This is my first attempt at a blog, so I hope I do this right and it's not boring! Last March I decided that I would purchase an rv and live in it as my husband is an electrician and is on the road most of the time. The thought behind the plan was that with our house expenses here and his expenses on the road, we were just falling further and further behind, and also that when he finally found somewhere that he would have a sense of permanancy at, I would pull the trailer up there and we could eventually find the right house. It's hard to just pick up and move and find somewhere that will rent to you when you have 2 big dogs. So, henceforth the "RV Plan" was born. My brother had a 1969 17 foot trailer that he sold me for $500...what a deal, I thought. I could do this! We moved it out to an rv park and got it set up. I think my husband missed two days work with that venture. We wound up with a busted water line and we couldn't get the pilots in the oven or the furnace lit. Finally, we got a small space heater out of storage and put that in and the oven never did work. But I discovered that I absolutely love to cook on a gas stove...it's fantastic! I do not like to admit defeat but after living in this thing for a month with 2 big dogs and a cat that I won't let go outside...I was going stir crazy. Then the unimaginable happened. My husband got laid off. NOW WHAT??? There are 2 adults, 2 big dogs and one cat in 17 feet of space! OMG! He was only off work for a month and found work in Eastern Washington. Whew! A little breathing room! Things went ok until mid July when the temperatures soared into the 100's...in 1969, apparently air conditioning was not thought of when they thought of rv's. So when it was 100 outside, living in a tin can, it was 120-130 inside! I had to put animals with friends and seek relief at my place of employment during the day, which luckily is a lounge! I put my foot down with my husband and insisted he get the air conditioner out of storage and install it. That made it bearable. But soon I was at odds because I found myself going through baking withdrawls...remember, my oven's pilot light would not light. So I started reading different posts on here and someone suggested a website where a lady made EVERYTHING in a crockpot. So off to the store I went and bought a big one. I have a couple of smaller ones in storage, but I'm not sure where. I made everything in that crockpot: pineapple upside down cake, brownies in a coffee cup, banana bread, everything. About a month ago, after despairing that I would ever meet any normal people in an rv park, I did meet a couple, down on their luck who had a fifth wheel for sale. We bought it for a song and now with the extra 4 feet of space and an actual bedroom area up in the fifth wheel part and an oven that works and room for 2 big dogs, a husband and a cat...we will be seeing how I manange through Thanksgiving. I'm wondering about that! I know I won't be doing a whole turkey this year, just a turkey breast, but this is the time of year when I actually do feel like baking some stuff and the trepidation sets in as to how I will manage my cookie platters at Christmas, etc. when yesterday I just went through 24 hours of diligent watching of the littler dog eating 10 or 11 cranberry muffins (I thought they were outta reach, my bad) and getting super sick! And now we are going to buy another bigger truck to pull this fifth wheel and move to an rv park that is minus the methheads, thieves and just about anything else illegal you can think of. But that is another blog in itself! Oh, and as for the smaller trailer...it was gifted to a couple who lost their home and were thankful to have it and I was thankful to give it to them! When it left, I had no propane furnace, no oven and the hot water thermostat had went out leaving me to heat water ont he stove to do dishes...UGH!