If I haven’t made it well aware - I’m pretty terrible about updating our blog. I don’t even want to see how many months it’s been since I wrote something. I really thought this would be so helpful to others who were doing the same thing we were - and yet we have been so consumed by our build that we very rarely had time for anything else. Good news though - WE FINALLY LIVE IN OUR TINY HOUSE!
We seriously could not be more excited! Here’s a little run down of the few days leading up to the move:
-- Basically June 16th - June 20th - STRAIGHT PANIC MODE COMMENCES. We needed to be out of the house we were living in on the 21st, we were moving the house up to the Colorado Tiny House Festival that same day, I had a meltdown at work that Monday or Tuesday b/c we had not secured a parking spot yet (sidenote: I work for Trailer Made Custom Trailers - my boss Damon has ALL the tiny house connections and, without hesitation, picks up his phone and starts calling anyone and everyone to help us out), we had SO much work left to do on the interior to be able to basically camp in it, and we were not even close to being done packing. Stress level: MAX.
--Tuesday June 19th & Wednesday June 20th - Ray, myself and our helping hand Kevin are in full blown construction mode. I’ll spare you all the crazy details but there was a lot of alcohol, not enough sleep, and I almost threw a screw gun through a window.
--Thursday June 21st - 5am rolls around (I think we went to bed at 2ish?) and we have to load up our house, Uhaul, and my car to caravan up to the fairgrounds where the event is being held. Move up there - NO PROBLEM! Drop the house off, and head back down to the house we were living (which - by the way, was my grandparents’ house. My grandfather passed back in October and they were putting the house on the market June 22nd). Second round of packing - mostly odds and ends, food, etc. Ray and I had to part ways - he went back up to the fairgrounds to start getting the house set up, I had to run into work for a hot second. Fast forward a few hours - the house is in it’s place for the festival but we have NO POWER! Apparently our house doesn’t like GFCI outlets. So that’s cool - I have 2 not-great coolers full of food and it’s a million degrees out and our fridge isn’t running. Thankfully - our amazing neighbors, Tiny House Twin Travels are kind enough to lend us their generator for the weekend. *CUE TEARS OF JOY* Anyway - rest of the day is spend setting up, meeting people at the fest, blah blah blah.
--June 22nd -24th - COLORADO TINY HOUSE FESTIVAL! This is the second time we’ve shown our home at this event - last year we had just put in the flooring and the interior walls, so it was basically a shell. This year, we were definitely finished enough to convince people we were done. I would also like to point out, that we were the only DIY tiny house people there living in their tiny home (not including skoolies, etc). We got a TON of feedback from people about how it was nice to see how people live in these. All in all, it was a long, hot weekend, but it was an amazing pop-up community and I wish we all could have just stayed put forever <3
--Sunday June 24th - post festival, we had to move the house again to our parking spot (which BTW, we had only secured the day before we moved). Check out the time lapse of our drive here. After finally pulling in around 9pm or so, we got unhitched and our Uhaul GOT STUCK IN THE DIRT. We attempted and failed to get it out ourselves so a tow truck arrives around 11:30 - 10 minutes and almost $200 later it’s finally out. Truck gets returned and we finally settle in with no power, no water and we both have to be at work in the morning.
--Since then - thankfully we were only power and waterless for less than 24 hours. Our mini split system was running shortly after that. Our dogs, who had been shuffled between family members over a week and a half joined us and were none too happy at first (aka stress poops). We’re mostly unpacked and still trying to tie up some loose ends. We are still without propane - so no hot water unless it’s running mid afternoon on a hot day. Also without internet, but I’m not terribly upset about that (I can’t say the same for Ray).
All in all - we are loving tiny house life so far! I’m excited to see the last little bit of the house come together. There are a few plans in the works to really fill it out as a home for us. Please also stay tuned - I promise to be better about blogging! <3
