I'm so happy that you all think she is pretty! I got exactly what I wanted: an office/kitchen space that is tall enough to stand up in and pretty enough to spend time in. That's happiness!
I don't really have that much energy, Velda. It drives me nuts that I can't do more than a 4-hour day any more -- and that sometimes I have to get a person with more muscle to help. What I do have is a stubborn streak a mile wide. It's a very useful trait. I call it 'tenacity' when I'm worried about annoying other people.
I don't know about 'proud.' Mostly I'm just happy that it turned out the way I imagined. Proud is for more perfect results in projects where I care about being perfect.
It's my favorite color too, Kathy! I had to mix the exterior paint myself -- the closest thing to turquoise was a deep teal, and I really was set on the marine paint. You'd have laughed at my sample board:
1:1 -- way too dark
2:1 -- still too dark, and a weird undertone
4:1 -- nasty!
8:1 -- tolerable, but not quite right
10:1 - yes!!!
There's some paint left over. I think my aged van might have a turquoise stripe in the spring. She still has two or three years left in her, so why not?
Barbie, I bet you'd like one of these old trailers, and you could work at your father's place, right? They have a lot of advantages. Kit weighs 1000 pounds dry, and nothing being manufactured today comes in that light. (If you put in modern amenities, it would be more -- but I just use my tent camping gear.) Fiberglass is really easy to repair and modify. The shell is molded, so if you ever needed to replace the undercarriage, it's possibly to literally lift the shell up and put it on a new base. (Not me. I'd have to hire strong young men to do that. But you know what I mean.) I think you might like it.
and The William too!
