3 days ago...Wait, 3 years ago!

Holy cow!  Where has the time gone??

Tomorrow morning at ten I start my senior year and, most likely, my last full year of undergrad studies at WSU.  It feels like three days ago my parents moved me to Pullman for the first time and left me at my dorm.  I just can't believe that I have actually been living in Pullman and going to school for three years now.  I remember how hard I cried as my parents left me at the dorm that Friday evening.  I didn't have any idea how soon I'd see them again.  It turned out being only two weeks, but that was twice as along as I'd ever gone without seeing them.  It was hard. 

However, nothing has changed expect that I leave them instead of them leaving me.  I cried hard as I loaded my car this morning and drove away waving to my dad in the drive way.  This going back to school thing never gets easier for me...or my family.  Summers riding horses, enjoying hot days, boating, being with family, and hanging out are just too much fun.  Thank goodness for vivid memories, though. 

My freshman year was tough, but I think this year might be the toughest.  As each year goes by, my family and I go a little longer without seeing each other.  Classes also get more demanding in terms of studying and time.  However, the toughest part of this coming year is knowing in May I have to start  a very grown up life.  I'll have a degree and minor that I'll need to put to use.  I just wish I could know what that use will be.  I hate uncertainty!

In the next year I've got decisions to make...do I want to apply to grad school or a masters program?  Do I apply for a job?  Where do I want to live?  These questions are on my mind along with so much more!

Before I know it, though, I'll have my answers because I know senior year will have gone by in the blink of an eye!  After all, it seems like yesterday that I attended my first day of college classes. 

Bell's Debut

Bell took off for her first appearance yesterday afternoon.  We dropped her off at the fair grounds at about 4pm.  It was strangely weird not having her home to work on last night or today because working on her has been my life the last couple weeks. 

She looks a little small among the other camp trailers and mega motor homes but she is small and sweet and her little stature kind of makes her stand out.  Eventually, when we get her painted on the outside she'll stand out even more! 

Here is a look inside...Bell's "After" pictures!

Dinette...Erin has it ready to sleep on. 

Comfy couch! Where I'll be next week!

Kitchen area.

If you're at the fair next week and want to check Bell out, come on by!  Just look for the smallest camp trailer you've ever seen behind the horse barns.  Also, look back at Bell's "Before" pictures to see how far she's come!

Sneak Peak of Bell

I have done a lot of work on my little camp trailer this last week.  My mom and sister have been a huge help because not only were we getting the trailer usable for fair but we were also making hay.  Over half of our hay farm was cut and being made.  We were busy and the busyness is not about to stop with fair coming up!

We got the whole inside painted this last week, laid and fitted the linoleum, painted trim, put trim in, put the couch fame back together, wrestled new wood paneling in, finished sewing curtains, hung curtains, and shoved a futon mattress in. Just today included getting the futon in, putting in trim, hanging cupboard doors, and putting up decorations. When three of us are in there working, which has been most of the time, it gets way hot, sweaty, and stinky. We joke that the trailer is a sweat shop. Erin probably thinks that because I give her tons of jobs to do while she is out helping. 

It was crazy at times in the trailer.  I think it was Tuesday and super hot out when Erin and I wrestled the new wood paneling in.  It was tough!  We were pushing, hitting, hammering, and saying things to this piece of paneling and it would just not cooperate.  After a bit, I sent Erin away to paint trim so that I could just go after the paneling alone.  In the end, I just started hammering nails in and calling it good.  I also cut about five feet of the paneling with a box cutter knife trying to get it to fit around the window.  I am still baffled that it was a pill to get in because I measure everything several times before cutting!




Curtains up and looking so cute!  They really brought the purples together.  Thank goodness because they looked scary when we first started painting.  I was questioning my ability to choose colors properly.

Also, this is where the futon mattress got squeezed into today.  It is a really comfy couch area with soft and fuzzy pillows...I'll post pics later...

This is showing the linoleum and the paint colors.  You're probably thinking "eww gross green oven!"  But you're wrong...it's cute and the green paisleys in the curtains matches the oven so perfectly.  Everything really has been coming together well this week.  :)








My big moments of the week were putting the couch frame back in place, running the jig saw, installing a new door knob, and using the electric drill on every screw I could use it on; these were things I did mostly on my own. That drill really makes things a breeze!

So this is just a little peak of Bell's inside.  As of tonight, Friday, at 10, the inside was done.  It just needs to be swept out before we take it to the fair grounds.  The table won't be set up, though, because we don't have the hardware to do so.  Tomorrow when the lighting is better and I can stage things I'll take pictures and share them as soon as I can!!