Sunday, November 16, 2014

SNOW DAY (No Renovations)



Taking the day off & drinking some homemade hot cocoa due to the SNOW! Can you believe that? We have snow here in New Mexico...after we were in tank tops yesterday. Joy. We decided today that we should take the day off and work on some indoor things I.e. my new bed/couch from the 1800's! I found it at this great little store; I felt like I was on American Pickers...I could have easily spent all day there searching for good finds. (Pics to come of bed/couch)

Any who the men were able to get the wall up for the bedroom and my storage area yesterday I have yet to decide to do wicker baskets or build wooden crates from pallets...we shall see!

Casey and Stan (His stepdad)

The start of storage wall/bed area

After: Finished!

Casey working away

Before: More framing

Before: Framing

Uncle Zane helping

Uncle Zane helping

This is a very picture filled blog post past and present! 
***Snow to Bubbles***


FIRST TIME SEEING SNOW!



BAHAHHA Southern California dog not impressed!


How-E first snow with us!




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The Thompsons-

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Paint and Lights!



Here is a picture filled blog of How-E with paint and his new lights! The painting went fairly well...after we got foam brushes instead of regular. I hate brush lines!

THERE ARE SOME BEFORE PAINT PICS AS WELL
DOUBLE CLICK TO MAKE LARGER

It took a coat of metal, aluminum and plastic primer then two coats of paint (sea mist) white with a little tint of blue; it turned out beautiful. 

The lights are LED battery operated which will be good for us while we figure out our solar/wind turbine situation once we get to Flagstaff. 

Were officially trying to get the bus on the road by next weekend mainly due to temperatures dropping and snow soon to be flying...so stay tuned for many updates over the next week.

Were slightly behind today but were going to be doing more framing for bed, walls etc and then we shall start the flooring hopefully tomorrow!

A big thank you to my husband for dealing with my stressful moodiness, thank you for Stan and Rhonda for allowing us to stay here and helping with tools and extra hands, and thank you for Uncle Zane and Grams for all their knowledge and also extra hands in this fast & big project!

Blackberries

Grapes too!

Getting some air through the mega back window

Junk part 1

Junk part 2
Nasty water! UGH cleaning was so bad

Junk part 3

Now here are some more updated pictures
(Paint and Lights):

Trying to show paint color

Trying to show paint color two

Trying to show paint color three






Fun Pictures!

(great) Grams

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Pretty Pitty

Wool Socks & Flannel lined pants!




Red antique chest Casey got me for How-E!


Until next time fellow friends and family!
The Thompsons-




Thursday, November 13, 2014

How-E gets cleaned and prepped for painting!

Thought i'd stop in with a little update on How-E!
We officially have him cleaned out and primed and today we are going to indulge in some painting. Yesterday Uncle Zane come over which made taping the insane amount of windows much faster. We also decided to leave all the steel on the bottom instead of painting it (I love it like that).

The clean up was insane! Mattresses, chairs, huge glass panels etc and a TON of acorns but no critters not even a spider which was very good for me!

Yesterday the temps dropped and since we haven't installed the wood stove yet we were lucky enough to borrow Casey's grandmothers portable stove and it kept How-E quite toasty.

Here are some Before and After pics:

Clean up

More cleaning!

Nap time

Taping with dad

So glad were painting this! 
More taping with Uncle Zane

Lunch Break

Side one primed 

Side two primed

Ready for paint! 

I need to get on camera and pull off the pictures of all the stuff in it and the trash piles but that will have to wait for now. So many things on the agenda through this weekend will try to blog soon enough. 

Wood flooring, tile, wood stove, bathroom wall, captain bed, toilet etc are all on the list by Sunday! Gotta get to Flag before the snow is flying! 

The Thompons-