Streaming Live from the Airstream (almost)

Another year another bunch of changes.  I decided not to feel guilty for abandoning the idea of posting regularly on this blog.  Let me see what has changed lately?  Well as of yesterday a lot of things. I had held onto the dream of going back to Hawaii once I had a year of experience, and that dream was so close to happening I could taste it. I had a job offer and was completing the ridiculously tedious list of pre employment screenings.  Things had been sold, plans had been made and leases broken... now granted those things were happening anyway for a different reason (more on that in a sec).  For those of you who are not affected by the sequester, just wait, you will be.  I got a phone call from the civilian personnel command center telling me that the job they had offered me was withdrawn due to budget cuts.  No job, no Hawaii again.  I am not as upset as I thought it would be.  I still was holding close to my old mantra of, "I will believe it when I get the first pay check".   To sum it all up:  brisket will be consumed, rivers will be tubed and Austin will continue to be weird, maybe just a little more so because we are sticking around.   And we bought this: 

The Beast

   

Nice 

 So here we are again on the cusp of an adventure.  We are going to make a perhaps foolish, but good hearted try at living in her full time.  This particular beauty is a 1979 airstream excella motorhome and has the rare center bath.  I am not sure how many of this particular model were made... not even airstream knows.  Why am I doing this?  I really have not too much in the way of explanation besides it sounded like a good idea at the time.  I have again become enamored of the idea of living on less with less stuff.   Not sure how many square feet we will be living in, I just know it won't be a lot.   I do have some good interior photos, but my phone won't put them on the computer.  Let me just say that we will become handy men in our own rights soon. Here is a list of all the things that have gone wrong and that we have found that need some attentions


1.  Electrical 120 V outlets don't work
2.  Generator
3.  Plumbing has some parts that need replacing
4.  Water system sanitized
5.  Battery cables for the house battery replaced
6.  The brushing on the wiper blades are worn out and need replaced
7.  Clear coat is patchy at best needs to be stripped and the airstream shined
8.  Repaint stripe
9.  Replace some water damaged floor
10.  Get real seat belts
11.  Get rid of microwave
12.  Reseal around oven
13.  Replace vent fans
14.   Rear air bag on the right side has a moderately slow leak.
 15.  Valve for black water tank not functional
16.  Windows need new rubber gaskets
17.  One AC unit does not work


Everytime I find something else wrong this is how I feel.