It is Licensed and Insured!

Wow! Never thought it would be so much trouble to get my THOW insured! 
Homeowners won't cover it, Auto won't cover it until it is licensed. Can't get it licensed until it is inspected...can't take it to be inspected because my driveway is washed out!

Finally found an inspector who would come to me:)
And voila! It is now Ready for the hazards of winter.

But....when I returned from vacation...I discovered I had been ROBBED!!!!

Table Saw, and other stuff worth just under $1,000. Not worth raising my insurance rates over. So I guess it's time to look at alarm systems.

The Jamboree in Colorado!

Recently, I visited the first Tiny House Jamboree in Colorado Springs.
WOW! How amazing to see so many different THOW's in one place:)

Got to Hear Deek Speak!

Not even close to all the houses there!

More Houses

 A Tumbleweed House!

So it was an awesome 3 days. They originally thought maybe 1,500 people would come...10,000 pre-registered and more than double that showed up! So, I did my stuff on Friday and volunteered at the information booth Sat and Sun:)

Can't wait until next year, when I can take my Tiny House! 

California Has Four Seasons...

But, those seasons are Spring, Summer, 

Fire, and Flood!

This time, those last two were only a 

day apart!

This was the Fire..Started a few miles from my house. Lucky for me it burned away from my location! Not so lucky for those whose cars burned up on the freeway!

Then comes Flood!

My Corner...now that the berm has been breached!

Below is where my driveway used to be around the middle of the picture....now completely gone.

It was a very telling experience. Back in 1998, an El Nino year, we had the Fire dept. helping sandbag, every neighbor within a mile or so helping, and pretty much everyone who drove by offered to help. This time...I was up to my knees in very fast moving water, doing everything I could to try to divert it from my house and my Tiny House. None of the 40 or so cars who drove by offered to help. Two groups of teen-aged boys walked by and laughed. Two kids that lived across the street came to help. They were the only neighbors who offered help. The Fire Department won't come out unless you have water inside the house. My Daughter drove over from the neighboring town. 

So Sad how things have changed.

It's being used...

Well, along with the progress forward, it is good to know that it is being used:)

My Granddaughter earned this tent selling Girl Scout Cookies! She thought my porch was the perfect place to put it up for the first time. So next year, when you buy your Girl Scout Cookies, know that you are not just helping out the troop, but you are helping each scout earn something for themselves too! In this case it was for selling 400 boxes of cookies.

Cool!!!

Summer has hit! Over 100 degrees today, so it is time for the Swamp cooler!

Isn't this how we all feel about our Tiny Houses? But this was just the try out phase. Here's what it looks like installed.

The shelf it is sitting on folds up against the wall for winter or travel. The crate can go when I can splice in longer wires :)

The part where it enters the wall is a dryer vent. It has two doors to cover the opening in winter and when traveling. I also put a piece of rigid foam insulation over the skylight in the loft in the daytime to cut down heat gain from the sun, It pops right out at night to see the stars and open the skylight for cool breezes. 

So far it works well!

Progress!!!

After feeling like I have been stalled in limbo. Having done most of what could be done by one person and needing to be doing the 2 man stuff before I can move forward. Finally I have an extra set of hands for a few days. My Darling Daughter is helping me out for a few mornings and we are moving at top speed. 
First, another window in!

Then All the downstairs remaining windows cut out and one upstairs window cut out!

There's actually another window cut out under the siding that just went up. The other side is getting Tyveked.

You can see the cut out windows from inside too.

That open window in the loft is the upstairs one on the back wall.

And finally , the two side windows from inside. Now, once the siding is up, painting those next two walls , then install those three windows and it's on to the upper story stuff!

Can't wait!

One more window!

One more window in! Today was a peek into my future. I spent the day doing work on my computer, and watching Netflix in my sleeping loft. Comfortable with all three windows and the skylight open. It felt like a real little home. Coming back from the mail box, seeing the windows lit up. It really hit home..it IS a home.

It isn't finished, but it is truly feeling like a home , more and more each day.

I can't wait for it to be finished!