 Look what my mom just texted me Let's just say after spending a winter at the Cabinho We have learned a lot about Drainage and where all the water pools So I were making these moves y'all it will be worth it. We're calling him back up We're not doing it the two of us anymore till four in the morning because we learned our lesson on cabin season one They're talking about the best The best team though the best team there is you're all gonna be so Get ready. I guess who you think it is in the comments. Who's coming over spam comments spam the comments Hashtag who you think it is Bella. You're trying to find shade. Aren't you girl cheeks burnt cheeks and Wasted dog How we're about to do is an extremely long time coming one of the first projects We did when we got to the cabin was try and make the front yard feel like a front yard however, it does pool up in the Yard and this is something we discovered in very heavy rainfall Massive puddles for our front yard and at the side of our yard and around our boardwalk for weeks So that's not a good time. You don't want that and it took a long time for it to drop So let's get it done our tractor Clementine makes these chores a breeze speaking of breeze Which is practically non-existent we catch a chill with a refreshing fruit smoothie And of course it wouldn't be a summer day at the cabin without a mandatory dip in the lake to battle the scorching heat For some reason Bella loves chasing rocks Feeling much more refreshed. It's time to remove the boardwalk. Is it even attached thought it was it's not Perfect. Let's move it Here it gets to do it. Yeah That's definitely not gonna work Attempt number two The yard is now cleaned and prepped and I can't wait to give it a makeover And we're still waiting for that special someone to show up, but there's a lot to do on the homestead So we're gonna move on to the next job This project has been a long time coming something we've wanted to do since we moved to the cabin And here we are about to begin It's gonna be a transformation behind me is an opening in the forest with a beautiful patch of ferns But before we get there is piles of rocks stumps and logs. It doesn't look like much, but just hold on If you missed it, we gave the garage a complete makeover tools are easy to find told you I wouldn't lift anything with my hands anymore Halfway that we want so thank gosh we have a tractor and a good backhoe operator I do have to say if we had a grappler, this would make this ten times faster We're working with forks a bucket and a backhoe and that's more than we've ever worked with After three years off good. So pretty thankful today Here is where we want to start building to make it not just an outdoor shower But a place you could have a bubble bath in we do want to keep this area as natural as possible because there's beautiful ferns growing So we're gonna do our best to only excavate our backhoe the area that we want that way nature is growing up beside us I'm just looking at the tractor in there. We've managed to make a pathway through where we will be building our outdoor Oasis to rest relax and get clean Bella is he and I have retreated to the shade all of us have found a different square around the cabin because summer's here She's here and she's hot Justin's pretty damn good in that tractor. I'm gonna say I'm still gonna use to it The first little bit inside I was getting a little frustrated because I still have excavator mode in my head I am proud of just giving it a go and getting in there and doing it no matter how much I hurt my brain Because it's sick to be able to have this here and make jobs like this even possible because this area is so rocky and So uneven it would be probably nearly impossible to do what we're doing without a machine Yeah, it would be Jasmine goes I feel like a tradie You know how all those like construction workers are always puffing away and working away at the same time She's got her popsicle in her mouth So now it's really playing the part, but I hope it doesn't seem to match a lot of loads How Phil sandy Phil Has completed how's raking Lies are we making a ballpark or what are we doing here or a beach? But I was enjoying it Well, it's time to rake like the wind and level out the area I must say perfect leveling is a hard habit to rake does this give a whole new meaning to go pound the sand I don't know, but hopefully this project gets your stamp of approval This tractor might be the new kid on the rock But it sure is rocking it out of the park and with the magic of time gravel. We're done even with a tractor the foundation puts me out of breath Oh, I can't imagine if I had to lug all this material with a wheelbarrow Okay, everyone. This is really not sounding good the tractor is making a Little bit of a weird sound. It just doesn't seem happy I think we need to turn it off stop driving it and Probably do some maintenance on it. Have a look and see what's going on Also another realization. It's been a hot minute since we've made a foundation for something This sand is great, but I think we need some gravel in here because We all know what happens to sand on a beach Water hits it. This is going to be an outdoor shower area It's gonna wash the sand away So bringing in a little extra material is probably a good idea. So we're gonna come back to this. Oh And We've got some guests on the way as we waited for our secret grass. We moved our kale plants Hear the voice over as we moved our beautiful kale babies As we moved our beautiful kale transplants Just kidding Chris is the voice over girl. Not me. Are you ready? As we waited for our special guests and our awesome team to get started on the next project We decided to move our transplant kale babies outside of the greenhouse to the outdoors Something like that That's why she does them and I don't Kale's going outside Hi They all guessed it and we're hiding in the shade of the track here right now. Yeah How do you like the tractor porter? I have to grease it. I know I just got real grease How you been you're freaking tan man What is going on? Working well in the machine Crystal's telling port of the low down first time porters see in the windows. Do you like them? Yeah? Yeah Yeah, you're gonna. Let it just go right through welcome to the inside outside bar I will give you a table. I will serve you whatever you want this week. Yeah Probably won't be here too much this week. Why? That's the ring. Well, no, um Oh You just brought the machine so you got my hopes up for nothing Here I am thinking porters start and work tomorrow with us That's okay, I'm kidding This is what we do we just beg porter to stay and stay and stay and stay I like this cabin That's important just everyone promise. I'm not making things up He's just camera shy again this year. Yeah, remember it's been too long last year I feel like the first little bit you're camera shy and then by the end You were telling me to buzz off and you were making jokes Yeah, porter was telling me how to be a videographer by the end of the year He's telling me you need to go into the house and then take shots of his Shovel his bucket from here. We'll get there again. Everyone porter. It's just shy right now. I don't blame him It's all winter Oh god Nighttime routine y'all we're making a healthy cup of hot cocoa tonight. It's the perfect end to the day This dream powder is made to help you get the best night's sleep and it is so delicious I'm gonna have it hot because it relaxes me. 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Oh No, not again like seriously It went and spun a main Baron in the bottom end and destroyed the crankshaft. Oh, that's the worst I gotta go and take the motor out of the truck and then take the crankshaft out of it. Oh my gosh Porter I feel so bad for you. That's crazy. Do you want help? So I'm half dressed Don't even have my overalls on because I just Not get over the sheer amount of water that's falling in the sky. I've never seen anything like it It's just been like this for so many Days we haven't been able to capture it all because we've just decided to do other things because it's been so Rainy is he hates it poor girl's got her ears back. She's listening like no other. She can't relax can't sleep It's raining Thunderstorms Do you hear that thunder? It's kind of ironic how much it's raining and it's really showing how bad our lawn is and we were we were supposed to fix this Good old spider shake She's ready ready go get it tiger My body's ready. My brain doesn't want to go Look, I know you're all thinking you're not sugar ladies get outside do some building This is no point even getting started outside because it actually doesn't stop and when it does it comes Right back and picks up every single time And the projects we want to do involve us using the tractor and the excavator and leveling areas And you certainly cannot do that when there is puddles everywhere. We're just walking away So we're just going to move inside golden So fun. What a way to start a project Does anyone want to do anything out of and sit on your Coach while the storm is happening watch the storm You see this mess That's our closet right now How do we find clothes? digging through a bag Or should I say bags We need to fix this because every morning it is super frustrating to find Any clothes do you know where that green skirt is over there? No, that's a jumper Also the other week we got our first ever washer and dryer We have never owned a washer and dryer, but like either is chris that we've never actually even owned a washer and dryer our whole life, obviously, but Holy heck and guess where they're going in that closet. So what are we doing a diy custom closet? This is our current closet setup. I made it It's been working But not no longer. We basically have a walk-in closet Very ridiculous You'd think we'd remember How tall Can't remember anyone's bday, but I can remember the measurements in my walls If you know me, you know, I have a really hard time remembering people's birthdays so much. So it's my anniversary But I will never forget The height of my walls. All right, you've all guessed it We're going uniform with the closets as well. Our whole house is uniform minus our micro cement one ceiling Love the uniform look the up and down the ship lap the cedar. Oh, just um looks like not everyone got ready on set yet Here we are frizz, you know What happened was when it rained and you got big hair Okay, check out your hair You're looking great girl. I like the frizz Personally, but okay Let's get cutting What kind of work shoes are you wearing today? I haven't changed. What's going on? I don't got the steel toes on I got a little nervous. Oh, there's You should know this oh nails nails nails nails nails I'm gonna cut this Because this is awkward Although it doesn't look like summer, you know what summer because we have all kinds of visitors It's exciting. Yeah calling the pages rolled up in their van from newfoundland They are having a blast on the east coast. Yep. They've been doing it all hitting all the provinces If you don't know who calling page are calling is crystals high school friends Yeah, and also part of the van labs team. Yes, and it's all the vids and pages as a partner anyway, very very happy to have familiar faces To have a van parked up in the parking bed because that is the goal Bella's happy. She's got her friend Making friends getting pats, you know Anyway, it's been absolute ages since we've had a closet in the van We always use these little cupboards. It was working. It was okay, but it was just don't it was too bad No, it was okay our bags. Yes. We had some hanging things, but the reality is I do have low standards There was zero organization and everything was everything everywhere and there was bags and there was piles and We will customize this space and make it exactly how we want it so that way everything has a home and you know where everything is Sanctuary just wait That's the last piece and guess what? Rain has stopped rain has stopped perfect opportunity To not have to get materials in the rain ever again Never or go dropping piles. No people are people are getting lots of rain right now. I don't know what's going on Colin Do you have a drone? ours broke. Do you need an impact drill or anything? That's what we need our freaking bro. We used so much. Don't worry. Thank you Izzy loves it. We love that Wait We're getting ahead of ourselves We need to bring the laundry machines in we need to bring it from that room to this room And you're all probably wondering why do you need to get the delivery people to do that to be honest We thought we're gonna keep it in that compact it was Then chris will give me the okay to put it in our closet, but she didn't give me the okay before so Here we go This is why they tell you to know where you want it before you do it I'll cook you there. We should do what they're doing right now. I know let's go have a Hadio snack and a bevy Summer's here after all the rain just stopped. What the fuck doesn't move Holy fuck this is going on 30 minutes now We wonder why our backs are broken or your back is broken Our backs are no longer broken. I don't know what you're talking about. Are you still doing your stitches? Yeah Wait until you do them today No, no, no that is so Exaggerating do you need to take a break and have a seizure? It's not what you do and you need to puke. Oh my gosh Maybe you're tired. I'm moving these washers and dryer. It's gonna take a break. You're having a great time Wow just telling an advanced life Looks so funny Oh my hands Your legs are crushing this. I hope you like it. This requires laundry and the closet You know people put these in their kitchen now Yeah It's actually if you're in europe like really cool. What? Like this is cool You have all this up here space too. I know there's a lot of space out there tons actually No Not again Good morning. Good morning when duty calls around here It's just an average day in the woods. I was just under the house Jasmine's putting a hole in our tile bathroom floor Because we're fixing our toilet because we installed it during our polar vortex and that means that A couple steps were missed and our toilet is not happy right now. It's not burning anything everyone We just had the worst morning ever. It's true more specifically crystal She's the one that took it out. I couldn't fathom at this point in time We need to put a hole in our floor so that the toilet can bring have air intake because it ignites And it incinerates it has an exhaust But it really needs additional air and the negative air flow in here It's just it needs air and it can do what it needs to do and we can do what we need to do in inside the toilet Yeah, I've been peeing outside again everyone seven in the morning people look at look at my outfit Like what the heck are these? So good morning Welcome back to another day in the woods welcome back to the shitty day It's a shitty day We have a two inch hole saw We are using that times four or five to make a six inch hole all this just to go to the bathroom This is our incinerating toilet. What it does is it uses flame in a chamber to burn our poo our waste our poo and our pee You don't believe me. Look at this Lately because there is no air flow going into the bathroom We have been having issues which was bound to happen So by putting a hole in the bathroom floor underneath directly underneath of the toilet The six inch hole will allow air to come up through the several holes that are in the bottom of the actual Shell of the toilet allowing it to be able to incinerate better faster and And or just simply actually incinerate like jasmine just said because we are now having issues with it incinerating This should be the answer My whole cell fell through that means we're through that means you gotta go under means you went on right This ain't pretty but it works now. We have to protect the vent from pesky invaders, which means Back under the cabin we go to install a bug screen Okay, last step now Depending if I should save you all of you from looking at this or if I should show you I know just ash water, but it's but because you know, it's a toilet your mind just doesn't want to There's some stats about how much bacteria is in your butthole and when I learned that Pretty deserving. You know what I'm saying? Okay. We all know what we're saying. Yeah, this shouldn't not be happening All right, last step Is it straight? I have to say I am so relieved that we just did this this morning I woke up thinking about it was stressing me out and had to be done Just do the thing. I'm just so excited. Yeah, we gotta do the roof this remind me Yeah, so this is also the issue if you remember the polar vortex video We had brutal negative 40 weather in the middle of the winter and crazy storms and we installed the toilet then Which saved us from going to the bathroom outside in the winter during the storm But it also means we rushed the install and we were unable to drill this venting hole leading to this new problem Gotta take care of that. Gotta get these things done They cannot take the back burner because it leads to bigger issues. How you doing? Just putting on a clamp Josie's now retouching the gas line And we should be back in business Business everyone can do the business Not gonna lie I have my morning pee in here already Sounds like it's breathing. It sounds quieter. It's like it's like a whistle instead of a It actually sounds like it was choking. It was choking. Do another High five. Yes Success we did it the toilet has air. It's quieter. It sounds smoother And we will probably never have any other issue with that now because that's all it needed It's so simple. It was so simple. It's just a little cold. It was a little cold at the time But now the problem is solved now. I can finally um brush my hair Have some breakfast Yo, I get ready to work Never thought we'd start a morning like that. We made it here. How do we do all that before coffee? That's my question Same sound this morning Not fixed while we have our fuel. We are going to troubleshoot Our toilet because our brains can't stop thinking about it and thank gosh we have video evidence because guess what everyone We don't remember what was flashing and what was solid On the led screen on the toilet. That's why you take video of everything especially when you're fixing things Always like pictures and videos so you know you're putting it back together, right? Can you go back? Do you want to come get the gas supply? It could be because we turn the gas line off so the gas is like coming back in. Does that make sense? Are we out of propane? No, we couldn't be number one Make sure we're getting gas number two burner system. We'll do that. Open and close the toilet How to quit supply of propane to the toilet So yeah, we have to flush it a couple of times to make sure that the propane is back in the wine. That makes complete sense. Yeah All right. Now one thing is going right this week. Woo-hoo Motor went to pieces in his truck again. Did you know that? Yeah, and he's still he's still on a hard time with the day That sucks. Why don't we try to let it try up this week and then we'll try to get some fill in there next week Cool, that sounds good. Thanks. I feel so bad for porter and larry Not only the weather isn't cooperating but Everything is seriously breaking over there from the crusher To porter's new dump truck to try to get his old dump truck on the road to that engine blowing up While he was on his way to get a safety He can't catch a break Hopefully it won't rain too much this week Fingers crossed. Okay. Good luck with the motor Yeah, okay. Bye. Bye. This ain't our class But we're gonna have all of you pick what design you like better How? Oh, yeah, because I'm we're building it right now. So My design no one gonna care like yeah, they are Okay Like we're gonna find out if they're gonna care. I think they're gonna love it I mean if you're here, but this is day three hanging out with us like you're hanging out regardless, right? No, no one's gonna get my drying Washer and dryer Yeah, then we build a standing cubby outside that we bring inside that has a top It goes in but we don't really have to like this is where I'm thinking is we don't really have to make the two boxes We could just make No one's making two boxes. You are making two boxes. No, just you didn't listen So let me explain to you one more time Can you pay attention? Okay, ready? I understand you design one. No, you don't one singular box We're gonna put in here and it's gonna be the same. Oh, and then two shelves Ding ding ding ding ding. We have a winner design. I like crystals. I do Okay, now let's go in how you the truck saw We have someone new to introduce you to today Everyone meet Tracky you want to tell them about tracky fire in the hole well tracky one has a cord which I mean can't complain but cord No The blade is supposed to run along that. Not sure if that's supposed to be cut though Back to the drawing board. Do you see how it just goes on the track? You literally can't make a like when you use a surf soft. Yeah, you've got to cut the rubber Really? Why Yeah, they're cutting the rubber. Yeah, that does not sound good Hold this out in three years Butter they sell butter What I had all over my kale. Look at that That was the most beautiful cut. I think I've ever made in my entire life Track saw is going to be the only song going forward. I cannot believe we have just started using it now game changer Table saw heavy clunky hard to use track saw Wow, we talk about wood vibrations. This track saw is crazy cool She's a thing of beauty two pieces down and one to go. We are flying through these cuts It's definitely going to change the way we do a lot of building projects this year Really? Yeah, it's literally just like walking a dog This window is the best thing we ever did Look at how cute you are Okay, now that all of our pieces are cut We are going to go back to using a good old friend craig What's wrong here? Too much tracking I don't know what that means this is the woodworking tool Beast even though we have the Very cheap version we bought like how many years ago? I don't know it works. That's all that matters Anyways, they make some fancy gadgets now, but we are going to go back to using craig That way we're making pocket holes and you cannot see any of our screws in our beautiful structure All right, everyone. It is looking fabulous and we are now onto our shelves because we didn't use Cabinetry plywood. We use scrap plywood from our workshop makeover Our plywood is a little bit of a smiley face If I was to go back, I would probably use cabinetry plywood That nice sanded maple on each side, but it's going to be in the closet. You're hardly going to see it However, instead of our shelves sitting on these shelf brackets We are just going to use screws to screw them in that way it sucks the cabinet Close let's hope it fits. Did you measure correctly crystal? Oh This is the start of our closet. We have much more to come. This is just the bones But as of right now, it's looking mighty fine. Yeah, just some trim some paint and then the clothes go in sunshine The tropical storm cindy Has finally left us alone. We were just about to paint but proof Here's proof But honestly the there is The sun is out is what she's trying to say and we're gonna embrace it. It's been so long I've been waiting for this moment for honestly ever. It's been hard to keep it going without this beautiful sunshine So We'll see you sunday Yeah, can you hear that the rain came back? So we painted it. How do mothers always know? You