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Open “House”

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Saturday morning, we decided we would have an rv open “house” on Sunday. We had been *thinking* about the open house for a month and leave it to me to…

Saturday morning, we decided we would have an rv open “house” on Sunday. We had been *thinking* about the open house for a month and leave it to me to invite people 24 hours beforehand. The truth is I wasn’t procrastinating. I was just being thorough. Everything needed to be “just so”. Which explains (or muddles) why we were still up at 12:00 am hanging cabinet doors and sweeping piles of screws into the drawers. Those finishing touches. Nothing says we are ready to go like clean countertops even if the closet is filled with paint cans instead of clothes.

The party was at noon and at 11:30 am we found ourselves an hour behind schedule still trying to hitch up the trailer. You see, we waited until right before the party to test out the hitch and as it turned out our truck “hitch height” is different than the previous owner’s truck making it impossible to “just hook up and go”. Somehow Brent figured it out (he always does) and we pulled up to our little get together.

There are a lot of things we are going to miss about Ventura this year…the beaches, the mountains, the fabulous weather, two Trader Joes…but none of that compares to the way we are going to miss the people. So many wonderful people. I’m thankful that a handful of these wonderful people were able to make it out on such a ~~ridiculously~~ late notice and I hope they know just how much it made our day.

Love and Laughter,
Jenn

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Pinholes of Light

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Some photos, a preview if you will, I snapped with my phone this week. Brent has been crazy busy finishing up the video and I’ve been painting, cleaning, and going through stuff at our…

Some photos, a preview if you will, I snapped with my phone this week.

Brent has been crazy busy finishing up the video and I’ve been painting, cleaning, and going through stuff at our house. Finally, some pinholes of light are making their way into this dark box of busyness.

It looks like we’ve moved our trip back a week. I’m a little bummed because we wanted to leave on our official/unofficial (depends on how you look at it) anniversary. It will be better because ~~I’m nicer when I’m not stressed~~ we won’t feel rushed and we will get to spend some time with some of the people we are going to dearly miss.

A good friend is coming over this morning to help me reupholster the couch frame today. Clearly anyone brave enough to risk hanging out with me while I ~~impatiently~~wield an electric staple gun, is not a good but a GREAT friend.

I’m *hoping* to get a Thrifty Threads Thursday post up today. I found the cutest green vintage dress yesterday when I dropped off a load of stuff at the thrift store. I also got a vintage Coach purse for $2. TWO DOLLA can I hear a HOLLA!

Hope you are having a fantastic week!

with love,
Jenn

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Family Preparation

Is there a forest around these trees?

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Life may be a tad bit on the busy side right now but I still want to document it. This week we’ve been painting, sanding, painting, sanding. From how much…

Life may be a tad bit on the busy side right now but I still want to document it.

This week we’ve been painting, sanding, painting, sanding.

From how much ~~we’ve~~ I’ve been painting you would think that we are moving into a 3000 square foot house not a 300 square foot trailer.

I may or may not have had a breakdown in the bathroom last night over….

LINT.

Yes, there was lint in the polyeurathane and it nearly sent me over the edge. Good times. Good times.

I’ll just let you imagine how I felt today when Brent told me today after driving home from the LA fabric district that the polyurethane (I spent an entire day applying to the cabinets) didn’t dry clear and everything has to be re-sanded and re-painted. I thought I was done with the kitchen cabinets and now I’m almost back at square one. I basically wasted an entire weekend.

Except I didn’t because…

…I spent precious time with this guy. His hard work blows me away.

I’m really trying to see the forest through the trees and remember what this trip is really about.

Family.
Adventure.
Memories.
Love.

Who cares about a little lint.

We are hoping to leave October 9th, our 12 year anniversary. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate.

But…there’s the to-do list.

RV
Finish paint and Hang Cabinet Doors (we took them off to paint)
Paint Living Room Walls
Install Wood Floor
Build Brent’s Desk
Sew Curtains
Find Upholster for Cushions
Upholster Couch Frame – We were going to take it somewhere but it won’t fit out the door!
Install Closet Organizer
Install hardware
Paint Fan
Paint (or Find New) Light Fixtures
Re-upholster headboard
Buy storage bins
Install and plumb new bathroom sink
Purchase various small items

House
Sell, giveaway, ~~or burn~~ stuff we are not taking. (This is a mile long list in and of itself.)
Sell Car
Pack RV
Clean and repair current house. (Another list as long as this list.)
Trim bushes at current house
Fix stuff at the rental house. (Our tenant just let us know there is an opossum living under it. Awesome.)
Order a few more school books

Misc
See friends
Keep up with laundry

Oh and that video we shot in July? The deadline is fast approaching. When I think I’m working hard, I remember how hard Brent is working.

How many days to October 9th?

Don’t remind me.

But I’m not complaining because it’s all going to be worth it.

I think.

I hope.

with love,
jenn

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Family Preparation

Making a “house” a “home”.

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Today was our first official work day on the trailer. It’s a family affair. Almost. Thing 2 pops in and out offering encouragement. Sort of. However, Thing 1 is more…

Today was our first official work day on the trailer.

It’s a family affair. Almost. Thing 2 pops in and out offering encouragement. Sort of.

However, Thing 1 is more than happy ~~to get to use tools~~ help as long as we don’t paint the kitchen cabinets green. We won’t talk about the breakdown in Lowes when he and I mentioned Brent and I were “thinking” about a green kitchen. You would have thought I told him we thinking about giving up electricity.

We started in the bunk room.

Putting new handles on the cabinets. Thing 1 doesn’t mess around. He scoffed at me when I suggested a screwdriver

Off comes the border.

Prepping the wall for paint.

We also brought Meow Cow over so he can begin to adjust. Seeing that he’s not hiding under the bed, I’ll assume he is adjusting rather nicely. Oh wait, he can’t hide out under the bed. Hmmmm…..

You may be wondering what was I doing? I was sitting on the couch texting while my child worked. Isn’t that why we have them? Kidding, I was ~~killing brain cells~~ painting primer on the walls and at the rate I’m going that is all I’m going to be doing this week.

with love,
Jenn

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