Drywall, plumbing and electric

We are getting so close to moving in! These last few months have been so busy. I work 3 days a week at home, and when I’m not working, Je is at the yurt working. We’ve been trying to take breaks occasionally to do fun things as a family (like our new favorite- bike rides along the river!). But it’s also hard to take a break when you know there are a thousand things you should be doing.

Moody. This is taken from the front yard while the boys and I were on our usual “cactus missions”. We have so many cactus in the front yard!

So, now for the update. Plumbing and electric are done- bravo Je!! I think it’s fairly obvious, but I didn’t help much with the plumbing or electric. So I couldn’t even explain to you what is going on in some of these pictures. I will say that I helped decide where to put the light switches and outlets, and that was a hard enough decision for me. Luckily, it’s a small space, so that made it easier.

This is the hot water heater that heats up our sink/shower water and also our in floor heat. We’re going to hide this behind a half wall in the bathroom and then the bath tub will be on the other side of that wall. It’s quite the setup!

We’ve also almost finished dry walling all the walls and ceiling. The circular shape is making it so hard to measure and cut pieces for the ceiling. I was trying to dig up highschool math (which I actually wasn’t bad at at the time) but honestly I need to go back to a textbook for this. Luckily, Je has more patience than me when it comes to figuring this stuff out, and he’s finished dry walling all the ceilings. All that’s left to do is the living room and kitchen/bathroom wall.

The boys room! Je is mudding the walls as we speak, then we can paint. We’re trying to finish this room first so Marceau can nap in here while we work on other parts of the yurt.

After we finish the boys room, I’ll be able to help Je a little more. Hugo has been fine when we’re at the yurt as long as he has a hammer or a drill, but Marceau at his age (almost 2) is so difficult when we’re there.

We bought 14 chicks last week 😬 No, our chicken coop isn’t built yet, but chicks are only available around here during the spring. And it’ll take awhile before they lay any eggs. So I guess you could say it’s a bit hectic around here 🤪. As I’m typing this, the chicks are all snuggled together in their brooder next to the couch. That’s all for now- this blog post is all over the place which is consistent with how I feel. But everyone is healthy, the boys are freaking adorable and we’re very lucky- so no complaints. 💛