texas 80% plus humidity. I don’t do well in humidity and my hair and make up do even less well lol. Dh thinks he may get laid off this week as they are scaling the job back by leaps and bounds. He has brought up some options. One is going to Tennessee and I guess hangout for a time?? Don’t know if there is work there or not. But he will then sign the books in the surrounding states (he is a union electrician for those who don’t know). Personally I think we should start throwing darts at a map. Might be kinda exciting ya know? He is also thinking about getting in on the oil spill clean up. Ah, the money would be good but he would need a boat for that. Lets look for an excuse for dh to get a boat, right? That man is dreaming!!! Of course his dreams usually turn into my nightmares.
I am also back in the RV. My dh didn’t keep a very good house while I was gone either. This place is a mess and I am bad with messes. I never know where to start. And now that I am here please don’t expect dh to help. Not to mention I brought back from AZ twice as much as I left with so finding a space for all my things is turning out to be a real challenge to say the least.
The boys are doing good being back. They were up a bunch of times the first night back. Either they heard a noise, or the RV shook a little from the wind. My oldest Alex is still in AZ and leaving to spend the summer with his dad tomorrow in Florida. Then he is going back to AZ to finish out his next three years of high school. It wasn’t fair to to be moving him around during his high school years. At least I didn’t think so. Hopefully I will be able to see him at Christmas, depending on how far away we are anyway.
So, until next time all………
There is no better way to spend St Patrick’s day!! The job my husband works at (Total refinery here in TX) had a bomb scare this morning so they were sent home without even working. What does that mean? COOKOUT!!! We are having all the required cook out foods like chicken, sweet potatoes, fresh corn on the cob, hot dogs and crayfish (I “guess” that is a good cook out food. I am from Michigan, what do I know?) The whole gang of Jeremy’s union brothers/sisters will be here. The weather is nice, the food smells wonderful and it is going to be a fun day.
Time to meet you meal. (ah, NOT ME!!)
And all his friends.
Time to spend 5 minutes getting to a tiny piece of meat LOL
Going after the crayfish.
They can have a bomb scare on St Patty’s day every year, cause I had a great time today!
If you ever missed What (really) Happened To My House? Miss Shan over at “Last Shreds Of Sanity” has the whole scoop in one informative post (about my RV life). Stop by, have a read and say hi.
Yay!! I got a new DSLR camara!! I took a few pictures from the RV park where I live. It has been gloomy outside all weekend and I am trying to learn all the settings (maybe someday lol).
Living in an RV is like living in a closet of a big house. We are always in each others faces or running into one another. The kids are always “right there” and I feel like I never get a break. No matter what I say, how I say it or what I do they seem to have no concept of what an indoor voice is either. I feel like we are the loudest camper in the park (as I am sure we really are). Yes, I know I have 3 boys and I guess they are just being “boys”, but can’t they do it quietly?
Noise actually stresses me out, loud noise anyway. it makes me tense, hyper and jittery. Just the constant ear piercing yelling, screaming, fighting and so on is enough to make me want to rip my hair out.
I worry that people are walking by and thinking, “what the hell is going on in that RV over there”? When my kids are running through it like crazy animals and the RV is shaking on the inside like an earthquake, I Really do not want to know what that looks like from the outside lol. Well, dh isn’t home so they can’t blame the shaking on us! (that is a whole other topic that will probably never be blogged about here).
Speaking of dh, his job in Maryland will be done this Tuesday or Wednesday so he will either be home Thanksgiving or the day after. Then the following Monday he will start a new job with the same company about an hour from here. It will be a long commute but we aren’t going to transfer the kids in the middle of the school year. This is a five year contract for the company so just maybe this time we will be lucky and dh can be in one spot for a while.
My parents are moving and setting things up in their new house!! They just got new carpet throughout and some hardwood flooring. I can’t wait to see it when I visit at Christmas. I wish I was there to help them out cause I know my mom would appreciate it. I could make you sit through my whole rant about how I love AZ and wish I was back there instead of here living in an RV but I won’t. Enough said.
