Gnomadic Gipsy: Getting Ready to Work!!!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Getting Ready to Work!!!

We priced out primer and paint for the bus at Home Depot the other day!

Last night TheMan figured out how much wood and other building materials we need to do our floor plan. I have to go to the flea market and get tile for the floor of the bus. We are going to get a box of plain white tiles from Home Depot and the kids are going to decorate them with these paints that I found at the art store in Edmonton. You have to cook them in the oven at 150 for a while to set them. Then they are totally waterproof and wear proof after that. That is ALOT cheaper than $20 per tile at the ceramics place on Whyte Ave!!! I want to make a little "Carpet" with GNOMADIC GIPSY in the middle. A kind of mosaic carpet for when you first come in the door!

I'm currently collecting maps of all kinds of different places to mod podge on the walls! I want to wall paper the walls in the bus with maps. I think it will look great! We are making the interior walls out of plywood lapped together. So the walls will be painted white before I wall paper over them.

We aren't hooking up the sink but it will be installed into the counter right away. I'm hoping that we can find an old truck top camper at the dump that we can use for parts! I will also check on kijiji for a cheap one as well.

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Boondocking

Boondocking is when a rig is parked and not able to use power and sewer services because they aren't available. Boondocking does require some preparation! We have lots of push button battery opperated lights that are inside the cupboards, beside the beds etc. These help when there is no power after the sun goes down. I do have a AA battery charger and extra batteries for it. When batteries get low, we can put them in the charger and they are charged for the next use. We keep the charged batteries in a bag in a kitchen drawer. We do have a generator but we don't often use it. We use it if we are parked at one place for a while but not if we are just parked at a Walmart for a night!

Storage on the Road

We use plastic totes for some storage. All the shoes and boots are in one bin. We keep it under the bus when we're parked. Everyone puts there shoes into the bin and the lid gets put on and they are dry from the weather and not taking up space in the bus! We use 3 drawer plastic units for the kids clothes and also for our crafting supplies. We also use plastic wash basins from the dollar store to store stuff in. The wash basins are the perfect size for fitting into the cupboards. They make sure that stuff isn't just shifting around loosley in the cupboards. I know that when I open a cupboard, what I'm looking for is going to be there! Stuff that we aren't using daily is kept in plastic totes and stored under the bus when we're parked. This clears up floor space and leaves us more living space! I store bedding (we have one extra set of sheets and pillow cases per bed) under the foot of the mattress. It is handy when making the bed but out of the way when we don't need it. It also means that they aren't taking up cupboard space either. We have all stacking dishes and pots and pans. Anything that is space saving I'm buying! We have a collander that folds flat that I love. I also have the Tupperware flat folding bowls that I love!

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