Ironwood Street, Canton, Ohio
In all your ways, acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. ~ Proverbs 3:6
This is the quote on the ‘business cards’ we had made when we began the full-time life. It remains one of our verses to live by. It holds true even now that we’re cutting back on our travel time. Cutting back. Not stopping. 😊
That means my posts may be sporadic. In fact, I was going to give it up entirely, but Blaine still wanted me to keep notes, and now that we’re back on the road for a few weeks (you’ll read that later), I enjoy keeping my dramatic diary. So all that considered, I may as well keep posting on our blog, right? Gail will be happy. 😊
Our summer at home ended up nothing like what we’d envisioned. In fact, I’m not sure any of our treks home have gone the way we’ve envisioned. Something unanticipated has always happened. This time is no different. Besides moving, there were things happening with family that needed a good bit of our attention as well.
We found ourselves saying “Farewell” to our temporary home in Mogadore on June 15th, and “Hello” to three wonderful new neighbors.
It had to be the easiest move anyone has experienced. We had a 10’ x 10’ storage unit to unpack (“Thank you so very much, Kyle!” Our able-bodied son!) and everything else we owned was in the motorhome parked in the driveway.
What we didn’t know, was that nearly everything we began to tackle in this house turned into a big project. It showed clean, but it wasn’t. Walls – and everything else – were covered in drywall dust. What we thought was tracked-in dirt on the tile floors was, in reality, loose, sandy grout – most of which needed replaced. Carpets that we knew were probably dirty required three separate vacuums with my new Shark, and each time, the cannister was full for each room. We’re getting new, rather than cleaning them. And so it went, etc., etc., etc.
But we love the house! And thanks in large part to Wayside Furniture and Facebook Marketplace, it’s shaping up quite nicely!
Our plans changed a lot. And then they changed again. And by the time July 17th rolled around, we were ready to begin our three-week vacation.
Take a look at a few house pictures! The first four are from the listing.
The fence surrounds our back yard.
The motorhome fits right there next to the red maple!
The next post will be our time at Hocking Hills State Park – the first time.
Keep following our travels and you’ll understand. 😊