Welcome to Our Roaming Hearts
I’m Danielle!
WHO is Danielle?
‘m Danielle, I am the owner and the brains behind the site. I am a mom to 5 kids ages 11 to 2. 1 boy and 4 girls. Plus 1 furbaby. My husband was in the US Navy for 10 years and I Love to travel, alone or with my family
More about me. Let’s see, I never know what to say here! I grew up in Florida, lived in the same town my whole life, grew up on a farm (well orange grove) until the time I was 13 until we moved into town. Once I turned 18 I busted out and have since lived in Ohio, Kentucky (and back to FL) Virginia then met hubby had my son, and moved to Maryland had 2 more girls and then in Pennsylvania where we had kid #4, a 3rd girl, baby #5 was born in Florida near family (she was ALSO a girl!)!
“I’ve got a gypsy soul to blame and I was born for leaving….” (name that song!) Now we are traveling and calling FL our home base (where my parents are!)
Anyway it’s true I DO have a gypsy soul and I LOVE to travel. Hubby didn’t get to travel much outside his Navy traveling, and we want our kids to experience the United States so when the opportunity came to travel the USA in an RV and road school our kids after some thinking ( a short amount of thinking) we jumped on it.
We also have a dog, his name is Cash, as in Johnny Cash. He is a rescue and a yellow lab and golden retriever mix. He’s a bit quirky, he came from an abused home and he has his moments but he’s great with the kids and we love him!
Someday we will settle down on a farm with acreage in mountains in Tennessee, unless we find something we like better in our travels!
I also blog about all things Frugal Living, which includes, food, DIY, money saving tips, homeschooling and more over on The Frugal Navy Wife.
I am a Wife, mom to 4 kids, homeschool mom, blogger, social media junkie, gypsy soul, and full time RVer, and Roadschool Family!
We have been on the road since August 2015, and loving travel and seeing new things! I am sharing our journey along the way!
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I have a very sad grandson< who lives with me, who doesn't like the school and the children there, thinking seriously about home school. He has been thru a lot and unfortunately the school doesn't seem to understand. Live in Delaware need some guidance on how to get started in homeschool.
His age would be a big factor on where to start. If he is younger I’d start with sites like ABCMouse, Reading Eggs and Time4Learning. If he is older elementary I’d try sites like Monarch for school. This makes an easy transition before you put together books and more for you. I hope this helps. I also suggest the book by cathy duffy’s 102 top picks for homeschool curriculum she is great at helping you find the perfect curriculum for you and your child. See it on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/2J1ynFe
When you started, did you have a house to sell? Are there web sites that address teh best way to eliminate thrity years of “stuff”? Did you post your experience and advice?
We were renting when we started out but met many people that kept their homes and rented them out for income and just as many who sold them. As for eliminating stuff we held a yard sale every other weekend for 3 months as we went through things. I posted bigger items on Craigslist or Facebook. We did get storage unit for some bigger family heirlooms I wasn’t willing to part with. As for my experience, they are under the RV Living. Also check out the Fulltime Families Facebook group they helped me out so much getting started!