My passions lie in the beauty industry (since 1998) & the Craft industry (since childhood, but truly re-ignited in 2010).
Beauty & Craft inspiration, product reviews, and how-to's, as well as general life stuff..
*Sorry this is so late, by now I really should know better than to rely on the "schedule post" to work correctly. I had this written and ready to go on Wednesday, for a Friday post.
This is a bit harder to write, since we've been stationary (for the most part) since moving into the van. We're (as of the writing of this) still awaiting payment, and then we can order parts, and then putting them on. So this has been daily life, but it will definitely change (for the better) very soon.
In this...limbo type period I've been doing a lot of:
Reading
Writing
Cleaning
Organizing
Reorganizing
Re-reorganizing
Playing Monopoly GO
Watching YouTube
General Phone Scrolling
and Waiting...
I haven't taken any pictures, because beyond a little bird watching there hasn't been much to photograph.
However most of these products are close to empty...
Morning-
Wash face (currently still the Neutrogena), then moisturize, preferable with something containing SPF, then another SPF product- either a makeup primer, and SPF powder, or a sunscreen. Lip balm, any but prefer one with SPF.
Night- Wash face, 2x week I use the spin brush, moisturize with either Charlotte Tilbury, or Laneige Water Sleeping Mask, and their lip mask 2 or 3 times a week.
I'm trying to keep it simple, and use fewer products. So far this routine has been working well. I will have to come up with some cheaper moisturizer options when these are gone. Any suggestions? Please leave them below!
This meme I shared from my phone, I first saw it on Facebook but I don't know its origin. It looked like a fun blog, so here we go:
1) I don't know... I have a few I like but nothing current I would say is a favorite. What's yours?
2) That's even tougher... Maybe one of the Amanda songs.. If I have to pick one I suppose it would be the Waylon version, though I like the Don Williams one as well. And... completely different song, also called Amanda, by Boston- also good.
8) Wrong Side of Heaven, Five Finger Death Punch (Mom, I think Dad would have like this one too, but not all their stuff.)
9) I'd love to see Tyler Childers, or Jelly Roll... but I'm too cheap for that, lol.
10) How 'bout Artists? The Beach Boys x2, Creed, 12 Stones, Tom T. Hall, JoDee Messina...
11) Brandy (You're A Fine Girl), Looking Glass *If you haven't seen the tiktok of this song preformed by vintage Fisher Price Little People you should look it up.
As I mentioned in the previous blog closing happened on the 5th! Yay!
However we have to wait for the check to be cut, about a week- so not too bad... But that means all the van fixing plans are on hold until then.
So what have we been doing?
Enjoying the weather, rearranging the van, watching YouTube, reading, and cleaning. Doing all the things we can do for free in the van. Visiting local parks on days we have other errands to run as well.
How are we?
Excited to begin this next chapter! Planning, and planning some more- van layout, trips, budgets, returns to TN, etc. A bit bored, we really can't start traveling until the check clears, and we get the van squared away.
Other than that we're doing well. The van is more than comfortable enough and plenty warm on these past few nights when it's been in the upper 20s. The days have been in the upper 50s/lower 60s so I'm sure that helps.
We really have rearranged things a couple of times, and are getting it all figured out. Today we painted the rear tire mount, and then attached it to the rear drivers door. Next up is running lighting, and laying down the "area rug" now that we're sure on the layout.
What are you working on? Share in the comments below.
So things actually turned out well, and closing happened yesterday (Monday the 5th). We finished moving out Saturday morning, and filmed our "Final Day" video:
They had their final walk through early Sunday morning. We spent that time making more decisions on van layout... and moving things around yet again. Thankfully the weather has been beautiful and we've spent a good chunk of time cleaning and rearranging the "garage" as well as getting our makeshift window coverings cut and in place.
Monday we went for a walk at a park, killed some more time running a few errands, then at 3pm went to the closing on the house. That only took about an hour total, and was pretty uneventful. Just signing a million documents, and letting the buyers know a few last minute details. (Small details like trash day, the app for the thermostat, the main water shut off location, etc.)
After closing we returned to my Mom's where we're parked until we can get a few things on the van squared away.
*I will probably change the blog schedule one last time, going back to the original plan (mostly).
Any questions about the selling process? Leave them in the comments below!
January went extremely slow for us. Between the massive snow storm that shut everything down for over a week, plus waiting on the confirmation that closing is happening on Feb 2nd it really drug on & on.
Things are really moving ahead, and changing here in February, and the blogs will reflect that moving forward. Your input is important too, let me know what you'd like to see in the blogs. You can leave your suggestions in the comments below! Thanks!
I believe I'll still follow the Monday = Crafty, Wednesday = Beauty, Friday = Anything Goes
format, but I'll await your suggestions for March's blog schedule.
Blog Schedule:
I had this schedule ready to go early, everything was set. It was ready to post. Then...
Therefore the closing isn't happening today and we've heard nothing (about anything really) from the buyers side...
So things originally scheduled in this blog have to change, because we aren't saying good bye to the house today.. we're here still, until who knows when. Our assumption is the whole deal will fall through and we'll be relisted come Monday. Extremely frustrating. Also, we really don't have the money to keep this up and were heavily relying on the sale to go through. We were assured less than two weeks ago everything was good to go on both ends.... We're irritated, but we'll just keep on keeping on. Not much else we can do right now.
FINAL UPDATE:
2/5/24 CLOSING HAPPENING TODAY!!! YAY!
2nd F- Blog Sched.
5th M- Saying Good- Bye To Our Home of 9+ years! (Not Crafty, but fit best here)
7th W- Almost One Week In... How's the Storage in the Van Working Out?Life in Limbo, How are we?
9th F- Music Blog (from phone saved meme)
12th M- How To- Crafting in the Van
14th W- How We Do Hygiene, Van LifeCurrent Skincare Routine
16th F- Our Favorite Things To Do, Daily Life Living in a Van
19th M- Color with Me, Favorite Coloring Books
21st W- Makeup Routine
23rd F- Books! What I've Been Reading
26th M- Design Space Updates, and News
28th W- Feb Looks
March:
1st F- Blog Sched.
Remember, please share your suggestions/ideas for March blog topics!
