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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Surprisingly...we are this much closer (thumb and forefinger an inch apart)

Okay, seriously, for us this is AMAZING!  It poured and hailed last night with wind gusts up to 45 mph.  We both woke up early early, used the bathroom and went back to sleep til 10ish. We were just gonna be sloths today.  Instead, we made coffee, ate a half a bag together of pecan sandies, cleaned the downstairs while the coffee brewed then watched the rest of a truly horribly written scary movie that we had started last night.  We even watched the credits to see if it would explain why the movie was so BAD!  (It didn't). 

At 11:30ish, we decided to get dressed and see how the trailer made it through the storm.  Impressively, it fared quite well.  As long as we were out there, lets work on the back until the storm hits again.  Needless to say, it never hit again!  It only sprinkled a couple times.  We worked until 5 tonight, taking a 15 minute break to eat some wonderful soup...chickadilla soup.  Here's the recipe, seriously, this is one of the best tasting soups we have ever tried!

Chickadilla Soup

1lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts
30 oz. diced tomatoes
10 oz. mild enchilada sauce
4 oz. chopped mild green chilies
1 quart chicken broth
2 15 oz. cans of pinto beans
10 oz. frozen corn
1/2 med. onion chopped
1 tbs. chopped fresh cilantro
1 tsp. each of cumin, chili powder & salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper

Directions:

Place all ingredients into a 6 quart slow cooker.  Mix.  Cook on low for 6 - 8 hours or on high for 3 - 4 hours.  Once the chicken is fulled cooked, remove & shred, then return to pot and stir.

Serve with fresh chopped cilantro, shredded cheese and sour cream.

(Generously, serves 8.  Freezes well.)

Okay, back to the trailer story. ..

We worked diligently and FINISHED the framing for the back end!  I cannot tell you how excited we are!!!  This weekend we will put the paneling up on the back end and install the bed! 

And, now - pictures!


The wide board is to secure the bed and the tail lights.  We even finished the wiring in the back end too!


Apparently, I don't get to use the camera when Cynthia looks bad!  (lol)  She just gets to when I look bad!


Tarped up for a few days until we have a couple afternoons for us to work on it.  Nothing like using every tarp we own!  Yep, it looks good, taking my Kleenex and going home!



Monday, October 15, 2012

Flooring, cabinets and benches oh my!

We got the flooring template made, cut out the linoleum and laid it too!  Then with the help of George again we got the kitchen cabinet and bench inside the trailer.  Nothing is nailed down yet - but there is always tomorrow!


As always - Nemo must help!


Cabinet & bench



Counter top - not sure about it yet.



Benches & storage



So, do you like the flooring that we picked?



So, while Cynthia was scraping the panels - she won tickets from KPND radio station to CITIZEN COPE at the Knitting Factory!!!  This is a REALLY bad picture of both of us - but what the hell?!  It's better than we usually look on the weekends!