Can We Go Travel Now?

  You all, listen to me.  I am between a rock and a hard place.

  I ADORE Fall, its my favorite time of year.  I love everything about it! The smells, the crisp air, fire in the fireplace, scarves, boots, sweaters, the fall favorite foods to make without sweating to death in the kitchen.   And this year, I AM LOVING FALL in our new apartment!  
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  The views are amazing!  This place is such a joy to live in.....we are living it up!  

But....

  CAN WE GO TRAVEL NOW?   Pleeeeeeease?!

  We are getting SO SO antsy!  We are calling this "The Year of Kansas" because in the almost 3 years we have been on the road, we have yet to be at our home base SO MUCH!  Our family is loving it, and we are too, but once you get used to travel, well, being in one place for so long - its tricky.

  I miss the sounds of the RV starting up, the feeling I get in my heart, and the excited chatter of the kids as they set up their hang out spots for a travel day.  I miss flipping open the Trip Advisor app to study up on local things to see, eat and do. I miss getting to shop at funky cool farmers markets weekly, and unique grocery stores.  I miss the simplicity of a 400 square foot space to live in.  I miss my family!  When we are home, we are way busier and see less of each other, unless we MAKE it happen.

     I am telling you, we love being here, this space is such a JOY to live in. It is simple, but beautiful and we love how it turned out.   We love being close to our family and church family, to local favorite shops and fall festivities.  We love being gone. We love being in our tiny home on wheels.  We love seeing new sites and countryside each day.....

​  OH MY GOODNESS, HOW CONFUSING!  ;)

​  So while I have you here, let me show you what we have been doing on the apartment.....

​  We have made the decision to pause the porch until next Spring.  We really want to do this smart and not go in debt over it.  So daydream it with me for now!

  There is a roof on here now, I just don't seem to have an updated pic of the whole thing, sorry!

   We will do cement at that time, and build a screened in area on the far side over there and make it into an outdoor living and dining room......

  There will be a sidewalk here leading from the front to back, and we'll add landscaping etc.  See how pretty it looks when it's all lit up at night? I think its going to look nice.

  We will make sure bushes hide those pipe thingies.

  Then we want to add a little gravel path through the trees here and making a circle around our fire pit.  I'd like to find some cool wooden chairs that can just always sit out here in a circle.

  Inside, we are enjoying our new hearth and new to us pellet stove.  It's in and cranking!!!!!  Man it puts out good heat and its actually currently the only heat source we use.  House is 74 upstairs and totally cozy!!! IMPRESSIVE.

  I haven't been up to running into Hobby Lobby, but hope to get a tall FALL sign or something with some height variety this week to finish our mantel.   I just used what I had kept from the old house for now.   (Mostly I am just excited to decorate it for Christmas)

  Do you all have fun Thanksgiving plans? 

  We are going to meet my dad, step mom and Florida family in Georgia at a really cool RV park with horses, hiking and beautiful views. I am so so excited!  Then we think we'll be back here for our first Christmas in the apartment......

  It may all depend on when the guy building our staircase can fit us in.  We still need to get that project started!

  I am thinking finding orange, white and blue decor for a tree and mantel could be REALLY fun and REALLY challenging.  I am up for it! :)

  If you follow us on Instagram you know I FINALLY found a retro clock for the main floor.  No more searching for phones to see what time it is!!!!

  Finding a retro clock is harder than you think, they all seem to be "barn" and antique in the rustic sense right now.  But then, I found KitCat! Eeeeek!

  It's tail and eyes move back and forth with every single tick tock!!!!!

  Last night was the Trunk or Treat at our church, my throat has been bothering me, so I stayed home, but sweet Nana took the kids.  I should've made her jump in the photo, but Destiny the sassy teenager went as "HERSELF".  Haha!  :)

  That's all from here for now!  Praying you have such a good week......
​Hugs, T