Selling our house???

Here's an update about our future travels. We have been trying to decide whether or not to put our house up for sale soon so the kids and I can travel FT while Cliff is in Iraq for a year for the Navy Reserves. One concern was/is me being here w/o Cliff if and when a person we helped send to prison is released in this next year. I called the prison and his first chance for parole is not until Sept. of 2008. And he is sentenced to be in prison for 10 more years unless he is granted parole.

As excited as I was/am and desperate to get on the road during winter I am not thinking keeping the house another year wouldn't be so bad. If something unthinkable does happen to Cliff while he is in Iraq we will be easier to get a hold of and I will have less things to juggle in an emergency. Also, 3 of our neighbors are trying to sell their homes right now. It is really strange. Either people are taking jobs elsewhere or retiring. I have talked to the neighbor we know the best and they have had very little interest so far. But hopefully the nicer weather coming will help. I don't feel I have the patience or desire right now to keep my house and yard clean enough to sell it; and in good conscience I don't think I could sell it as is. I have been trying to keep it cleaner than usual and that is kicking my butt alone!

Cliff and I are still hoping to do the RV thing in the future. He is hoping when he gets back from Iraq that his boss will make him a journeyman which will mean more pay. We'll see. But it would be nice not to have to focus on selling the house when Cliff gets done with his out of state job in May. And if all goes well we will be o.k. financially enough to keep the house for at least another year. The Navy will make our house payments when he is in Iraq.

Well this is the plan at the moment. I just wanted to give an update in case anyone is/was wondering. So my in town friends will be seeing me more in the future! And hopefully the kids and I will still be able to travel some over the next year while Cliff is in Iraq. It should be an exciting year for us even though I would rather not have Cliff in Iraq.