Busy and intense!

Things are just crazy busy lately. Working hard to get the church finished and busy getting the bus ready for us to call it home.

Waterproofing the slide out has been a real head scratcher but we are making some progress. I am also making sure the black water tank hold water perfectly. I noticed just a slight leak a week ago and had the fitting off and back on three times now. I filled it up with fresh water and it does look like it is holding tight. I was bummed to see it leak a week ago but real happy I decided to make a final test with fresh water BEFORE we used it.


Bill

Being space efficient

Board games and puzzles can be pretty bulky especially the boxes so I removed them and used fabric bags instead. I used special pieces of fabric...

From left to right...

- made with Eva's too small loved dress.

- made with the fabric that was used to cover the ring cushion that Ben carried at his aunt's wedding (2007).

- made with an old t-shirt that my mom & aunt had made for Bill with a picture of a St-Bernard (Swiss rescue dog).

- a lovely bag made by our dear friend Sophie for Eva's birthday (2005).

- made with leftover fabric from Ben's bed on the boat.

- this fabric represents the quilt from "the Quilmakers gift" story which was the theme in a dance recital that Eva performed in...she was a cute 3 1/2 years old butterfly. (San Diego May, 2006)

- used an old piece of fabric that I've had for at least 15 years...whoo hoo...I finally found a use for it! In the front I added a piece of Ben's favorite pirate T-shirt that his "grand-maman" sent him from Switzerland for his 3rd birthday.

It feels good to keep the memories close by to cherish them every day!

Have a memorable day!
Sylviane

Yard Sale

Sylviane is out front right now selling most all of our stuff. I have been moving stuff out there all morning and just started a loaf of bread in the bread machine. The house is getting quite empty now and sounding a little hollow.

The old boat rule is “if you haven’t used it in a year then get rid of it”. Sounds like a fairly liberal rule but it’s amazing how much stuff we end up with and don’t really use. Some of the stuff is not easy to get rid of, they have history and some have sentimental value.

Yesterday I brought the bus to get the hitch installed. First step was to remove the rear bumper. Ian (the shop owner) got the bumper off and now he will build the hitch receiver to be within the bumper. I like this approach because it will not take away any ground clearance in the back (the other installs I have seen on MCI buses were mounted just below the bumper). I also set up an appointment with a shop that can check my suspension. The front suspension doesn’t seem quite right since I took off the kneeling system .

Bye for now. I need to see if Sylviane needs any help out front and I really need to get my garage stuff organized and crated up for the bus……

Bill

The curtains...

My main focus lately, besides painting, putting locks on all the cabinet doors has been the curtains. With some good advice from my friend Samantha (check out her work!) I didn't do too bad. She had me iron the fabric before sewing! I usually like quick projects without extra steps but I did it anyway. Much better result! The curtains in the kid's room are done as well as the one in the bathroom covering the washer/dryer. My mom would be proud of me... I hung it with velcro! Read why

Three more sets to go. We have so many windows in the bus without talking about the gigantic windshield. I've started that one but I may not show it to Samantha! What maters is that it blocks the light, right? I better get back to my sewing machine.
Sylviane

Installing the bunk railing.

The kids took apart the bunk bed they have been using so we could use part of the railing in the bus. I welded a piece of the railing to the upper bunk in the bus.

We needed to take some pictures to use for insurance purposes so we put the kids mattresses in the bus. So much excitement we just had to sleep in the bus that night.

We plan to move into the bus full time at the end of this month. We are busy getting the bus ready and going through the entire house and sorting our stuff. A pile for the yard sale, another pile for stuff going on the bus and a third pile for what we are keeping but wont fit on the bus. This third pile should be very small, at least that is the goal. Mostly it will be pictures and books that we can't part with.

Bill

What I think....

I hope I have a good time in the bus. We will go fishing,
Hiking, explore and have a good time!
Ben