Full-Time-Travel – Page 2

Sorting It Out

Published on January 18, 2025April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

Howdy y’all!! It’s a new year and things are getting back to normal. It’s a new normal and a new routine, but we sure are loving every minute.

It’s getting downright cold here in north central Texas! It’s moments like this where we do not miss living in our RV. Plywood and fiberglass was never conducive to a warm environment in freezing temperatures. The only thing worse than a full shitter would have been a frozen shitter. Yuck!! Thank god that never happened to us!

When we published our last blog our financial situation was clear as mud. We didn’t know how much we were paying for the house we built and already living in! We knew the cost of the construction, but that was only the starting point. None of the details had been finalized and they kept changing which made a frustrating situation even worse.

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Starting Anew

Published on November 3, 2024April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

Hello there! It’s been awhile since we have posted a blog. It’s been even longer since we posted a blog that wasn’t a financial update of some sort. Over eleven months as a matter of fact. In that blog we wrote about buying our property in Texas and being excited to start building our home. Little did we know at the time we were in for a wild ride.

As we started our home building journey it quickly became clear that our original plan was not going to work out. The builder we had at that time was becoming very difficult to deal with. After discovering some questionable line items on our build budget that relationship came to a very abrupt and contentious end.

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August 2024 Financial Update

Published on September 21, 2024April 11, 2026 by Leave a comment

Welcome to our belated August 2024 financial update blog! We didn’t know if we would ever have a chance to get to this blog. We have been over the top busy with little time to spare.

In last months blog we said that we were on the verge of heading to Texas permanently. We wanted to be present for the final stages of our build and make sure everything was moving along. Well we made the move and have been living in a hotel since the middle of August.

It’s great to be so close so we can see the progress being made in person. It has also allowed us to be present to deal with some issues that have come up. The only downside has been the cost.

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July 2024 Financial Update

Published on August 11, 2024April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

Welcome to our July 2024 financial update! It’s only been a couple of weeks since we posted our June 2024 financial update blog, but a lot has happened in that time.

It looks like we really getting down to the nitty gritty with our Texas home build. Last we saw the interior pieces are starting to come together. And as far as we can tell, at least through FaceTime, everything appears to be working out as planned. That’s a little weight off our shoulders. Not being on site to see everything person had us second guessing some things.

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June 2024 Financial Update

Published on July 27, 2024April 11, 2026 by 1 Comment

Welcome to our very late, and probably brief, June 2024 Financial Update. Better late than never I guess!

We were hesitant to even write this blog given how close we are to another month end. However, with everything we have going on there is no telling when we will be able to get to that month end blog either. So we are using this brief window of free time to give our update.

Since our last update we have traveled back and forth between Utah and Texas twice. Both trips required a lot of our attention as our home build is really getting down to the details. This stage is both exciting and a little scary. Our design choices starting to get implemented into the house so hopefully everything comes together as planned. The problem is that we are now 1,200 miles away and can’t be there to make changes on the fly if something doesn’t pan out. Hopefully when we get back there we don’t have an “oh shit” moment.

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June 2024 Dividend Portfolio Update

Published on July 3, 2024April 11, 2026 by 1 Comment

With another month drawing to a close it’s time for our June 2024 dividend portfolio update. June is normally a large month for dividend distributions which we look forward to. But, for some reason many ETF’s and mutual funds are not funding distributions until July 1st this year. Maybe it has something to do with the new holiday in June?

We will have to keep this in mind when we review our numbers for June and for July as both months be skewed as a result of this anomaly. For our June 2024 dividend portfolio update we will be missing payouts from QYLD and SCHD. QYLD isn’t a huge deal as their payouts can be all over the place. However, SCHD is one of our largest holdings and the distributions are a pretty significant amount for our little portfolio.

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May 2024 Financial Update

Published on June 20, 2024April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

Welcome to our very belated May 2024 financial update. It seems that all of the cross country travel and probably some stress finally took its toll. Traveling was nice when we were doing it in a big luxury RV. We always had food and snacks in the refrigerator readily available. And when we were tired we would just hit up a rest area and sleep in our own bed. Traveling in a car with three people that is packed full with stuff is a completely different story however.

With our son completing college and getting ready to start his new career we had to empty his college apartment. For a minimalist person he had a lot of stuff! The car was completely packed and every nook and cranny was filled. And with his entire life in the car we didn’t want to leave the vehicle unattended. So with the exception of our three day stay in Texas to check on the our home build we ended up sleeping in the car, sitting upright when we stopped for the night. Not very much fun at all!

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