Trailer Hacks from Dollar Tree

Went to Dollar Tree yesterday and loaded up with bins for the trailer. I've been using them in the RV and camper, so its only natural to use them in the trailer as well. 

 

I got a few of each kind; these white ones I got for putting our clothes in

I hadn't ever seen these egg bin / shelves before so I got 2. This will be an eggssellent way to keep the eggs out of the way. At home we don't refrigerate the fresh eggs, they are used or given away before they are old. In the campers there just isn't enough room on the countertops to hold eggs.

The bedroom is in the front of the trailer and the bed is made. Its NOT a comfortable bed by any means but its better than a tent.

SO FAR there's plenty of storage for whatever we need to put in it but that will become FULL as we go along.

I see NO REASON to hang clothes in thee tiny closets, plastic hangers don't fit well onto the bars and we just don't hang clothing often, we're tee shirt people.

So I asked Lan to 'help' me make shelves inside and he did. They will hold a massive amount of clothing now and this is where the bins come in.

Two of the bins fit on the bottom PLUS I can stack them with the neatly folded clothing in them to save even  more room. I have socks & undies  in one bin, tee shirts in another, pants and shorts in one and flannel shirts in yet another. I put my spare shoes on the top shelf but I will be moving those to the shelf/cupboard to the right, above my head area.

These are the curtains, same material I used for the camper curtains.

 I use elastic pony tails to hold them open so then when I close them they don't want to stay overlapped so I got these...

The colors are bright & happy and pretty much match the material.

HORSE STUFF:

Yesterday Joey turned 29 years old and I gave him a good grooming because hes just not shedding out well. He has really long hairs and a lot of it and keeps getting mats in his armpits and on his chest. So I wormed him. On his birthday. Poor boy.

He looks good for being 29

This morning Ambleside and Wifi were napping when I went out to feed them breakfast.

Amble is a BIG girl

I just love Wifi

Amble is so regal

Wifi has her udders swollen and I'm a bit concerned.

I clean their udders every week or so, they get so nasty and they LOVE to get them cleaned. Last week they weren't swollen.

The off side is smaller than the near side.

Its not the teats swollen, but in front of them.

I'm wondering if its a sign of being in heat? Neither mare acts any different when they're in season than any other time of the year.

I am looking for a stud for Amble...

 

Loading Up The Trailer

I bought 4 cases of water today to go with the 3 other cases we already have at home for our trip to Nevada in a couple weeks.  I loaded them into the trailer but I'll still need to move shit around because these cases leak and I don't want water sitting on the trailer floor.

We have a nice bed mattress on the lower bunk of the trailer and I'd like for it to be up on the top bunk and storage on the bottom where I can reach it easier. 

Think easier, not heavier.

The water will go into the bathtub.

We need to drink a LOT of water while we're there, if I don't drink lots then I get dehydrated and feel icky. Plus I get static electricity and shock my ass every time I touch anything.

I got these for washing dishes and cooking. 

The actual fresh water in the trailer will be used for flushing the toilet.

These bins are great for holding stuff in cupboards and I've got a few in the back seat of the truck to hold water and other drinks, chips and snacks and one for miscellaneous things like my wallet, notebook, sun glasses and hats.

We have a few of these neck pillows we always take with us on trips, I absolutely LOVE to nap while Lan is driving on long trips. I've had mine for a LOT of miles including England, France, Pioche a few times, Hawaii and Florida.

a full MONTH ago I began packing clothes to take to Pioche to be left there and now I can't find the damn things anywhere. I sincerely hope I didn't do something stupid like donate them, that would suck.

Where have you traveled to lately?

 

Shake Out Camping Trip

We went camping in the new to us trailer last night, just the one night, a shake out, to see what needs work and so on.

We went to Belfair State Park in Washington state, its only about 16 miles away.

The heater works well, the water heater works if the propane is on (hint hint) and the fridge might or might not work.

This is the first photo I've been able to take of the painted kitchen in real light, not electric lights. I really like it. I'll be putting a backsplash up on the surrounding walls before we leave for Pioche and the rest of the walls will be painted once we arrive there. I'm 99% sure the paint will dry faster there than here in the winter cold weather.

We have a good time.

 

April Fools Day 2025

Today I'm sending these photos to my husband and telling him we're expanding the farm

I mean, who doesn't want a piggie?

And emu chicks are darling!

 

Less Than One Month

 We'll be on vacation in less than 1 month and I'm getting more and more stoked to be out of here. The only problem is that I'm finding it harder and harder to save the cash I need for the trip.  The fuel alone will be about $800.00 ~ $1,000 and I don't even have that much saved yet.  I TRY to save but we have so many big bills coming due right now and I have the doctor and hospital bills that I'm now paying. Car tabs for 4 vehicles, materials we'll need in Pioche (or why effing go??) and the dentist. UGH. I make plenty of money but everything is just so fucking expensive.  I'm living again like we were back in 1990 when we had $1500 PER MONTH to live off.

Today that stinker Ambleside got through the fence to the neighbors property and ambled around. Lan brought her home and electrified the bottom fence.

Oh, that's another thing, we NEED to fix the front fence, its got 4 broken boards and the whole back pasture needs new fencing. We just can't get ahead.

I'm whining.

I've been working overtime each week and its exhausting but I'm hoping for another couple of bigger checks in April, my last check was only $1,700.

I have almost everything we will need for and in the trailer for our trip. I can't put everything in it yet but I have it. We need to make shelving in the closets and that's only 4 pieces of thin plywood and a bunch of 1x1 pieces cut to fit, about 32 pieces.  I'll have to get the measurements and find the wood, get some screws that are only just long enough and glue too.  We don't need to hang clothing up.

We have had ZERO interest in the Orting house and its about time to ask Mom if she wants to lower the price. Shes asking $405,000 for it now, I think it would sell at $375,000.

I'm fucking tired and need to go feed ponies. Ambleside needs a good grooming, so does Wifi. Joeys been getting groomed every couple days but I've put his blankie back on him because he lost a good 50# while he's had it off for the last 2 weeks. 

What to Do?

 I've been looking forward to our next trip to Pioche since we left there in December. At that time we were in a rented car, leaving the hotel in town since it was 20* at night and our house has zero insulation and holes in the walls, no beds, broken windows and no water so no toilet.

This next trip down we will focus on two things, interior wiring and getting the toilet sewer pipes hooked up so we can at least pee in the house. It's still going to be a ways down the road before we can have our own running water in the house, since I'm not up for paying $64 per month for it when we will only be there maybe 5 weeks per year. The neighbor Tom has said we can use his water all we want so I want to fill the bathtub and use a bucket to fill the toilet tank for flushing. I think its weird that I still haven't even tasted the water in town either.

Thats something I'll need to do on this next trip.

I've gotten SO MUCH STUFF for the trailer that we're taking down & leaving in the yard, a place for us to stay whenever we got down there. I'll have to get used to showering in a tiny tub, one that's smaller than the shower I currently use in our house in Washington. Eventually the house will be finished and I'll transfer all that stuff into the house, then we will sell the trailer.

Now, since we'll be leaving the trailer down there, will we need to cover it? We have a cover so that's not an issue but never having had a trailer down there long term leaves us with questions. We WILL winterize every time we're leaving so we won't have to worry about freezing pipes on future visits.

My horses are all fine, Wifi just turned 18 years old; I SOOooooo wish I could ride her. Joey will be 29 on April 15th, and Amble will be 4 on June 21st. They're all shedding and Joey looks like a floofy mongrel moose, he had matts all around his chest and belly but I got most of them off him. He will create more.  Amble is shedding but slower and Wifi, as always, has a ton of hair.

Travel Trailer Work

This is one of the photos the seller used when selling our trailer

Here is my photo, after I used 'Forest Floor' color  of paint to change it up. I have an off white to update the walls and I'm going to put up stick on sheets of plastic backsplash for around the sink area.

I have also painted the cupboards above the table but have no photos of it on my PC yet to share.

Have you ever painted inside a trailer? If so, what kind of paint did you use?