Your Questions, Our Answers : At the Hangar

Oh brother.  You’re not going to believe what we did the second we tossed/recycled a whole trailer load of stuff at the dump.

We drove on over to another guy’s airplane hangar and uh…

We proceeded to fill that trailer right back up with stuff!  After living abroad, we really don’t have any furnishings.

Oh man – I drooled over how white and empty that hangar was.

Now we’ve got:

  • two long work benches
  • an ancient metal filing cabinet
  • a shop vac for sawdust
  • an old metal desk (not shown)
  • a little wooden chair that needs some TLC

It seems everything around here needs a little TLC.  But look – we’re making progress!

All those boxes in the front are empty.  Other pilots have been bringing us empty boxes.  They’ve also been digging through our “donate” pile.  I think they’ve grabbed like a third of the stuff.  So awesome!

I forgot to take a before picture from this very same angle.  (I think there was a plane in the way.)

Yes.  There was.

Now for some of your questions.

1.  Is that your plane?

No.  None of the planes in this hangar belong to us… I WISH ONE DID!

2.  Wait!  Wasn’t there a different plane in that spot before?

Yes.  You’d think there’s a game of musical chairs going on around here.  So I’m sorry.  I’m not trying to trick you.  This aviation world is just so different than anything I’m used to, and I forget that the relocation of huge things is not normal.  There are two planes in here along with a little one-seat sport plane most of the time.

I try to snap pictures when they’re not in the hangar so you can feel the space/changes better.

3.  Are you moving out of the tire house for good?

Yes!  I doesn’t make sense to pay rent there and have a hangar house.  ;)

4.  Will you fly the planes?

Martin does for sure.  I am only authorized to fly one type of plane right now.  We’ll just have to see how things unfold in the future.  We really don’t know.

5.  Can we be your cheerleaders too?  I for one am very excited about your new project!

You want the truth?  I really want to be asking you:  will you be our cheerleaders?

There are many days when we feel overwhelmed by this whole thing.  Someone seems to be tossing at night on a regular basis.

To keep productive, I have to forget the big picture.  I will often wake up, eat breakfast, and decide what I want to work on that day.  I focus on that piece of the project.  Then at the end of the day, I can look at a spot and really, truly feel like I did something.

If I look at the entire space at the end of each day, I feel like I am not good enough, I am not doing enough.

6.  Are you list makers?

When we start projects, we never make lists.  It’s too impossible to truly know what needs to be done.

Martin has always said that when you think a project will take X amount of work, multiply it by three.  That’s really how long it’s going to take.

Think about your favorite home blogs, projects at your house, and things your family and friends are up to.  The reality of how long projects take is nothing like on TV.

We still laugh about my list making.  I’ve made remodel lists in the past, but after two days, they’re already totally useless thanks to the magic of the unknown.

7.  Are you just taking an approach like “let’s see what today will have us do”?

Yes!  There are certain things we know we need to be thinking about and working on right now – like the heating system.  (I’ll talk about that later.)

We’re also finding it really hard to get work done with all the visitors that stop by.  We love chatting with them (and giving them stuff!).  It all just adds up, so we have to be really careful.

Oh but there is a point when we will make lists:

When we get to the end, we’ll make lists of all the little projects.  Otherwise you wander in circles, trying to think of what still needs to be done.  You’re so used to things being undone that you don’t even notice them anymore.

I bet you know just what I mean.  What pile on the desk or by the door?  What half-painted trim around the door?

Okay!  That’s it for today.  I’m off to the hangar to see what I can achieve.  I already found some chairs for our future living room.  Aren’t they cool?

Martin wasn’t too excited about them until I spotted brand new chairs that look a lot like these… for $749 each.  Really?!

Thank goodness for that load of old treasure we just got from another hangar, then.

I hope your week is awesome!