yard sale!

our friend julie and mike were having a yard sale today so noah and i went over this morning with a van-load of stuff to sell.

i sold one thing and made a whopping $3. lol

we are going to try again after we get home from pennsylvania on jan 19.

they did give us a set of bunk beds though that we are going to use for the boys bunk rooms. so that was a big plus for the day.

they also gave us a satellite dish. i didn't know if we needed one or not. steven said probably not, but we'll have it if we do.

exterior painting

we finished one side today. the other side has the sun shining on it in the afternoon so it gives me an instant headache to look at. we're going to have to go first thing in the morning to finish the driver's side.



nicholas REALLY wanted to use the sander. so steven gave it to him. he held it literally long enough for me to take the picture. haha

all taped off.
the reveal!

we love it! the white it rustoleum spray paint. the purple is exterior house paint with unsanded grout mixed in. chalkboard!

we popped the used up spray paint cans to get the marbles out. noah felt totally gypped that he only got one marble and nicholas got two. until he forgot about the marbles entirely when he got distracted by a box of raisins. :P

happy halloween!

we didn't go to the bus this weekend but we did get some stuff.

gas stove and a rooftop air conditioner. (i'm not sure if we are going to use the a/c.)

3 -way fridge. i'm not sure if we are going to use this either. the doors are a little warped and there is exposed asbestos in the back (that we are going to replace if we do end up using it). i don't know if that means there is asbestos inside it or not... and if that is bad. i don't know.

and if there is asbestos in the fridge does that mean there is asbestos in the oven because they came out of the same camper? hmm...

corner medicine cabinet and a little florescent light.

and the pièce de résistance: a horizontal propane tank. woot!

and we got it all for $300! woohoo!

we went trick our treating in havasu on sunday. it was fun when we first got there but it got really crowded really fast and nicholas was exhausted so we left early.
where's wolf?

nicholas the purple bat
mummy and granny tootsie

when we were walking around a woman came up to me and said she liked noah's costume. then she told me that she had a baby that she dressed up in a mummy costume too and that he died of cancer a year later :( i gave her a hug and cried. she said she liked it because it reminded her of him. so bittersweet.

floor done!

library today! their favorite day!

after the library, we went over to the bus and finished the floor. i only had to cut 9 pieces. 2 to fit on the front of the right wheel well and 7 along the side. not too bad.
i used 6 boxes of flooring. there are 11 left, including the 4 that are different. i think i'm going to use the different ones on the inside of the boys bunks.

i think we are going to start raising the roof this weekend.

more floor

this morning i put the sink in the cabinet and trimmed the counter so the drawer fit in again. the counter that was on before didn't have a lip and this one does to it just needed a little trim down.

the boys and i went over to the bus this afternoon and put some more floor boards down. we are going to go over again after the library and hopefully finish up.
the bumps don't need flooring because they are both going to be covered.

floor started!

steven's dad was there yesterday. he was digging an irrigation ditch (according to nicholas, "we're digging a dudge. that means stream.") the boys helped him all day. which means steven and i were able to get a lot done.

first we filled in any holes and ground off any screws. there were 3 big holes (like the one under my knee in the pic.) steven cut squares of wall paneling out and we guerrilla glued them down. they need to be weighted down for a couple hours.

that's why the bricks and fire extinguisher are on the floor.

plastic vapor barrier sheeting went down first.

then the blue foam.

we took a break for a nap. :)
then aluminum foil. the more expensive foam board had foil on one side of it. this way was cheaper :)
all foiled.

we started a laying floor down. it was getting late so we had to finish up.

i'm really happy with how much we got accomplished yesterday!

floor score!

we went to lowe's today to get flooring. when we first walked in we saw a pallet of laminate for 64 cents/sqft. we decided that that was what we were going to get but we were going to go take a look at foam insulation first.

we got 15 2'x8' 1" blue foam boards. we got more than we will need for the floor but we will be able to use it elsewhere.

then steven took the boys to get some razor blades and i went to look at bathroom flooring.

i walked down the flooring aisle and found real hardwood for $.24/sqft! <$5.50/box! unfortunately, there were only 4 boxes. but i wanted to get them anyway.

then!

i saw another one for $.32/sqft. not quite 24 cents but not $4/sqft like it was originally priced. there were 13 boxes of that one left so we got all of them.

$235 total. not too bad!

then we went to the park and played at the playground. the we played air baseball because we didn't have any stuff :P

i took pics but then i realized that it was saving to the internal memory because i forgot to put the sd card back in. naturally. take pics tomorrow!