Saturday, March 18, 2017

Couch finished and upper cabinets

Hey Y'all, so yesterday was a good day. We had mid 50's and cloudy with an occasional sprinkle (not enough to call it rain). SOOOOoooo much better than 30's and snow! The ground looks weird not being white! Anyways, we "split up" again and while Shanesta finished off the couch cushions, I worked on installing the shower pan.

Shanesta did an awesome job on the couch cushions! The colors are brighter in person, the pictures just don't do justice....
Our shower was an interesting one, that's for sure, we had to get the drain to go through the floor between the rear storage box and the rear wheel well.... About 6 inches. That required me in and out and back in and back out of the bus a few times so I could look, and measure, at where things should line up. In the end I asked God to help me get things squared away, and He did. Shower pan installed with no mess-ups!!!
After that, we joined forces again and attacked the upper cabinets. We changed our original plans of rabbit wire inside of a 1x4 frame on hinges and opted for the wide-open look. It makes things look bigger vs cramped. We faced the cabinet over the sink, and built the cabinet that is over the couch. I still need to finish installing a plug in the couch-side cabinet, as we want to put LED rope lights up there for night time.
Now I know what your thinking.... Why do they keep jumping around from one thing to another to another versus just working on one part until it is completely done? Well, VA pension isn't a whole lot, and we are limited on about $300 or so per month to put into this bus conversion. No, this isn't me asking for donations, I don't want them. God has given us the exact amount of money we need every month to complete this project in His timing. He has a plan for when He wants us on the road, and the budget He has given us for this conversion is exactly we need to be finished by that specific date. When that is, we don't know yet. We jump around from one thing to another because we work a spot until materials run out then instead of wasting an hour or more making a material list, going and getting the materials, and then coming back to the bus, we just pick up the materials we need on the way to the bus the next trip.  That's why we jump from one spot to the next. Now granted we could go and get a loan for $5-6000, buy all the materials (and tools) we need and finish this build in a few weeks, but we don't want to push things along and try and rush God's plan.....that doesn't work so well! His timing is perfect.

Well gotta run for now.
God Bless y'all!



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