in the beginning

As  I write this we are under a blowing snow warning in Western Manitoba. Great...more snow to remove.  We  have had the house up for sale since the 6 Jan 2011. Lots of tire kickers. No offers yet. I live in a house with packrats. The man I sleep with is a major packrat, so moving into a 5er is gonna be a shocker for him. He says he will make the transition easily but I have my doubts. Time will tell. I am the less is more type ( opposites attract). My husbands children (male 27, female 24) do not live here anymore but seem to think that dad's house is a great storage place. The daughter has removed alot of her stuff out of the house, however the son is slower. He is complaining that his house is getting full...gee....now he can live with the clutter...haha.. The garage is the last frontier...I do not wanna be in there when they empty it out. There is still 2 feet of snow on the ground. I so want spring to arrive. I delivered 17 liquor store boxes full of stuff from my family to my son (21 yrs) yesterday. I may find a few more things to give away however the bulk of my stuff is gone. Now we wait for the house to sell.
My husbands sister & brother in law have a 5er & have travelled with it & also lived in one for a number of years before they came home to look after Dad. We are going to an RV show here in town this wknd with them. We have already decided that a 5er is the way to go, & now we just wait until the house sells so that we can go shopping. At the end of the day size will be determined by the amount of $$ we get from the house. Then we still have to buy a unit to pull it with. We have been shopping for a 5er for a year now so kinda know what we want & don't want. I want my bath all in one & counter space so that when I cook/bake I have counter room. From what I see I may lose the counter space because we don't want to go too long. 36 ft is too big for me ( I have never pulled a trailer but hubby has pulled TT's all his working career). I still need to get my class 3 license as hubby has his from work. We are both ready to see where the road will take us. Sticks & bricks just don't cut it for us anymore. We are tired of owning a piece of dirt. I tell people  now that if I ever get the urge to dig in the dirt, I will go live with my sister in Nanaimo B.C. She has lotsa dirt...lol. We both spend alot of time on the computer & my eyes go buggy from reading all the blogs about others who FT. We are excited about starting a new chapter in our lives.