A minor disaster

The last few weekends have been busy, but productive.  We have cut out walls, painted them and put them up.  I don't think I have painted so much in my whole entire life, but number 3 is really starting to look good.  So this weekend was no different.  Out came the paint brushes, the jigsaw, drills, sander and everything else we needed for the work ahead.

Marking out the wall
A few weeks ago we found out we needed to weld some steel plates under the floor of the bus, so we could anchor the seats and seat belts.  So far, Terry has been doing all the welding himself but, because this has to be inspected and passed, we decided it was better to get a professional in to do it.  Luckily we have a friend who's partner is a welder, and he called in today to have a look, and is going to do it for us. Thank you so much Cherie and Andy, we appreciate it.  After they left, Terry decided to drill some holes in and bolt the seat to the rail, so if we want to sit down, at least we can without the seat falling to the floor.  So, here he was, drill in hand, when the power went off.  He came down to where I was painting (as usual) and said "I think I just blew up the drill".  After checking, we realised the drill was fine, so he checked the fuses, and one had tripped.  So he flicked it on and went back in the bus and went to start drilling again and a spark jumped to the drill bit from the metal, and the circuit breaker kicked in and switched off.  Turns out the electrician threaded the electrical cable through the channel we need to bolt the seat into. and Terry not realising drilled straight through it.  At least now we know the circuit breaker works.  We didn't really need this minor disaster, but it could have been a lot worse I suppose.  Tomorrow, we were going to go to the hardware store to buy the laminex to finish off the bathroom, but now we need to get the electrician in to repair the damage, and that will take the money we had saved up for the laminex, but the electrical work has to take priority, after all, we can't risk getting electrocuted now can we.  Oh well, never mind.

Well apart from that minor inconvenience, everything else is going well.  We ordered some purple laminex last week for the splash back and that arrived on Thursday.  It's going to look great against the green.  All of the walls are now cut and painted, and most have been put up.  I have bought about a dozen photo frames, and have painted them blue or purple, and they will look good up against the green walls too.

The green walls

I am looking forward to seeing it once it is finished.  At this stage, I can only imagine what it will look like.  People I have spoken to about it all agree it is going to look good, but I wonder if they are just saying this to be nice.  It's funny how we worry about what other people think, because at the end of the day, we are the ones who have to live with it, and we love it, so it really shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks.  So tonight I go to bed thankful I still have my husband, and reassured that if something goes wrong with the electrical side of the bus again, we will be safe.