more normal than not

The title of this one is “Amateur Builder Turns Schoolbus Into GORGEOUS Tiny House: 18 Month Timelapse”.

Looks like a pro to me.

I love to watch videos like this because it reminds me that experience is a good teacher…and, unless you throw yourself into a project, you can’t get any experience.

Duh.

Getting over the hump of “I don’t know how” isn’t all that big a jump….you just have to try.

This is a really nice build.

This guy started out as an “amateur”…but he now knows what he’s doing.

Good, good, good!

I’m tired of the “tiny house movement”.

It got too trendy….too mainstream, if that’s possible.

I’m tired of people without imagination taking advantage of people who want to glom onto a trend.

I’m tired of it.

And, then, I see a video like this.

There are still people building their own places and taking charge of their lives….being responsible…for the right reasons.

I like this lady.

I know some folks who are getting old enough to retire….and what could be better in retirement than to park an efficient tiny home in a beautiful location?

There are so many ways to live.

This is another great video from Exploring Alternatives.

You have to like trucks to watch a video like this.

I looked up “will it run”…and this came up.

This big dude is goofy.

And….goofy is good.

Here’s a truck that he bought at auction….that turned out to be a good truck.

He had to go to the Ford dealership to have a couple of keys made…but the truck ran well when he finally got to fire it up…so I think that he got a good deal.

He said that he must have bought the “wrong truck” when he discovered that everything worked.

I guess that it doesn’t always work out so well when you buy a truck at auction.

I’m fresh off the Neon fix….after a month or so of having the little red car up on jack stands in our driveway….and after some blood, sweat, and….no tears…I got it back together and it ran well.

The more I do the better it goes…confidence is funny like that.

Maybe I’ll start buying cars and trucks at the auction, too?

Now that I know that I can leave a car sitting out in front of our house for months at a time….up on jack stands and obviously not running….it makes it easier to think about having cars sitting around that need work.

This hot, dry weather makes it a whole lot easier, too.

I hate working on stuff in the rain.

I need a big shop.

Auction cars….and a big shop…and a new minivan…and fencing…and a well over at the property…and an HVAC unit…and…lots of money.

And….more coffee.

It’s early.

“Will it run”?

That’s a good question.

I’m on the tail end of the Neon repair.

At least….I hope that what I’ve done is a repair.

It’s hard to tell until it’s all back together…full of fluids again…and you turn the key.

The moment of truth.

Sometimes I wonder if it’s something that I drag my heels over….wanting to delay knowing whether or not I did the job correctly.

It keeps me up at night…worrying.

What’s the use of worry, though?

This is fun to watch.

After all the grease and fluids getting all over me, this is fun to watch.

I like seeing someone puzzle through a problem with knowledge, skill and a sense of humor.

I trudge through the muck with profanity, pain, and pessimism.

That doesn’t sound as nice, does it?

Maybe it’s just the sharp gravel and the sun in my eyes that makes my methods so much less appealing?

I’ll start the Neon today.

The Neon will run.

That’s optimism.

I’ll call my video “Abandoned for 7 months….will it run?”.

Abandoned.

It’s easier to just tow the broken thing out of your life forever.

I wonder if I’ll ever get to the point where I start out “giving up”?