lesson learned

Well today I learned not to touch the screw directly after using the drill on it. I am still wondering why I did that in the first place and no answers are coming to mind.

But I re-screened all the windows yesterday and got three out of 7 (?) cushions covered and all the curtains sewed. So today I remounted the screens and put up one curtain rod and curtain. That's when the man child got board and wanted to watch Arthur.

pictures to come later.

I guess the water falling from the sky is called rain?

So hey it rained this past weekend! I know,it terrible for working on the trailer so nothing got done. But as you travel around and see all the dead orchards of orange trees and waste land fields where crops should be growing, you can't help but be excited for us here.SO nothing got done on the trailer, except I did get our toilet! It's currently sitting in the back of my van. But hey we got it! Never been this excited about a toilet before. We will work on it this weekend. Can't wait to get things done.

We CRUSHED IT this weekend

We got so much done! We re-wired the trailer and the lights now work, fixed and rewired the water pump, figured out that someone had worked on the trailer before us and rigged it so we figured out what they did. We rearranged some of the lights, and got half of the paneling in today! My legs are covered in bruises, I look like I'm wearing polka dot tights.We checked so much off our list this weekend I'm almost not as worried about getting it livable for thanksgiving weekend. Especially since we have my favorite holiday, Halloween (and a party I'm helping plan), a wedding this weekend, And then my daughters 7th birthday party on the 15th. So I'm kinda a juggling act, then lets also throw in the fact that I homeschool my daughter.

Oh and did i forget to mention that today is my husband and mines 1 year wedding anniversary? Well it is! yay! Had such a fun weekend, went to the Dia De Los Muertos festival downtown, went out to eat and then worked on the trailer for the last two days. I Am so tired but I think this weekend helped us find out why we are such a awesome team. I wouldn't have wanted to spend our anniversary any other way.

 removed this light

 removed this light

 someone rearrange the pipes and added their own

 truck battery that the brother-in-law donated to the cause

 took the light switch from a light we removed and put it here since the old light switch wouldnt work for some reason, now this light turns on the one by our bed/couch.

 Cutting the paneling

 This is Valka my anniversary gift from my husband, she is the little viking of our berserker.

 First wall of paneling up

 Now at the very bottom on the last piece of insulation we added because there was no insulation at all there and that is where our heads will be when we sleep. This wall is now covered in paneling, I just realized i did't take a picture of it.

 The man child getting down with the hammer.

Bathroom paneling is done!! Now for the new toilet!! We will eventually cover the paneling in some pretty awesome wallpaper I picked out. But for now we just want to get it done for our thanksgiving weekend at the desert. Once the paneling is done we need to pack the bearings and get new tires on the trailer and new front tires on our truck. So happy with everything we accomplished this weekend. AND I was able to keep my promise and post a new blog WITH pictures. :) Now I'm going to zone out on pinterest, hopefully I'll have something to show you next weekend around all the other stuff going on.

See you space cowboy...

Short update

SO the fridge works!! I am soooo soo soo happy. We suspect something might be wrong with the wire in the trailer its self, but when plugged the fridge directly into the extension cord it worked! got super cold. Such a relief. Will post picture this weekend of everything we have got done so far.... maybe today since I am in such good spirits...and I am procrastinating on dishes. haha

Two steps forward, than two steps back.

We have break lights and the yellow colored lights ( i have know clue right now what they are called) up and working!! YAY. Thanks to my husband and brother in-law since my short person status couldn't even begin to reach them. BUT i did get all the foam insulation in, and have to foam boards left over that im going to turn into dragons for my daughters birthday party.

But now that the lights inside the trailer aren't wanting to work, and we cant get the fridge to work off electricity. so the paneling is going to have to wait till we can get the the lights to work.

I'll post pictures of everything we did this weekend, I cant get into the trailer right now cause we are storing the paneling in it, and the shit is heavy when they are all together.

Stay tuned dearlings, more to come this weekend!

Yay good news

So I don't have much to say for this blog, but my uncle who is a electrician came over and checked out he berserkers' wiring and it doesn't look like we will have to replace any of the wires. YAY! But we are going to replace the super old lights and stuff. So hopefully We can get the lights done and the insulation and panels up next weekend.

One step closer.

OH SHIT (literally)

So we found the switch to empty the toilet, so we stuck a bucket under the pipe and pulled....There was no need for the bucket, because the toilet was so full it flooded the bucket and our driveway. Sorry drought but I'm going to waste water rinsing away "waste". So gross. I have no idea why the person before the lady we bought it from didn't decided to empty but you sir-ma'am are a asshole. It was soooooo nasty. That being said we managed to get a crowbar and wedge the toilet up from the floor and threw it out. Then I got my happy ass in there and pulled all the paneling out of the bathroom.

I am over joyed at this point because that was the end of the paneling. No more working on pulling fiberglass and paneling out. Now we need to work on the wiring. The husband and the brother-in-law are going to try to handle that in a couple of weeks (yay zombie ball is the coming weekend and ren fair the day after), and my uncle who is a electrician is going to check it out when it's done to make sure we wont burst into flames.

Then new foam insulation sheets and new paneling. Then we will work on getting the top bunk back in.

I am so unbelievably happy that the weather cooperated today and we were able to get everything pulled out. I never want to work on paneling again!

Anyways i got it all swept out and took some pictures for you guys.

 :)