Posts by Oakley

“Wake Me Up When September Ends” by Green Day was my anthem for the month of September beginning September 16th, 2011. That was the day that we lost our son, Ethan, in a tragic car accident on our way to Disney to celebrate his 7th birthday. Every year since the accident, Septembers have been a…

Our (second) Launch Day started out with smiles and ended in exhaustion. From the bus not being ready when we arrived to the taillights on the Jeep not working when it was connected to the bus. Despite the problems, we still kept our spirits up and stayed positive. The bus kept giving our mechanic issues…

Patience really is a virtue y’all. We have gotten a serious lesson on it these past 10 months, especially the last two weeks. As you may remember, Blue Betty, our bus, made it 60 miles to our mechanic before we learned the suspension was completely shot and had to be replaced… and it came with…

What do you do when your home is being worked on and you need to unwind and get away? You go to one of your favorite beaches, Anna Maria Island! As y’all know, we have been working on Blue Betty since November of 2019, literally every. single. day. When we got the news about the…

The day has FINALLY come!  It has been a very long 9 months of remodeling and prepping. We have fixed all we can fix, we’ve loaded up the Bus, and we are ready to find adventure!!! Our first “stop” has always been planned to be at the bus mechanics in Bushnell, roughly 60 miles from…

Have you ever waited what has felt like forever for a transformation!? Let me tell you, 3 months felt like a freaking eternity. You guys are all well aware that we decided to go bananacakes crazy—sell our home, homeschool our kids, and move into a bus. We started work on her right away and it…

We have been called “Crazy” for a new reason… We are selling our house, remodeling a tour bus, homeschooling the kids, and hitting the road. Yes, you read that right and you may even think we are crazy too, and that’s okay—we kind of are. We were tired of the “rat race” and were miserable…

Who the heck are you and why would I want to watch? Do you ever feel like your life is crazy, insane, and not normal? Do you feel alone and think that you’re the only one that has this nutso life? Well, we are here to make you feel a lot less weird. We are…