I've been bummed for a while because I know I'll never be able to buy a house.
And if I were ever able to, it'd be because I sacrificed the time I have with my kids, to work 10 or so hours a day, 5 days a week, or working more than one job.
I don't have that in my to lose that time again. I spent all of Ari's younger years working... not a lot but I did miss out. I know its part of living. But it really shouldn't be.
I know I'll never be able to buy an actual house on my own. But I can probably buy a mobile home.
So that's my new plan.
I was looking at some on the Fleetwood homes website. The layouts are pretty nice.
They aren't nearly as much as a regular house, but then there is where to put it. I don't really want to put it in a park because they seem to have a lot of rules like apartments... restricting the size of dog you have and so on... I know, a minor thing to a lot of people, but if I'm going to own a home, I want to be able to do as I wish.
So that's my goal. It'll take about 10 years I'm thinking. Which makes me sad because Ari will be in her 20's by then and won't be able to enjoy that unless she is still living at home. Maybe it'll happen sooner. Who knows.
I'm looking for a 3-4 bedroom. (most likely a 3 bedroom, but if we can get that extra room, it'd be used as a guest room... maybe it'll have a pull out couch in there. Maybe a playroom, or storage, or all three together. Master bedroom has to be big enough to have a king size be fit comfortably.
2 bathrooms (master bathroom and regular use bathroom)
A utility room- for the washer and dryer. I'd look it to have some shelving, maybe room for hanging clothes to dry.
Good size kitchen. Doesn't have to be huge but a bit bigger than what we have now. A good size living room. I've seen some of the layouts of the mobile homes have a living room and a family room.
So that would be cool. The living room would have the computer and book shelf and stuff. The family room would have the couch and tv and our movies and stuff. Kind of like what Dawn has actually (just now thinking of that)
A double wide would be good but a triple wide would be even better.
I don't know what kind of yard we would have but it'd be nice to have a decent size, one for Caius... a swing set, maybe a play house or something like that... a trampoline maybe.
It'd be nice to have a kennel for the dogs and cats. (or a catio)
I know I'm posting this here but I'm not going to tell anyone about this. I don't want to be discouraged or be told "It's going to be really hard..." I KNOWWWW!! But I want to do it. I want to feel like I can actually provide for my kids and give them a real home, not one I always feel like we're going to lose.
I want to get my teeth fixed. Not just cleaned and told they are bad, but I want them straight! I don't want false teeth. I want my teeth.
