Got the new chairs in the camper today and they sure are nice. UPS brought the 2nd chair yesterday and the bell glides (little feet) came today. Everything is assembled and now we can really relax when sitting in the camper!

Cynthia sings in our church choir and they've been practicing really hard for the Christmas Cantata. I can sing but people always ask me not to - LOL. At least when I sing in the camper shower, it's always a real short song. 6 gallons of hot water doesn't last very long. I guess I could just not turn the water on and sing for as long as I liked. Nah, I better not.

The local RV dealer, Burton Campers, had the propane hoses we needed. I made sure to get the kind without the swivels since that is what was leaking on the old ones. I dabbed a little TFE Paste on the threads that go into the regulator then hooked up the new hoses. I was pleased to find out that there was no leakage whatsoever and no more propane odor. Ahhh, money saved sure smells nice.

We had a wild storm come through last night! Temps went up to about 70°F around midnight, the wind was blowing very hard and the rain came down in buckets. I was worried about what we would find the next morning but we were blessed, no damage to anything. We did have a few small limbs laying about but that was about it. Today the sun is shining, it's about 61°F and a little breezy. The low tonight will be 28°F so we'll be snuggling for sure!

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This is the last month we get to spend anything on the camper unless a repair is needed. We decided that whatever we thought we would need to have while full-timing would have to be purchased by December 31, 2009. From January 1st, 2010 until we pull out of the driveway for the last time, every spare dime will go into savings. This will be our emergency fund while we are on the road.

The only exception to this is that we will buy 2 new 6v golf cart batteries in the spring and put 4 new tires on the truck when the current ones wear out. The money has already been set aside for this so technically it is being paid for before our end-of-year deadline. The few final things we have to get are 2 outdoor recliners from Cabelas (already ordered), an Oxygenics shower head and a water cutoff valve for it, a sewing machine for Cynthia and an Olympian Wave 3 heater.

We have lived without using credit cards for years so the process is nothing new to us. We use our debit card for online purchases and we use it locally so we don't have to keep much cash on hand. Being debt free is the only way we're able to do what we're doing. I saw a news article on Yahoo today about other people going to "cash only" living, you can read about it here. Let me know if that link goes bad.

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Oh my! Is it that time already? Jerry went down to the local Jack's for breakfast this morning, he ordered the "deluxe" breakfast and a small drink... something he has ordered before. But this time is was a little cheaper than usual. After inspecting the receipt, he discovered why.

Our 2010 Trailer Life Directory arrived today! We were very excited to get it as it is our first one to own. We promptly sat down and looked all through it picking out some of the places we'd like to go. We even took the time to apply all the state tabs! Doesn't take much to entertain us, does it? LOL

It is Christmas Eve! Second only to Easter, Christmas is our favorite holiday as we view it as a birthday celebration. We hope that you and yours have all that you need and some of what you want. Have a very Merry Christmas!

Last entry of 2009! That whooshing sound you heard was 2009 flying by. 150 more days until we become full-timers...

We've been adding content to the library as quickly as we can. The link to it is in the menu on the right and you might want to check there fairly often. We tend to add to it more quickly when it is too cold to go outside, like now!