Decisions, Decisions

As some of you know from my earlier blogs, we live in a very old motor home, like 1985 old. I wasn't even born yet old. At the time we got it our budget was $5,000, so that's what we bought our rig for. We were told everything worked on it, except for a few small minor things. That turned out to be very wrong. Turns out  all major appliances were broken, including the refrigerator, air-conditioning, heater, and water heater. The toilet had to be replaced eventually as well. Thankfully my husband is like a swiss army knife that can do just about anything. I can't even comprehend fixing anything, let alone something electrical. The couches are pretty beat up with tears and the floors are impossible to clean, even though I try. Even the outside of the RV is warped from age and sundamage.The back of the rig is so low that many times it scrapes the roads if they aren't level. When we went up to Julian our GPS got messed up and took us straight into town with our 36 ft beast. I was pulled over by the cop and asked not to damage his roads anymore.

With all that being said I still love our rig. We have made it into a functional home that we have been able to take from Oceanside to San Diego to Julian to Ocotillo to Arizona. We have been considering upgrading our rig, but the price has to be right. Part of the reason we want to live in an RV is to have the least amount of bills possible and allow for time to heal our credit scores. I have over $30,000 in school loan debt and my husband has an old boat reposition from when his paychecks started being garnished. Everything is ideal about living in an RV for us, unless we manage to pop out a few more kids. We eventually might want a house when our credit is looking better. But for now an RV is perfect.

Yesterday we actually went and checked out some newer used motorhomes. We fell in love with one! The price is amazing! We would only be financing it for $13,000 and the payment would be around $400 per month, which is perfect for us. If times ever get rough we can just go stay in the desert for free again...haha. It is shorter, but much more spacious. It has tons of storage on the outside, which we definitely need. It has one slideout. The kitchen is awesome! Everything is going to be more awesome when you are going from a 1985 RV to a 1999. Everything works on it and it has a large closet, which is all I care about. I even mapped out a play and sleep area for Leia that is perfect. We would also be able to go from a full size bed to queen and with Leia snuggling with us, we are definitely going to need it. It also even comes with...wait for it...a bathtub! We would be going from a shower that I can barely shave in to a shower/bathtub! I'm so excited thinking about upgrading our home. We might even be able to travel more around the USA since everything would be working.

So, we signed all the paperwork and sent it over to the bank. Now we wait and cross our fingers.


The pictures below are of the rig we have right now