The Daily Hailey

After a weeks time cut short by general life busyness, we made up for lost time this week!! Lots to talk about!

To refresh what happened right at the end of last weeks post, Brady FINISHED the lower cabinets! 

Aren’t they pretty?? Or, going to be pretty!! Haha! Brady was also able to tuck the breaker box up above where the fridge will be. 

It is WAY nicer than having to build out a wall spot, or even to lose our regular cabinet space to it. This is definitely better. 

Brady also closed in some holes in the floor that we don’t need, tucked wires and outlets into walls, and redid some plumbing.

Later in the week, Brady built the upper cabinets!!

It was SO windy that day! I’m so grateful to Northridge for letting us park the RV in the lot next to us for a time, because it makes things like this possible. Brady parked his van as a wind block and made it happen!! He managed to tackle the shelves and doors in ONE morning!!! 

The only reason they’re not all put together yet is for ease of painting. We’ll get there! Oh, and sanding, of course! So. Much. Sanding.

Brady managed to get the broken AC unit exchanged for another one at the auto wrecker, and he brought the broken window, along with the frame, back to the glass place to have them recut the piece, and install it. The glass place gave us a deal, probably a little out of pity, and didn’t charge us for the installation after all. Thank you, glass place!! And the AC unit came home later in the week, as well, but has yet to be installed. Those things are huge, and Brady’s back can’t hack it at this point. Hopefully next week! 

The biggest excitement of the week, for me anyway, was the wall panels!! Our plan for the walls originally was a huge misunderstanding. Brady had mentioned the cost of replacing the RV wall panels, and I had researched and found out that beadboard was the same size as the panels and was actually cheaper! I immediately made plans to do beadboard all over. Later, I learned Brady only planned to replace two wall panels, and my plan that was going to make the RV beautiful while saving us money was actually going to cost us :/ All of that being said, a lot of conversation later, we decided that replacing two panels would pretty much look horrible, as they would be obviously fresher than the faded, slightly stained and dinged up panels. We did decide to go forward with the beadboard, and I am SO happy with how its looking! 

It still needs a paint, like everything else, but it looks more like a home. It feels stronger, too. 

Today couldn’t be as productive of a day, because Brady recently hurt his back and the twinges refuse to quit! He headed in for a chiropractic adjustment this morning, as well as a quick Home Depot shop! There, he was able to get pictures of some items we need, so we can compare prices around, and he also picked up our countertop!!! Eek!! I’d show you, but I’d rather show you when its installed! 🤩 He also grabbed a stack of paint chips for me to play with! Yay!!! Decisions will be made early next week!

Its been a really productive week, which feels really really good. Our deadline is looming, which is exciting and nerve wracking. We flip flop a lot between “I hope we get it done in time” and “we’re going to be out here early!” Sooooo please wish us luck and continue to follow along!

No pressure or anything 😳

Next week will be exceptionally productive, too! We have BIG things to wrap up! We’re on our way!