Extreme Makeover Trailer Addition (Part One)

What happens when you buy a 1979 trailer near the beach....
Your in-laws are awesome and extremely talented....
Your Momma helps you paint...
And your hubby gives you free reign over decorating?...

While we may not have had someone scream "MOVE THAT BUS", the results are pretty nifty (if I do say so myself!)


Before....
when I thought there was no way in heck it would ever be cute or I'd want to stay there...
& After....
where K tosses out the thoughts of packing up and moving and I don't throw an absolute hissy fit!

When You First Walked Through the Back Door..

Then

Now (corner cabinet built by Daddy RP)

The "Big" Bathroom

First ImpressionNow (the shower curtain is sand; and I need a blind to hang in the window!)

So....it takes longer to upload pictures than I thought...so, this is now Part One & I'll do the others soon! Hubby K is itchin' to go, so maybe reminding myself how lovely it is will spur me to want to head down to Topsail too!

Who Have I Become?

Ever been in a funk? I mean a serious "I don't want to see anybody" funk? Where you just want to stay home, nest a little, and have a some alone time? I've been there the last couple of weeks. This happens every now and again, and it stinks. I'm such an extrovert that it's absolutely awful when I get this feeling...but, it's passed now.

I know what brought it on - ever since my birthday, all I could think about was that the 29th would have been Daddy's 65th birthday. He passed in 2001, and while the pain gets different as time passes, there are those moments I just need to waller in the fact that he died when I was so young (I had just turned 22 and my sister was 19). Enough about that, or I'll just tear up again...

Hmm...so otherwise, what's been going on? This has been an INSANE week....just see for yourself!

Monday
Work - Jr. League Meeting - and feeling the *effects* of being on high dose antibiotics the last 10 days (no icky details).

Tuesday
Work - then I got to see my sister! She was in town for the state FFA Livestock Judging contest. And, her team did VERY well. She's a Vo-Ag teacher way too many miles away. It is so cool to watch her with the kids (and hear them call her Mrs. LastName still freaks me out).
Also had the opportunity to see friends from college who are now teachers too. It was great! Except, I totally didn't think about going out there when I was getting ready, so I was wearing a skirt and flats (in a livestock barn!) Yeah, felt a little out of place on that one.

Wednesday
It was my provisional project night with Jr. League. And my headlight was out. And my drivers licence expired. So - after work, fixed the headlight (thanks to a guy at the office for showing me how to do it!), go the popcorn machine I was in charge of, and then sat at the DMV for an hour. One hour and seventeen minutes to be exact. I was about to walk out the door when they called my number. I didn't want to be late for the JL thing! So, then it was off to the JL event. The popcorn machine (and the only thing I was responsible for) WOULD NOT WORK! Even worse, the kids saw the machine and kept asking for popcorn. GAH! Only me (but I know it wasn't my fault the machine didn't work). The event was great and everyone looked so happy. Small WW victory: instead of grabbing some fast food after the event, came home and ate veggies left over from the night before. I wasn't really all that hungry, so I didn't waste a ton of points (that I didn't really have) and ate something feeling.

Thursday
How on earth can I already have something today you may ask? Well....took the popcorn machine back first thing (yay for a full refund). And, I have a funeral to attend today for one of the first donors I worked with when I started my career in '02. It's later this afternoon and I have some business at the bank that HAS to be done today (yay CD maturing); so I'm waiting on the bank to open before going into the office.

I dread the funeral -- with all I've been dealing with emotionally around Daddy, it's going to be extra tough. It's one of those things that would be difficult no matter what. I have grown to love and sincerely care for this couple.

And, tonight is WW night (pending I can make it with the funeral -- visitation is after the service and it's on the other end of town from my meeting).

Then, it's dinner with the In-Laws to handle a little business. We're finalizing the purchase of the lil' trailer we have at the beach (on the lots next to the in-laws). We've *had* it for awhile now (and it's been gutted and cleaned and looks amazing!) but are making the final *payment* (it was broken into pieces to help the seller with tax liabilities). *YAY* for weekends at the beach this summer!

*shew* I think that's all....it's been a whirlwind the last few days.

GAH

Sick, Day 11

I feel like I'm MIA from my own life! The last 11 days have been awful....between being sick and my chest hurting every time I breathe, laugh, giggle, sneeze ....you get the picture & just not being able to breathe -- I'm ready for a vacation in someone else's body!!

Back to the doctor today -- yay chest x-rays to see if I've managed to break a rib or if it's *just* pleurisy after the bought with pneumonia and bronchitis.

I declare I get the most random - obscure - stinkin' health problems ever!!

So, the doctor is to call in the morning and let me know what it is. Until then, it's 2 vicodin every 4 hours for pain....

So....seeing how I've been sick...Valentine's Day was not the overrated overhyped holiday that Hallmark would love for it to be.

We went to Topsail on Friday evening to our little trailer. I love that little 1979 metal box! I love how no matter what, when I walk in the door, it's all clean and cute. So I did a lot of sitting there while Hubby K wore out the muppy dawg by throwing things into the water for her. We have a small pond in the backyard at the beach and she just loves loves LOVES to swim and fetch. I love being there if nothing more than she has all this space to play and run and frolic without people getting upset at her for being a dog. Need to take pictures next time we're there to document her adventures -- it's great!

So, we may have been at Topsail, but never saw the ocean this trip. It was VERY low key and restful. Went to a couple of little shops (y'all need to know that it is not a trip to the Beach without a trip to Topsail Trading Co. to buy some Fluffernutter Fudge!) and out to eat, and that was about it. I figured I could sit there as well as I could at home -- and the walls felt like they were closing in on me here (and the mess...with Hubby K sick too until the last few days, Martha Stewart would come in and take back her Housekeeping Handbook if she could).

For the most part it was great -- minus the 2.5 hr ride each way...that was ROUGH.

Our Valentine's was spent eating breakfast at The Seahorse Cafe (where I laughed at the fact they were having a steak and shrimp dinner special -- $24.95 for two), resting, to the couple stores I MUST go to at the beach, back to rest and nap, and then...DINNER..at the Seahorse...yeah yeah, I know..."he who laughs....". It was really good and I got a heart-shaped mylar balloon from the lady working there *yay presents*! Then, it was back to the Chubby Trout to watch Fireproof.

Don't laugh. Fireproof is a VERY good movie and makes you think. I don't think that I would have appreciated the messages within the film until this point in life, but it was very ....I don't even know what words to use. But, I needed the message within the film, and it touched on a lot of really deep things...and I'm so greatful that Kevin and I were able to watch & talk (well, as much as I can talk at the moment) about the themes and emotions within the film.

So...that's what I've been up to as of late...how about ya'll?