Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Nov 29

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Friends, insta-friends, simple living and home/road/worldschool folks! A bit of a change... . From today forward, I'll be using this account only for travel and Airstream posts, but am starting a new private feed at @smallhousedna for our transition to half-time travel and explorations of small home life. If we've met, interacted online, or just have too much in common to ignore, follow or drop me a line. We'd love to stay in touch! . Otherwise, stay tuned here for the usual Airstream and travel stuff, and we'll see you out on the road before too long!

Saturday, November 26, 2016

November 26, 2016 at 11:36AM by advodna_dave


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We've been noticing how many #waysourhouseislikeourairstream, and I'm thinking I might just have to make this a series. 1) While we'd stored some sentimental, bulkier or more expensive kitchen stuff (and have been happy to see them come out of the boxes!), we also put together an Amazon cart of all the same stuff we use while in the Airstream to outfit the house, mostly importantly, a 12" Lodge cast iron skillet, a couple GreenPan sizes and this little Hario Buono kettle. . Similarity 2) The kids still use too much damn water. . #advodnasmallhouse #yesiunderstanditsalsodifferentfromourairstream

Friday, November 25, 2016

November 25, 2016 at 08:06PM by advodna_dave


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We arrived back down from Tahoe this afternoon to a *mostly* done house. Doesn't matter, we're moving in either way, and of course, we couldn't empty the boxes fast enough for these two. #movingday #thinkinginthebox #upcycling #sisters

Thursday, November 24, 2016

November 24, 2016 at 12:03PM by advodna_dave


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Whenever I see my mom, she hands me a stack of paper-clipped articles she's cut out of the newspaper for me because she thinks I might find them interesting. This morning, she slid this headline from today's paper in front of me which (unlike some of the others) actually relates to our current situation. Except... that this family hadn't moved into an RV by preference. They had become homeless. . As we choose to spend less time in our trailer and more time in a beautiful house we've just remodeled to our whim, we are incredibly thankful that we have the ability to make this choice and are thinking forward to how we can help others less fortunate in the coming year. . #thankful #happythanksgiving

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

November 23, 2016 at 12:58PM by advodna_dave


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Fun in the snow. #sisterhoodofthetravelingparents #maewouldntwearajacket #twoyearoldlogic #doyouwanttobuildasnowman

November 23, 2016 at 08:47AM by advodna_dave


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We woke up Monday morning to a full black tank in the Airstream. With a few more days before we can move into the new house, we packed the car and set out for Tahoe to spend Thanksgiving with family. We'll deal with it when we get back. . With a lot of balls in the air these days, we weren't completely surprised when we realized @advodna_ann had forgotten to pack her toothbrush. And also any clothes for Mae... . It reminded me of one of our first big trips together, flying from San Francisco to Colorado for a weekend at the Rockygrass Bluegrass Festival. The flight had been early, and it was a scramble to get out of the house that morning. It wasn't until we'd set up the tent at the festival that we realized that neither of us had grabbed the black duffel with her clothes. A quick trip to Walmart and we'd restored her wardrobe for the weekend, had a great story and had begun to learn the lessons of staying flexible while traveling and reacting as a team. . Luckily, this time, Mae had a box of hand-me-down ski clothes and can wear a "beautiful" matching set of REI long underwear for the rest of the week. In the meantime, while up here, we'll rent skis for Wynne for the year and collect our season passes, ready for lots more visits to see the snow and coyotes hunting in the meadow. . #snow #itsbeginningtolookalotlikewinter #coyote #captionovel

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

November 22, 2016 at 04:51PM by advodna_dave


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In limbo between our full time Airstream life and waiting to move into our new small house at the end of this week seems like a good time for a flashback. This pic is of our 19' Airstream in a National Forest campground outside of Durango, CO in the Spring of 2013 when Wynne was about 16 months old. I remember taking this picture, about 3 weeks into our 5 week loop around the Southwest, and thinking how much that little trailer felt like a home. #airstream #liveriveted #myrivetedlife #airstreamwithkids

Monday, November 21, 2016

November 21, 2016 at 05:07PM by advodna_dave


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After the tiny wardrobes in the Airstream (and still too many clothes!), we figure we can share a closet in our bedroom in the new house for all our clothes. Good thing too, since there's not really room for a dresser. This L-shaped piece will be supported by two IKEA bookcases we already had with black gas pipe mounted below for hangers. #ikeahacks #childlabor #pintsizedpainter #advodnasmallhouse

Sunday, November 20, 2016

November 20, 2016 at 08:55PM by advodna_dave


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There are gonna be a lot of similarities between our Airstream and our new house, and this cork slab I just cut and finished for the coffee bar is one of them. I just love working with this stuff. Such a nice look and feel. Then again, wiping down the soapstone for the rest of the counters with mineral oil this eve was also pretty amazing. #cork #advodnasmallhouse #ecocountertops

Saturday, November 19, 2016

November 19, 2016 at 03:59PM by advodna_dave


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We've spent a lot of time on Pinterest in the past 6 months or so developing a vision of how we wanted our new place to look and feel. Wynne saw the iconic IKEA Kura bed on the laptop screen one day and ever since, it has become synonymous for her with moving into the house. Luckily, a friend was just ready to get rid of one, and I'm happy to report that getting it put together was only slightly more complicated and had only a few more steps than crossing the border from El Salvador into Honduras. #movingin #movingonup #bunkbeds #ikea #kura #sisterhoodofthetemporailynottravelingparents

Friday, November 18, 2016

November 18, 2016 at 05:09PM by advodna_dave


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Wynne chose their outfit(s) for the day which included a Spanish class, gymnastics, a stop by the construction frenzy at the new house, the playground and horseback riding. Adventure may be out there, but it seems to have followed us home. #sisterhoodofthetravelingparents #sisters #adventureisoutthere #petaluma

Thursday, November 17, 2016

November 17, 2016 at 05:02PM by advodna_dave


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Pulling the trailer along a curb next to a playground in a small town is something we've done a lot of over the last two years. Only this time, it's *our* small town, and we just hitched the trailer up to dump the tanks. #airstream #liveriveted #myrivetedlife #airstreamwithkids

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

November 16, 2016 at 06:32PM by advodna_dave


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We had a nice date night while home last July, dropping the kids off with grandma in the afternoon and heading to Sausalito to dig around in the discounted seconds room at @heathceramics. Lucky for us, they had a big lot of these indented diamond tiles in an earthy, neutral color and we found a couple more boxes of some accent tiles to randomly intersperse. We've been thinking about them in our new kitchen ever since and finally got a chance to lay them out for installation tonight! #heathtile #heathceramics #homerenovation #kitchen #backsplash #advodnasmallhouse #anotherpicofannshair

November 16, 2016 at 01:35PM by advodna_dave


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Three years ago, we started the renovation of our 2005 25' Airstream International CCD while waiting for our second kid to be born so we could hit the road. I spent a lotta hours out in this barn cutting pieces for the kitchen drawers (link to in progress pics in a blog post temporarily in profile) and new cork countertops. Now, I'm out here designing the closet buildout (combo of custom, IKEA and black gas pipe) and cutting another piece of cork for a coffee bar at our new house. Making sawdust is definitely something I've been missing. #advodnasmallhouse #sawdust

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

November 15, 2016 at 09:01PM by advodna_dave


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Last week, we had @pilgrim.life and @currentlywandering in the #pastureparking with us and managed to convince @airstreambrands to come up for an afternoon to say hi and talk Airstreams. Lucky for us, they brought swag! Over the past couple days, I've arranged our new stainless logo cups in the foreground of various dramatic Airstream pics with intentions to post, but it wasn't until tonight at dinner that I could capture a bit of our real Airstream life. Plus, it was a sneaky way to post a pic of @advodna_ann's new sassy short haircut which means two pony tails are on the way to @locksoflovelol. #airstream #airstreamwithkids #liveriveted #myairstreamlife #realifeairstream #locksoflove

Monday, November 14, 2016

November 14, 2016 at 07:30PM by advodna_dave


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It's pretty super to have a quiet night in the pasture after an awesome (but busy!) weekend. It started with about 5 hours of drinks and dinner with a huge group of friends we've been missing while on the road at a great new beer garden that just opened in Petaluma. Afterwards, we gave the neighbors a taste of what they're in for by bringing the whole crew by the construction site to christen the new house with Coors shorties and Reese's Peanut Butter cups. Saturday night we got a visit from Ann's dad in town on business, and Sunday we saw more friends and had dinner with my entire family. #nowiseewhystationaryfolksneedvacations #supermoon #airstream #liveriveted #myrivetedlife #pastureparking

November 14, 2016 at 11:52AM by advodna_dave


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Got some stuff for the house. These two carpets will go up in the small lofts in each of the bedrooms. Headroom is only 5 feet or so, but I think ours will be a nice reading nook/private escape and the kids' will be an amazing interior treehouse/princess castle/pirate ship/spaceship/bear cave. Now to design the ladders/bunk bed integration... #advodnasmallhouse #loftygoals #rugrats

Thursday, November 10, 2016

November 10, 2016 at 01:28PM by advodna_dave


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Tongue and groove knotty pine is almost finished going up. Last cabinets and countertops early next week. Front gate (for the Airstream), final exterior trim and a metal roof over the 9' rear accordion door right after. There have been some delays but not too bad for having been back to the studs 4 months ago. #advodnasmallhouse #sawdust

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

November 09, 2016 at 07:32PM by advodna_dave


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These four played for hours today! #littleairstreamfriends #roadschoolrecess #airstreamwithkids #sisterhoodofthetravelingparents

November 09, 2016 at 09:31AM by advodna_dave


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This is the most fun I've had in the past 8 hours. #ohcrap