Not What We Were Planning.. But FAMIY FIRST |Simple Life Reclaimed |Episode 53 | 8.25.22

What's going on you guys? How are you guys doing today? Welcome back to Real Talk with SLR. Today's been a journey already. Yeah, sorry it's quite later. We're not able to record first thing in the morning because we've had quite the day. Yeah, we ended up keeping Abraham back from school today because he was complaining about his throat and he's just been off and on complaining about it for like the last three days and today or yesterday as you guys could see it in his face we were both like, you really don't look good bud. Yeah, when we were live streaming Abe came out and was hanging out and stuff and he was not, he wasn't feeling good. Nope, so we took him in and on the whole he's got strep. Yeah, we took him to the doctor this morning. They did the mouth swab test in the back and checked him for all sorts of things and whatnot and it came back strep throat. So yeah, so he's a hyaluronic and he's going to be here for the next couple of days now. Yep, so all right. It sucks because our kid is sick. It also sucks because we had a lot that we were going to work on this morning but you know family first, kids come first and we had to go handle all that stuff and we literally just got back to our property right now and it's like two minutes to noon. So that's what time it is and that's kind of how our day's been going so far. So far, I mean no complaints really honestly. I mean besides the fact that Abe's sick, I wish that he wasn't sick. But at the same time I'm glad that we can take him in you know and get it checked out and make sure it's all good and get him all straightened up. Get him on antibiotics as soon as possible. And it gave us a chance to go grab some more wire. Yeah. So we can figure that out. Gary did grab more wire. We've got Abe inside the trailer right now resting, watching some tv. I told, we gave him his medicine so we told him sit your butt in there, don't come out, we'll come and check on you often but I don't want him wandering around the property overexerting himself. He's, you wouldn't tell that he's sick at all today. No, he's full of energy and binging around. Bing, bing, bing, bing, bing. Dude, you got to settle down man. Like I know you're not feeling good but he's just wound up like no tomorrow. But he slept with me last night and he was definitely running a fever. He was super hot to the touch. He was just, he was radiating the heat you know. So well, hey man, I'd rather be, get him good to go you know. Oh for sure. So for sure, for sure. He's on the mend. He's on the mend. We got him the first dose of medicine. We got us some more supplies. Yeah, we got us some more supplies. It wasn't enough. So we can get it all done. But we did lose half the day today. Yeah. Which kind of sucks. We got to run wire. Yeah. And we got to try to hang up some boxes and everything like that and that's about it. Yeah. That's all I got on my plate for today. Yep. So if we can get those done, shoot, we did more than what I was expecting. Well, we'll see. We'll see. We'll see what we can do. We'll see what we can do. Because I got to turn around and edit tonight. I got to turn around and edit tonight for Friday's video. And I know that Friday, you know, we have a bunch of supplies here. So maybe we'll do a lot of that. I know that Friday you wanted to go to Fort Smith and pick up the ceiling fans and stuff. And now that Abe is sick, I'm probably going to have to stay home and send you by yourself. So I don't want Abe running around in the store while he's sick, even though we got him on antibiotics. So we're going to have to figure out how that's going to happen. You'll probably just have to video chat me from the store. And we can go shopping together digitally. We can do that. Yeah. We can do that. That's probably how we're going to work that one. Because tomorrow we planned on doing our Fort Smith run and we weren't planning on getting the wire and stuff today. We have enough other stuff that we could be working on down there. I was planning on hanging the boxes and everything. But now we can run all the rest of the wire and also start hanging all the boxes. Correct. Correct. Correct. It's I wanted to have all the wire ran before I hung all the boxes. And I got plenty of extra wire where I've got them all. Well, if you go and get the ceiling fans with the lights and stuff, tomorrow we can install those in the early afternoon. That's not going to take very long. And then after that's installed, we can maybe flip the switch and turn it on. We should be able to. I want to hook up everything before we do any of the drywall. Just triple check, you know, and then we can disconnect everything when we go to do the drywall and we can get all the cutouts that way. So Anthony and Roxanne over at Country Road Cure, they have this really nifty little magnet tool that you essentially you'll put your drywall up against the wall and then you'll take this little box tool thing and it it finds where your outlet is. Boom. So then you can trace it all out and then just cut that out. So it takes a lot of the work away from having to measure for the distance from here to there and from there to there. Which will save time. Yeah. I mean, I can get all the measurements and all that stuff, but. It's going to save time. Yeah. So I'm looking at it as like, hey, that's some good time saver right there. But the thing is, is will it really save me time if I have to take out the outlets? That's the thing where I'm trying to wrap my head around. I'm trying to think about it. We might end up not using it just for the beginning. I don't know. We'll see. I want to get those outlets in, though, so I can just triple check everything. Make sure that everything's working and we're going to do that today. Well, I want to. I'm hoping I can get all the boxes, like, you know, the electrical outlet box where the receptacles go and everything else like that up mounted, good to go to where tomorrow, if not Saturday, depending on when we're going to town or whatever it is. You're talking about the conduit one? Yeah, like the conduits and the actual main sub panel and everything else. I was going to say, because all the other boxes are in for all the wood, all the framed walls. Yes. It's just the it's these the ones that we're going to put on the block. Yeah. Those conduit, those ones. And then also, like I said, it's the main box. Yes. Our main breaker box. And then also the two other conduits coming up. Yeah. So we've got some work to do today. Definitely. But the wire isn't going to take us too much to run. We're literally like right there to be done. So. And hey, guys, remember how we were waiting on our order for all of those switches? Well, we finally got them all. Finally, when we ordered it, they they said it was shipped and everything and they delivered it. But they delivered literally one. We ordered 10. They delivered one. So we got the other nine today. So we're going to go ahead and put them all through. We also got something that I'm very excited for. Check that out. This is a dimmer switch. This is going to go inside the bathroom. Now, there was some questions slash concerns that we've had. Why are we not putting a light directly over our shower? Because we were we were told that we, you know, we're doing it all wrong and we should be putting a light directly over the shower and we're going to regret it. And even though the lights that we have are, you know, meant for those kind of areas or they're not really meant for, they can withhold, you know, the water and the moisture and all that stuff. And they're good for the air barrier and all the new ratings and everything that they're supposed to be. Yeah, I could put it there, but I don't care who you are. Water and electricity just does not mix. And I do not like putting a light above my head in the shower area and risk having some sort of situation of corrosion. And I mean, even the connectors itself, one way or another, they're going to get corroded. I mean, it just happens over time. I've worked on vehicles this whole time and, you know, come to think about it, in our Arizona house, there was no lights over the showers in any of the bathrooms. They were all just like in the sink area. They're all ran off of GFCI as well. So, I mean, technically you can get away with that, but that just creates more of an issue. I mean, the bathroom itself, when you're taking a shower, will get that steaminess itself going. But right above the shower is even more so. And that's where I'm like, yeah, no, we didn't do that for that reason. But what I did do is I got some really cool dimmer switches, because the bathroom is going to be super bright because we're putting three of those lights in there. And I do want it bright. We did that purposely. I want it to be bright. And it makes it to where you don't need one above the shower. But having the dimmer switches is going to be nice. So, we do plan to put a tub and shower down in there. And so that way I could take nice Epsom salt baths. You can as well. And then that way you don't have to have either super bright or turn it off, especially since there's no windows back there. So, there's no natural light to come in as well. Well, if you want it dark back there, it can be dark. Oh yeah, really dark. There'll be a dungeon back there. Man, my voice is frogging up. Man, you better not be getting no strep. Well, Abe slept with me last night. I hope. I don't have time to get sick right now. I really don't. I gargled with salt water yesterday. I'm going to do it again today. If you start feeling bad, please, we'll just take you down. It'll be quick. Yeah, get me some antibiotics. I feel fine right now. I mean, I feel all right. I have a little froggy in my throat, but it's not sore or... I'm all right. I'll let you know. I'll let you know. We'd have to probably change some sleeping arrangements so that way we don't keep infecting everybody. Set me up a tent outside, not sleep outside. I'm surprised that I've... Every time that you guys catch it, I don't really catch it. Yeah, I'm surprised too. But I'm super excited about dimmer switches, guys. These are going to be really cool. It's a two-pack, so I can actually put two of them. I got two places I could put them, so I'm not sure where. I know I want one in the bathroom, and I'm not sure if I want another one up down in the basement or... If you don't want one down there anywhere else, it's fine. I just bought another one because it was either like 15 bucks for one or 20 bucks for two. You know, the only other place that I could think of which might be nice would be... We're going to wire the patio lights. That might be nice. Maybe. That way it's not super bright or nothing. I'm just thinking when we're sitting outside and... You know what I mean? I don't know. We'll see. We'll see whatever you want, baby. Whatever you want. I guess it's all up to me. You know you're going to get it. I get all the pressure. I got to figure this out. What can I run on this breaker? Yeah, but I'm excited, man. It's coming along really, really, really good. This week has been very good progress-wise, but it wouldn't be life if we didn't get thrown hurdles and stuff. Last week we had the hurdles of Abraham only going to school every other day, and this week we have the hurdle of Abraham being homesick now for the at least it's only two days, you know, and then it's the weekend. I know. Yeah, and he's not missing out on an entire week. He should be fine. It's just hard to focus on work when I know I got a sick kid in there, and I got to, you know, run back and forth. We're going to do the best that we can, as always. We're going to be getting it. As always. Yeah. I'm sort of used to coming back and forth with him home already, so. I know. It's not anything new. It was new. I was just getting in a good groove. I know, not having him here, because it's always nice to be able to have Abe home, because it's like, hey, Abe, bring me this. He's like, okay. Yeah, he's a big helper. I don't have to go grab it and walk back and forth a thousand times. He's putting in like miles, like no tomorrow. Hey, that's how we got those nine-year-old muscles. Yeah. We did get Abe and the girls some ice cream at the store today after the doctor visit and stuff. And we got ourselves some, too, because that sounded nice. I was like, let's go get some ice cream. Abraham got like a super chocolate chip, and then Julia and Scarlett are going to be surprised when they come home. Scarlett got her favorite, which is a strawberry, and then Julia got like cookies and cream. And they're going to be surprised when they come home to have a nice ice cream. You tell them, do all your chores, and you guys can have some ice cream. They'll be doing it Sonic speed, man. Oh, what? Oh, what? Let's get it done. Yeah, ice cream. Are we going to have them wait until dinner? I don't know. I'll find out. Let's see how their attitudes are like when they come home. I guess that's a good question right there. They come home all cranky and stuff. I'm not going to give them ice cream. They come home, and they're decent, and they're compliant with doing their chores and stuff. Well, then yeah, I'll give it to them. Give them a little treat. Yeah, exactly. I'll give it to them. But if they're all cranky and being buttheads, then no, I'm not going to give them. It just depends. They're little people. They have moods, and they have days, and they're people. It's not always the same every day. Some days are always better than others. It's just been weird lately, man. I'm ready to be done with this chapter. I'm so beyond ready. I know it's probably because we're so close that it feels like we're dragging to me. On the one hand, it feels like it's going by fast, but on the other hand, it feels like it's dragging. It's probably just that anticipation, like that buildup, the anticipation of when, when, when. I know that when is soon. It's just around the corner. It's right there. I'm just trying to get all the little finishing nooks and crannies and everything as much as I can on the top side and make it to where it's a lot more livable and everything in there. I'm ready to have some more space and have an office and be organized. It's going to happen. It's just day by day. I know. Day by day. I know. Little by little. I'm hanging in there. I'm hanging on, hanging on. I don't do well with disorganization. I feel like our life has just been so completely unorganized and just scattered, just like my brain. I can't hold a single thought straight. I can't hold anything straight lately. It's just been so scattered and just so... I call that life. Well, no, it's not life. It's how my brain processes life. I know. Because, I mean, you deal with it and you're just like, whatever. I deal with it and I'm like, I can't, I can't. It's just my OCD or whatever. I cannot deal. It just puts me in an off kind of mood. I've been just taking that emotion, folding it up and tucking it away and pushing it off to the side and ignoring it and not acknowledging its existence for a really long time. And now the drawer is getting overfilled and overstuffed and it's like, I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm not going to do it without us putting in the work, so we got to run. I just wanted to pop in, guys, and let you all know status update and why we didn't post this earlier. Abraham, not feeling very well. Had some running around to do. And yeah, we got dimmer switches. Hey, we got dimmer switches and we got lights and we got wired. We got all the good stuff that we need and now we just got to put in the work and get it done. We just got to get at it. Yeah, so we're going to do that. I'm going to edit out all the footage that we took from this week, all of the work that we got done. We've been sitting here talking to you guys about, but haven't really showed you all yet. So I'm going to get all of that edited out tonight. I'm going to post it on Simple Life for you guys tomorrow, so you guys will be able to look forward to that. And I do plan on us sitting down and chatting sometime, maybe before you go to go get the ceiling fans and stuff tomorrow morning. We'll sit down, we'll do our real talk and then I'll send you on your merry way. So you do want me to go for sure? Yeah, I do because that way we could install it and stuff this weekend. Okie dokie. Know what I mean? I know what you mean. But I can't go because of Abe. Got to keep him home. I know. I didn't even want to go out and about today with him, but he was already out, so. We got to go. Yeah, we had to go get him a new toothbrush and get him two. One that he can throw away and a newer, just vibrate one or whatever. Yep. Yep, yep, yep. Such is life. But we're going to get rolling guys. We will see you tomorrow twice. We'll see you here on Real Talk with SLR and we will see you on Simple Life Reclaimed with a new edited vlog for you guys. Yeah. So send prayers our way. We could use them. But guys, we got to run until the next one. We love you all. We hope you have a good one. Catch you on the next one. Bye you guys. Later, later.