Someone once said all work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy. I don't know about dull, but it surely makes for a very tired John and Nan. We finally have taken a day off from our labors and this is feeling as if it is a very good thing.
Two of the four columns have their first coat of paint. The other two are standing there patiently waiting for their turn.
"Stuff is stacked, on chairs, tables and sofa waiting patiently to be taken to the motorhome.
Paintings are ready to be hung, not by the chimney with care. The abstract on the left that looks blueish, but isn't goes into the dining room.
You can also see the cherry hardwood floors that John and I installed.
A lesson we have learned from this adventure is that we cannot take a twenty five year old house and make it new construction.
We are pleased with the way things are looking. If we hurried, we could have it on the market next week. You can see where the bulkhead is cut in at the end of the cabinets. The kitchen needs to be painted as well as the half bath just behind the unpainted columns. The stove needs to be installed and a plumbing leak needs to be tweaked.
Work is complete from where the carpeting begins (there's a gate to keep the fur kids out!) in the photo. The dining room is complete with the exception of light fixtures as is the entry and hall.
My weaving loom is in the family room awaiting the "right" new owner. I need to replace the reed and it will be ready to go. I am sad to see a good friend go, but I need a smaller loom that will be convenient in the motorhome.
John's wood turning tools that we listed on Craig's List have sold quickly and we have just a few left. Some buyers have traveled over one hundred miles to purchase them. It is fun to witness the excitement of these people when they know they have new "toys." You know what they say about the difference between men and boys.....BUT there are also women wood turners. I'll stick to my fiber.
The temperature today here in Indiana is fifty degrees. Tomorrow, it is to be fifty two and Wednesday, sixty! It looks as if we are going to be outside spiffing up things there so work inside will wait for colder temperatures or rain.
Yesterday, friends of ours from Michigan drove down are took home with them a garden tractor, a lawn vacuum, a chipper, a hand mower, fencing, and more things for their farm. Deb even took our old stove to use in her fiber dyeing! Now that is big time repurposeing! She also left with our antique wardrobe. It should be awesome in their antique age farm house.
Thinking back to this time last year......we were in Death Valley watching the sky at night and marveling at the vast number of stars visible to just the naked eye.
Thinking forward to our journey next year. It will be our first winter of fulltiming. We are eager to learn what God has planned for the journey.
To be able to start that journey.....we keep working. And working. And working.
Till next time,
God bless you and your travels, your visits, your daily activities - whatever they may be.
A night of not sleeping well and an early morning make for a slow working day / journey. After a visit from a sales person, (yuck) we tackled the painting of the last two beams and the fireplace in the family room. Actually, John tackled the beams and did a super job. I attacked the fireplace.
I am so pleased we decided to paint the fireplace brick again. It looks so fresh now. But that was all we completed today. I was able to finish between the mantle and the hearth. Below the hearth and above the mantle is on our to do list for tomorrow. How can such a simple project take two days to finish?
Tomorrow, the furniture is returned to the family room and we will start the kitchen painting. Not much there. Only the bulkhead and the space between the counter top and the underside of the cabinets. After that, only the guest bath remains! All should be completed by Saturday afternoon!
Oh my gosh, we are soooo close! I can hardly believe it.
Excuse me while I hyperventilate!
Wow!
Ohhhhhh, rats.......
We have the little barn (30' X 60') to empty! Hummmm, that has been used only for storage of "stuff." Stuff we have forgotten, lived without, forgot that existed.....
I think we have just decided to ditch everything! Of course we will ditch after we sell the antiques, weaving loom and send the best llama fiber to the mill to be processed into yarn. The "seconds" of the llama fiber will be sent to Texas to be woven into rugs to sell.
BUT the finish line is in sight!
Probably, tomorrow we will think of more things we want to do, but for tonight......we are encouraged.
Thanks for stopping by....
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God bless you on your journey!
Day one is over. Sales have not been as good as any other show I have done all year. Today, I sold a third of what I usually do on the first day of a show. THAT is not a good thing....
I have noticed that sales have been shrinking here each year. We will probably not return next year. This is our business, not a hobby.
On a liter note, a chicken that has been roaming John Bryan State Park campground. Last night after we returned from our set-up we were watching this hen wander around until some thoughtless campers let their dog chase it into the forest. We did not see anything else of the chicken the rest of the night and this morning.
Fast forward to this afternoon.....I am walking back to the motorhome for a short break and guess who hitched a ride under our rig. You guessed it! Now the hen is at the grounds of the show! Two people have said they will take the chicken home to their farms if they can catch it. That will be a better life for little Henny Penny!
We had a visitor in our booth near the end of the day. We had Oliver in there and she is a dog photographer and she took some photos of Oliver to put on her blog. They should be on her blog in a couple of days at www.dogpatchpix.com.
I sure wanted to steal her camera! It was the second camera that I wanted to cameranap today. sigh......
The campground has a nice group of campers this evening. Fire rings sport orange flames moving like ballet dancers. She sparks jump into the sky providing us with peaceful shows of fireworks. All is well.
Tomorrow is another day. If I can sell the antique Canadian Production Spinning Wheel, we will have a better show and I have a feeling that one of the vendors is coveting it. We shall see.
Of course, John and I are looking for a smaller weaving loom to take in the motorhome, so this show might not be a profit maker anyway if we can find the right loom. God is in control.....either we find it or we don't. Either we have a great show, or we don't....it's all in His hands and we trust him for all.
Dinner is ready, I must go....
Be safe everyone, and God Bless ...... your day, your travel and just you!
"Stuff is stacked, on chairs, tables and sofa waiting patiently to be taken to the motorhome. 
