meet Gladys...

here she is, just as we found her at ten o'clock Saturday morning in a small town north of us, waiting outside the old school house...

as we rounded the corner and she came into sight i knew we had found 'our trailer'...her outside is in pretty good nick compared to last week's model and her inside has already been gutted out(doesn't that sound harsh when talking about her)...she has a new floor laid and is waiting for a coat of paint, new electrics and some 'fabric' and 'furnishings' to warm her up...

the guy who sold her to us lives in the old school house that is full of reclaimed pieces of architecture and furniture...everything about the place felt right...he even made the 'coffee stop' by the gas station where we had our celebratory 'hot chocolate' on the way home...it seemed perfect that we found 'Our Gladys' living in such a wonderful place.

dear readers, i am shaking at the very thought of it...Gladys arrives at Mossy Shed on wednesday morning...

i worked Sunday to finish up 'mossy's sign' for her arrival...i used an old piece of our fence, a bit of paint and then my friend Beth suggested using some bits of broken terracotta pots...we have the perfect tree just by our driveway, a huge old maple with gnarly roots. just fitting i feel...

so things are going a long at a great pace, this week i am keeping my fingers crossed the electrician makes an appearance...the loft hatch has gone in, so our #4 has moved back into his room.

i have given up the search for an old kitchen table, they are thin on the ground here and when i find one the price is always high or the legs are in the wrong place. in the end i bought an unfinished pine one from Ikea last week, (not quite the same i know) and am busy painting it glossy white (yes Lynn, that would be glossy and shiny). once there are enough coats on it to survive life in the kitchen i plan to add casters to the legs. this way on a sunny warm morning, i can just fling open the french doors (due to be installed Monday) and wheel out my little kitchen treasure and breakfast alfresco without requiring any one's help...

it was a good weekend...cooking shrimp on a little fire late at night, finding Gladys, officially naming mossy shed, trying to get Miss T. Dryer to work and love is in the air...

she still can't quite believe that come wednesday, looking out of the kitchen window she'll see her airstream trailer waiting for 'memories' to be made ~ Tif