Van all cleaned out and ready to be moved into!!

Sorry we haven't taken any pictures yet. We have been so very busy disassembling the sofa from the van. But after 3 different tries, we finally got the damn seat out!! It took an impact wrench. Now the van is empty except for the front seats. We did some measuring yesterday and our bed fits in just perfectly and it doesn't interfere with the side doors. So tonight when John gets off work at midnight-30, we will be moving in the majority of stuff. Then we will move in the bed and the animals in the morning. Since John has to be at work at 11am, we wont have allot of time for moving stuff. Also, we chucked allot of dishes and odds and ends from around the house, about 10 or more bags of stuff. We would have taken them to Share'N'Care but we don't have enough time. We will be getting the pictures before we start to pack everything in tonight. Also, we will be taking more pictures of the van after we have everything in. Because of the fact that we lost all that money, we will not be able to build the sink and such till after the first. Therefore, the van will be very primitive with a mattress on the floor and all of our stuff still in boxes. Our next steps, after we move into it, are going to be : take out the carpeting and put in laminate wood flooring (we get a 10% discount at Home Depot), have it completely reupholstered, build a sink, build cabinets. We are also going to add a wash tub to the mix. We will be buying a small wash tub that sits on the floor about a 15 gallon size (so we can half sit in it) and a toilet that will go inside of the tub for compacting space. We will be attaching a wrap around shower curtain to the ceiling above and have a small shower over head. The shower will be a gravity shower with the water container on the roof painted black for heating purposes. Under our bed we will be making something similar to dresser drawers, except it will be made to hold milk crates and plastic drawers. We will be trying to go as light as we can. Because this is going to be our home, we want everything to be as original as possible. We also thought that tomorrow, when we are finished and out of the apt., we will go and take a look at some RV businesses and just take a look at the RVs and see if we can get some even cooler ideas. Compaction compaction!! That's what its all about. A flip top stove can be used as a counter top, with a fridge underneath and a miniature microwave over head and a coffee pot to the side of the stove. All nice and neat and orderly. Hopefully, we will be able to update this blog everyday or so and let you know how things are going and how we like living in our van.