Monthly Archives: August 2010

Paperwork and Phone Calls and Plans, Oh My!

I joked to a friend last week that purchasing and fixing up a mobile home would be good practice in home ownership.  I don’t think I was too far off the mark! I spent a good part of the weekend … Continue reading

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Almost Icarus: My wings begin to melt on the way to the trailer park office

Hello again, dear readers. Today’s tale is a story much like that of Icarus, whose confidence was so high, he flew on his wax wings to his untimely death.   Me, well, obviously I didn’t die–but I did get awfully … Continue reading

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Beginnings Round 2

After some more time to think (and after frantically getting in the application to the trailer park–apparently they operate on a “first come-first get” basis!), I realized that I missed some key points in my first post.   I mentioned … Continue reading

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Backstories and Beginnings

How shall I begin? “The day I first considered living in a mobile home, I wasn’t calling it a mobile home.  I couldn’t get the word ‘trailer’ out of my head. And that word ‘trailer’ made me feel all kinds of things … Continue reading

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