Holy Cannoli!

(Speaking of cannolis, can someone bring me one? It's called emotional eating people. You know you do it, too.)

So, today we started ripping up the old subfloor. Yep. To quote a guy from the (wonderful) Airforums who was commenting on another guy's problem similar to ours,

"Welcome to the forums!

You're not the first -- nor will you be the last -- to discover that Airstreams are far more work than expected!"

In other words, "Sucker! You bought an old Airstream! What did you expect?" 

He went on to be encouraging and helpful, saying it's all worth it in the end but, you know... we are terrible for picking up ridiculous projects and the B-stream (Breinich Airstream) will be no different! When we bought the trailer, one of the selling points was that it had a new floor in it. I figured that was done and it would be one less thing we would have to do, leaving mainly cosmetic stuff and a little plumbing. Oops. Oh well. I guess we'll just have that much more satisfaction when it's all done. And peace of mind, knowing that our feet will not be going through the floor anytime soon. I think it's the unknown that is the most stressful part of it (that and the unexpected lack of funds). If we were replacing the subfloor in the house (which we have done) it's easy because we know how the house is built. With the Airstream it's all new. Rivots? How do you work those? A rivot gun? Nope, don't have one... yet. Crazy, rusted 1975 bolts that won't.come.out.? Check. So anyway, once we get our heads around HOW to do it, I guess it won't be too difficult. (heh. heh. riiiight...)

I'm sure it's gonna be awesome when we're done. It'll probably look like this!

Or this!

Or even this!

Ok so, if it looks like that last one when we're done somebody better come slap me. 

Anyway, we're gonna do everything we can to find the funds (praying, working hard, odd jobs), time and strength to make this thing work. I think it will be worth it in the end. Even if our house doesn't sell, we'll have an awesome guest house and travel trailer and we will have had a fun family project.  Heck! Maybe we'll even sell our cars, buy a Jeep Wagoneer, rent out our house and hit the road. Would be fun! You never know what we'll do next. ;-)

(Post with pics of the floor replacement to follow...)