Our THOW is weeks away from being complete

After 9 years of talking about it and the past 12 months waiting and saving money for it, we are FINALLY getting our THOW in about 6 weeks.  My husband and I are SOOOO EXCITED!!!! It all feels like a dream and not really happening.  If it is a dream, please don't wake me up. 

My husband and I have been married for 9 years and for our entire marriage, my husband has dreamed of living in a Tiny house... Me, not so much.  My husband would bring up the topic every few months and show me all the research and ideas he has for our future house.  I wasn't too interested and made him put his plans back on the shelf for another time. 

My husband brought up the topic again in the first week of March of 2021.  For whatever reason, I was ready to say yes this time and we jumped right in.  We both got a 2nd job and found an AMAZING local builder.  My husband and I have both worked 80+ hours a week, 7 days a week for the past 12 months to earn the $32,500 for our Tiny House.  With our super hard work, we saved that amount in 10 months and now are working on saving money for living expenses and other expenses we will need for our THOW. 

There have been 2 major delays in getting our house built.  It took almost 9 months for our builder to get the axles. After he got the axles and got them on the trailer, we have been waiting for the highway patrol office to have an opening to get the trailer inspected.  Our builder texted us last night that he finally was able to get an appointment for next week.  Once it is inspected, our THOW will be completely built in about 4 weeks.  

My husband and I are walking on cloud 9 right now!!!! After years of waiting, it is finally happening in a matter of weeks.  I'm almost in happy tears just thinking about it.  I'm so happy!!! I know I will just get happier and happier as the weeks and then days roll by.  

What were all of your feelings when your Tiny House was just weeks away from being yours???

EDIT: Our Tiny House is on wheels and is 8&1/2 feet wide by 20 feet long.  It will have a full kitchen and a full bathroom with a bedroom loft over the bathroom.  I think it will be 13&1/2 feet tall on one side.  It will have sky lights, solar panels, 2 types of hearing sources  (one to use for above freezing temperatures and one to use for below freezing temperatures) and an AC. We are planning on the interior theme to be a mix of cottage and rustic.  I will post pictures when it's all complete. 

We don't have a place to park it yet.  We currently live in a town house and the contract expires in July so we have until July to find a place.  We have one or 2 possibilities in town but my county has A LOT of restrictions when it comes to tiny houses.  We might have to look one county over.

Hugs from my girls

For those who are reading this and don't know, I lost all 4 of our children between 6-24weeks of pregnancy.  I lost Micah at 24weeks in February 2014, Alison at 6weeks in May 2014 and twins Heidi and Noah at 8weeks in August 2015.  My husband and I have special stuffed animals for each of our children.  Micah's is a white and brown spotted dog.  Alison's is a white lamb.  My husband picked out a blue pterodactyl dinosaur for Heidi (which fits her perfectly) and Noah has a tan bear.  

I work at Walmart and I do the shopping for those who order online. The other day though they had me help in Seasonal.  I had to help put up Easter items on the shelf.  My heart was breaking looking at all the things I would not be able to get my kids for the 8th year. 

As I was putting up a box of stuffed animals, a little white lamb caught my eye.  I had the overwhelming need to hold that lamb.  My heart and arms physically ACHED for that lamb.  That lamb came home with me that day.  I KNEW it was my Ally Girl giving me a hug.  

The next item I unboxed was Easter baskets with dinosaurs on them INCLUDING blue pterodactyls.  I chuckled because I KNEW those baskets DEFINITELY came from my Heidi.  She too was giving me a hug.  

I LOVE getting hugs from my kids.  They always come when I need them the most.  

Here are pictures of my kids special stuffed animals and then pictures of my girls hugs.

BIG PLANS FOR 2022

Welcome, 2022!!! I have BIG plans for you!!!!

The First BIG Plan is for me to complete my Bachelor's degree. I have been working on my Bachelor's degree off and on since 2003. I started it at the University of Central Missouri and then worked on it a little bit more with the Pathways program. But things always came up so I was not able to complete it.  In November of 2019, I started working for a company named SYKES Enterprises. One of the benefits of this company is that, after working for them for a year, they pay 100% of the tuition if you attend a certain online university. After working with them for a year, I took advantage of the opportunity and I started at the University of Arizona Global Campus on November 24, 2020. So far I have taken 9 classes and have received A's in ALL 9 classes!!! My highest grade was a 98% in Statistics for Managers!!! YES...I received an A in a "MATH" class!!! Unbelievable, right???!!! I still can't believe that grade sometimes. I have to go back into my grades and look again to make sure it's really true. HAHAHAHAHA!!!  

I currently have 8 more classes to go, but I will be taking 3 of those classes through a 3rd Party service. This will leave me with just 5 more classes to go!!! It feels so good to be so close to this accomplishment. I wish Grandpa was here to see it. I know he's looking down on me and watching, but it's not the same. 

The Second BIG plan is to attend my graduation ceremony in Arizona in October!!! Up until a few weeks ago, the headquarters of UAGC was located in San Diego, California. The Headquarters have now been moved to Chandler, Arizona. I was really hoping that my graduation would be in San Diego. Since I grew up in Orange County, California, having my graduation in San Diego would be like "going home" for me. Oh well, it's ok that it's in Arizona. At least there will be a graduation. That's the important part. 

So far, it will be T2, Jason, and my mom coming with me to the graduation. I will be inviting others, but I don't know if they will actually come or not. We will most likely be getting an AirBNB and be staying about a week in Arizona. I will have more details as the date gets closer. 

My Third BIG plan is to adopt a dog!!! As a graduation gift to myself, I have decided to adopt a dog..actually, Jason and I live together currently, WE will be adopting a dog!!! I am SOOOO EXCITED!!! With all the different animals that I/we have had growing up (cats. rabbits. cockatiels, iguanas, rats, hamsters, fish, etc) we have NEVER had a dog. I have always wanted a dog but we always had other pets instead. It has been a long time since I have had a pet and I REALLY miss having one. The apartment complex that Jason and I live in allows you to have up to 2 dogs. SOOOO...after I complete my Bachelor's degree Jason and I will go looking for a dog to adopt!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!!!

We are all beautiful geodes

Yesterday, a guy in my class, handed me a rock and told me that he wanted me to have it. I took the rock and thanked him for it. As he was walking away, I looked at the small, red, seemingly insignificant, nothing special, unimportant rock. It was just an ordinary rock that no one would hardly notice. If you saw it on the ground, you would most likely kick it aside or step over it. It's not a rock that anyone would care about. It's just a small, plain, nothing-extraordinary about it, rock.
Class was about to start, so I put the rock in my pocket. I completely forgot about it until later that night. I pulled out the rock from my pocket. Then I flipped it over in my hand, and to my surprise, I saw something amazing!!!! The other side of the rock is a geode. It has white crystals and small colorful circles. When it catches the light, it sparkles and shines. It is really beautiful!!!

As I was looking at it, I began thinking that all of us are like this rock. We all have moments were we feel like we are small, insignificant, nothing special and unimportant. We all have moments where we feel like we go unnoticed or are being kicked around or stepped over. We all have moments where we feel like we are plain and nothing-extraordinary. We all know what it's like to feel like no one cares. We all know what it feels like to be "just a small rock". That's what the world would have us believe. But if we look at who we TRULY are, we would see that we are geodes. We are amazing. We are colorful. We ALL have light inside of us that shines. And we would see that we are truly beautiful. We need to believe and KNOW that we are not "just rocks". We are ALL amazing, special, beautiful geodes.     (if you look, you can see that the rock has a smiley face on it) :)

Hi,

My name is Robin. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (often referred to as "Mormons"). I know that I am a Daughter of a Heavenly Father who loves me. I know that His son, Jesus Christ, is my Savior. I know that it is only through remaining close to them, that we can find true happiness.

There have been certain situations in my life that I allowed to change who I was. I became a different person. A person I didn't like being. Now I'm on a journey of "re-self discovery". A journey to become a better "me". A journey to become a person I want to be. I created this blog as part of this journey. I will update this blog with things I discover along the way; inspirational quotes; things that make me happy, laugh and smile; etc. There will also be random everyday things on here too. I will try to keep the posts uplifting and happy as much as I can, but there may be posts about "bad" things too, after all, we all have "bad" moments. Sometimes it's these bad moments that teach us the most. So enjoy this blog!!!!