Mr and Mrs M's Grand Design!!!: 'Ow much is that?????

Well that is it, all festivities done and dusted for another year! everything is put away and it is full steam ahead for 2016!

So another short work week has flown past Mr M has been very busy with wires, lots and lots of wires, of many different colors! and boxes for switches and plugs and lights etc. I am seriously confused but he told me he knows which cable is for which box etc!

Everything has a little label on it :)

If nothing else, with all the wiring, and the plumbing the garage is at least looking pretty and colorful! Apparently the wiring is nearly finished, just the stove and the welder to go - because all good houses need a welder!

And then the next phase will be the internal wall going up, and the wall that will be going in where there is currently a garage door!

This week we took a trip to Coos Bay, which is about 60 miles north of us. We wanted to visit a shop called "Habitat for Humanity Re-store". It is essentially a thrift (charity) shop for gently pre-used building supplies. Contractors and/or the general public who have upgraded houses, take the stuff that has been stripped out to the store for them to sell to raise money to assist lower income families build their own homes.

We are really focused on keeping costs down whilst converting the garage, it is only a temporary home and so we decided that we would see what we could find! What a shop!!!!!

'ow much is that? That game for all the family that never gets boring, you could basically play this game ALL day long and probably never get it right!

We got a toilet.... 'ow much is that?

Go on - take a guess, you won't get it right.... the cheapest new toilet we could find in a store or on line was around $65... this little baby cost us just $20 bucks!

Bathroom sink - did I hear you say bathroom sink - with taps (faucet) and a plug.....

Nicely modeled by Mr M... 'ow much is that? - yep just $15 bucks!

What?? you want a kitchen sink too? a double sink, with drains included... Seriously??

'ow much is that? O M G - just $10 bucks!!! What a Deal, What a steal, Sale of the Century right here!!

But the real reason for the trip was to find a window, we are going to put a temporary wall in, in place of the garage door - because as much as want a garage door along with the welder in our home, that is SO last year!

And we figured it would be nice to have a window or 2 in the wall, but not if we couldn't find one. We weren't being too specific, didn't have to be UPVC (vinyl), but did have to be double glazed, and 2 small ones, one big one, maybe a sliding door... whatever we could find.. Well what a find we had! 6ft x 3ft UPVC double glazed, opening with a fly screen..

'ow much is that? go on guess... new these retail at approx. $250... we got it for the champion price of $50!!

It will look fantabuloustastic in place as it will match the other window perfectly!

and to round off a very successful trip we even got a vanity light for the bathroom for just $5 bucks!

We walked away with a truck full of goodies for just $100, what a day! we both were excited to save some money but also to benefit a great LOCAL charity!

http://coosbayhabitat.org/

We will be going again to look for kitchen cabinets, although Mr M is going to build some of them himself we want some over head ones. Also window blinds, paints, tiles.. the list goes on and on :) whatever we can use from there we will.

This weekend I have been doing some more work in my garden. We put in another bed this time for my raspberries.

Quiz - who remembers me saying I had dug up and brought some raspberry plants with me from our old house???

Well I did, and they had been doing ok in the pots where I had manically planted them during the throes of our move! however I noticed they were starting to sprout new growth, so they needed to be rehomed in a more permanent location. They are now all planted out in neat little rows with some mulch on them, I might need to add some more soil to the bed come the Spring, but for now they can start to work on getting ready to provide us with yummy raspberries - Oh and I planted up my red current bush too! can't wait!