My husband and I have always dreamed of building our own home one day, but we never really thought that it would be a reality.
We have been saving for ten years now, and we finally have enough saved to start the project of a lifetime.
I cannot believe that it is actually happening. We purchased the land that we want to build on a couple of months ago, and it is absolutely gorgeous. For right now, we decided that we wanted to save as much money as possible by living in our fifth wheel camper on our new property rather than renting or paying a mortgage. We have lived in the camper for about four months now, and it was not too bad until one cold winter night when we lost our furnace. I guess the furnace just had enough and gave up the ghost. It quit at around one in the morning, and we did not figure it out until around five o’clock. We woke up to a freezing, cold camper. Thankfully, we were able to thaw our pipes, and none of them burst. My husband did some quick research and decided that we would buy a propane fireplace as our main source of heat for the camper. We went to the store and bought a propane fireplace. It was a beautiful cherry wood, and I actually really like the cozy feeling that it gave to the camper. The only issue that we had with the propane fireplace was the smell. We did not realize how strong the smell of propane is. We are glad it is only temporary.