We all know I’m a child, right? I never really grew up and I live in my Rich Inner World all the time. The flip side of it is that I’m getting older and now, instead of ‘childish’, I can call it ‘eccentric’. With that being said, let me show you my new home.
I knew that Premier Buildings sent an email last week saying that the shed would arrive this week. I mentioned to Lloyd that I needed to know which day so I could set up the Cat Camera. He answered – vaguely – that he needed to email the guy and find out.
I say ‘vaguely’ because Lloyd is a big old liar. He knew exactly when the shed was coming. In fact, if I would have taken the trash out on Monday evening, I would have known myself, because the ‘mule’ – the personal forklift – had been dropped off already by the trash cans. It was arriving Tuesday.
Tuesday at lunch, Lloyd texted a photo of the installed shed to me and said, “Don’t stay at work all day.” I was slightly flustered because I didn’t get the Cat Camera set up, but he assured me that he took lots of photos and videos. He did, but I couldn’t get any of them to transfer to my devices last night, which is why this post was postponed.
The deliveryman came at 9:15, with two trailers loaded on the truck. Lloyd thought the bigger one was ours and had a moment of panic, then he realized which one was ours. He unloaded it onto the street.
Next, he used the mule to drive/drag it over to the concrete pad. Lloyd said it was so slick. It goes under one side of the shed and carries most of the weight. The shed is on two skids, so it’s like pulling a sleigh.
He set it down where it needed to go, made a couple of adjustments, leveled it, then took his mule and went home.
At that point, Lloyd’s part in this transaction was done, but as he says, “If something’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.”
He decorated it.
He spent the rest of the morning kneeling on the metal roof and pressing Command hooks along the edge (30 seconds per hook), then went to school.
When he came back home in the afternoon, he strung lights all around the eaves, then put up a Christmas tree (thanks, Beth) with the help of Sam (thanks, Sam) and the supervision of Deborah (thanks, Deborah).
I came home (before the sun was completely down) and found my perfect new home.
It’s all I can think about. The plan is to put a wall up so we can store stuff on one side and I can camp on the other, so I’m trying to just imagine using one half of the shed. As you can imagine, I have zero desire to put any of our junk in there. We do NOT need a mower, wheelbarrow or any ladders or tools. I need all the space. It’s not a ‘she’ shed (barf), it’s a ‘me’ shed.
Brad says
Wow! I LOVE it! I want to camp there sometime. (Not really. I like to sleep in a bed at night. But I will love to hang out in there.)
And what wonderful decorations! It looks like Santa’s cottage!
Deborah says
It is amazing! I love your Me Shed.
Jill says
I had such joy for you reading this! YAY! Congrats on the tiny house!
Lauren's dad says
Tack a couple of blankets to a rafter so the heat from the heater is confined to where you’ll be sitting and sipping your favorite after dinner beverage. Lloyd can sit in the other chair and sip his favorite beverage.
Kristi says
Awwww. It’s adorable. Perfect for YOU when you have overnight guests. 😀
And for when you don’t.