It's really starting to look like "our" home around here. Thanks again to donations from wonderful friends and family we have been able to not only get some much needed clothes and food, tools for must do chores, but also some items to help make our house feel like home. We had insurance to help with some things we lost but some items will never be replaced. We no longer have any family photos or photos of our travels etc., no more personal memorabilia of any kind. But we have tried to get our new home reflect us.
The bedroom has new curtains and bedspread. We are waiting for blankets that actually fit the bed so we both can stay covered at night. Some kitchen decorations to make it feel welcoming. We covered the worn old loveseat with a fitted gray cover to make it look nice and comfortable and added a couple throw pillows for a nice place to rest your back or head. The bathroom of course has to be purple so some nice rugs and new towels made the dark gloomy bathroom bright and clean looking. What was left here was tattered and stained. That leaves us with the extra room that we have yet figured out what to call it. Try as hard as we can we have yet found a spot for a much needed freezer. There is a nice queen size bed in there that takes up a lot of room. But the bed is nice to have when either of us has a bad night or by some chance someone would actually come to visit.
Friday we had to go and pick up the toilet we ordered. The one here was so low that we both had a hard time getting on and off of it. And with my back and arms it was also painful. As with any plumbing job for Mark it didn't go well. The pipes are very old and brittle and the main line into the bathroom snapped and broke. A mad rush to turn off the water and find old towels to sop up the water, left us in a pickle. Two trips to Ace Hardware and Mark had enough fittings etc to stop the flow into the house. But that left us with no true functioning toilet. Just before dark Mark had to stop working, it was too dark to see anything while under the trailer anymore. So jugs of water were used to "flush" the toilet. Saturday we both were totally worn out so we pretty much took a much needed break. However enough energy was found to hang our large wind chime, Big Ben.
As of yesterday Mark planned on finishing with the plumbing job today. That remains to be seen. I wish he would just call a plumber. I know he can get it all to work, I just worry about him crawling around under there. He believes that if you can do it yourself why pay someone else to do it for you. Work smart not hard my dear. Hire it done. LOL
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