Thankful Thursdays #1

Sometimes in life we seem to get wrapped up in our heads about all that life should be and we forget all that we already have in our lives. I (Kayla) was tagged in a Facebook post by a friend this afternoon where I was asked to list four things I am grateful for.

The funny thing is that I was just telling Robert this morning that we should make "Thankful Thursdays" a regular part of the blog. It just seemed to be fate!

Take me out to the ball game..

I am not a big fan of baseball. 

I own a glove and understand the terminology, but the professional sports side of it I do not understand. When someone asked me who my favorite player was I said Buck Bokai, for the London kings.

So why a baseball game? Well we were kind of enticed to go.

We did know the star of the show, the most talented hostess Halley Murrow Castleberry, and her invitation was hard to pass up.

Extra!! Extra!! Read all about it!!

A lovely reporter from the Lexington Dispatch, Dwight Davis, called me a few weeks ago with questions about my book and our upcoming journey! This morning I found the awesome article he wrote on their website and figured I would share it here with you all!! Thanks for reading and supporting our dreams! -Kayla & Robert

Click Here to read article!!

5 Ways to stay motivated as a Blogger!

While yes, we are in the middle of an RV makeover, I promised a while back that I would make time to finish the #BlogLife101 series.Motivation is a very important topic and if you are blogging already then you are well aware that it takes motivation to continue posting.

Even if you have tons of motivation now you should save this to your bookmarks or favorites in your browser for when you loose steam. So here we go..

Spray painting in our RV

Wow, looking back on it that tape and paper everywhere was a mess, and honestly it took me longer to tape everything than it did to spray paint it!

Welcome to part two of our RV renovations, the spray painting. Unlike the rest of the painting it did not take weeks. Luckily the Valspar spray paint we bought covered in one coat and I was able to do it all in the same day.

Painting tight spaces

I have had some experience with painting in the past. 

The first job I ever got paid to do, way back when as a 14 year old, was as a painting assistant. That did not start a lifelong career but it was the first of many hours spent painting. 

When my wife and I left our first apartment I painted the whole thing in 48 hours. So with all that experience and the best paint money can buy I thought for sure I would be done painting the Defiant in no time.  

Ants in our Pants.. or RV rather!

When we first found the Defiant she was parked in the woods with a few tree branches leaning on her roof.

We carefully inspected the RV to make sure she didn't have any mice, roach, or ant infestations before we drove her home.

The first night we had her we wanted to see how the loft space (the bunk above the cab) worked and when we went to slide the frame back we found a huge colony of wood ants...

Link Love: July 2014

It's that time of the month again! #Linklove time!!

For starters I want to draw your attention to an awesome cause/ kick-starter campaign that several of my bloggers friends are working on together. Known as #homesteadhub check it out by clicking here.