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Today was a good day...

After a long day of work, I had my short drive to our little home on wheels, Arrakis. In normal fashion, I was greeted by the gleeful cry of 'daddy' as I entered the door. T-Rex dived for a death grip hold/hug on my legs as Dos hugged me. That is the best way to come home. Little did I know that death grip hug on my leg was a preemptive apology.

I had to work late and Jen had dinner ready to go. She was busy cleaning up a mess that T-Rex created. After using the potty, she wanted to wash her hands. All good right? Well, T-Rex likes to play in the sink and splash the water. If left to her own devices, this probably would last a good while. The problem? She put the stopper in the bottom of the sink to allow the sink to fill up with water and.... didn't turn off the faucet once it was filled.

Area on our outside kitchen door needing attention

You see in most homes, your sinks and bathtubs have this modern technology of an overflow. So if the basin is filled too high, it overflows and goes down the drain. However, we were not so lucky with our camper. That feature isn't available with the lightweight design with our camper. This is either do to oversight or just an attempt to reduce weight wherever possible. While the latter is probably the reason, I really wished we had it.

So Jen we had a small waterfall flowing into the living room of our little home on wheels. The good thing is that it was found early and we were able to get it cleaned up pretty quickly. We even pulled out our lightweight and portable wet-dry vac we keep in our storage compartment to help suck up the excess water that soaked the carpet.

A pipe, great weather, chillaxing...

So, Jen left to run to the store for milk and other necessities of our life on the road and I got to watch over our minions. Eating dinner outside, enjoying the wonderful weather, smoking my awesome pipe helped reduce the problems of the day. What a great way to unwind.

A quick fix on a door I had noticed needed attention. I have mentioned how our outside kitchen door had broken. The fix they used was to put more screws in. It works for the most part but I notice some of the screws starting to pull away. I grabbed my gorilla glue epoxy and added a little to the area that was loose and tightened the screws.

Dos and T-rex wanted to do some art or crafts so we gathered at the picnic table with oil pastels. Dos wanted to know how to draw the human face. I showed her how I go about drawing the face and drew a picture of my dad as he was on my mind. His anniversary was this weekend. While I drew the picture, Dos and T-Rex drew their own pictures. It was a good time sharing and having fun. We ended up all drawing together coming up with some funny and weird pictures all our own.

I love this life on the road...