Things are changing...

you may have noticed we haven't been

here for the last couple of weeks the

truth is some things are going to be

changing with our Channel with the way

we share but before we jump ahead of

ourselves I'm Tyler and this is Todd

we've spent the last 5 years bringing

you along almost every Sunday as we

built a life together it all started

when we got the crazy idea to quit our

jobs and move into this 1996 RV that we

renovated into a tiny home on Wheels

thousands of miles of exploring later we

decided to hang up the keys and park it

in the Nova Scotia Forest it wasn't long

until we realized how difficult our V

life in Canada really was we set our

sights on developing the land into the

ultimate offgrid location for us to park

in the summer so we could travel in the

winter but what's that thing they say

about best laid plans we ended up

deciding to build some permanent

structures there from solar panels to a

geodesic dome to live in while we

pursued the ultimate dream of building a

home using shipping containers as it

turns out that was a loftier goal than

we could have ever imagined after

spending three full Winters in Canada

without running water electricity or

even a shower we finally broke I'm

getting Foaming Hand Soap in my eyes a

few months ago we made the decision to

purchase this cozy cabin located on a

nearby lake so we could avoid living

that way for a fourth winter in a row

we've spent the last few months settling

in here and making this place our own

while we wait for the snow to melt so we

can turn our Focus back to the container

home but of course with any project and

life in general there are always

setbacks you don't see coming now that

we're all up to speed make sure you give

this video a thumbs up and come along

good morning we are really looking

forward to today's project this has been

in the works for months we are doing

over the bedroom we spent the morning

taking off all of the face plates the

lights really just getting everything

ready to tackle this space we've got the

bed protected so we've got our babies

here to help us and we're just going to

make it way brighter like it's just so

dark and dingy in here I think it'll

feel so much bigger and I don't know

inspiring yeah I really want our bedroom

to feel like a space when we wake up

we're excited for the day and right now

it's just like the purple has got to go

it's got to go although there are some

of you who really like the purple so

sorry there's a can downstairs give me

your mailing address and I'll send it to

you okay we're going to get going on

this and start our first coat of primer

let's go so same as last time you cut in

all roll

yeah we always forget to give you guys

an update on Charlie since his surgery

but he is doing so well he's got his new

knee he's running around hey Charles

you're all better he's kind of like a

puppy because even getting into the

truck he can just bounce right into the

back seat now yeah he's yeah it's it is

really remarkable how well it worked hey

squirrel we're glad we did it hi squirly

okay so can I start rolling now is this

a different type of primer than last

time yeah it's a thicker one I don't

know if I like it no no it's like

significantly thicker yeah but it's to

make covering the purple easier if not

we probably have to do four or five coat

it's really just Painting and Decorating

like it's a gay man's dream yeah are you

a pretty girl

squirrel oh yes you pretty yes yes so

and you two are

handsome she's been really loving the

last couple nights she has been I don't

think that this will necessarily all be

finished today it will be a long day or

so that's okay like what else are we

going to do you got a hot date somewhere

no feels bigger

already

good it's not race like you can't I I'm

going you can't pass me though I know

but I want you to go you're just rushing

to get the purple out yeah I want not

gone like this is the hardest color and

we've left it to almost the end yeah

like this is the one that I've been

nervous to tackle like I was not sure

how much work it was going to be but I

think it's going to be pretty good I'm

just going to wait and do that corner

when you're done thank you I was going

to come right over there but I was like

that might be encroaching on his space

should we wait to have lunch until after

the third C no I would do it like I

think we do two cuz we'll be able to

start that other one pretty soon once we

clean up all this mhm then s a

snack well we could have a snack after

this

one lunch after the next one and then a

snack after the no that's too much too

many snacks too many snacks we'll be

tired and we'll want to sit on the couch

so what we need to do just keep going

we're going to keep going we're going to

starve our our coffee is going to be a

hit of the pixie stick and a swig of

coffee oh I wish we had Ginger Snaps

that would put Dunkin or like a biscotti

wow I like it do you yeah right yeah I

bet you once this is done you're going

to feel so motivated to want to do the

bathroom next and coincidentally I

already have

a we got to modify the plan slightly I

am going to put on a pot of coffee we

recently switched from making pour-overs

to having an actual machine I'm liking

it a lot better it makes way more you

look like you're ready for lunch there

love I'm getting a little packet I got

bad news what protein bar

catch can you imagine that would be um

really sad look at the boys they're like

right with us today hey buddy for a

little security

detail hey bud how are you feeling

feeling good today's a good day it's a

lot but I got you and today's sunny I

find winter definitely doesn't help with

mhm emotions it's very easy when

something goes wrong I find to allow it

to spiral in the winter it's just a Dark

Lonely time you know that depression

monster always on your back always right

there she loves that staircase loves it

it's like mission control for her she

can see everything that's going on I'm

watching you as well I think she just

likes hiding in between the plants too I

could not imagine life without her or

these two like always by our side our

shadows how are you still not done I

don't want to choke

come on we're taking this on the road oh

did I tell you I get the power bill

yesterday how much do you think it was

for two months mhm well you're asking me

to guess so it's obviously not good

$1,316 ly mm-m and of that 537 was heat

so do not touch the

thermostat aren't you glad I booked that

appointment months ago when you told me

we didn't need

it I bet you a lot of people are

actually getting really high power bills

right

now well I the rates are up but also

it's been

cold wow mhm that's not very good mmm

anyway let's get back to work turn that

brown upside down and grab a

paintbrush I don't feel very motivated

right now that's okay we'll work to heat

up okay we're going to set it to like 60

or 58 at night like you're sleep what's

it matter if it's cold yeah well we're

used to the cold hello yeah poor

squirrel the only one awake is going to

have complaints about it I tell you what

I put it in my calendar to pay that on

the due date cuz they're not getting s

out of me ahead of time we are so happy

with how this room is looking it is just

incredible it's so bright the sun I love

it I feel like we say this every time we

just get the primer up but it it really

changed it look at the roof and the

light coming through the Skylight I

absolutely love it yeah it's just going

to be so so nice and like some plants up

there maybe yeah I think we have to do

the up lighting like we did in the I

think the room anyway we're getting

ahead of ourselves on the paint first

coat

okay it is exciting though it's okay

it's okay to celebrate it's okay to

celebrate I think like when you start

acting like an adult it's all downhill

from there

yeah oh yeah that looks good I think we

are doing pretty good time wise I think

so

oh you distracted me love and I started

spraying in case anyone's wondering why

we're using baby wipes we just have a

very large amount of them left over

since we moved out of the Dome they had

gone on sale just beforehand and they

they buy you time to between showers

busy wipes as we call

them couple of Sally's and wandas out

there are learning a new word

tonight

Harold what's a busy got a

mess clean it up with a busy

wipe I definitely think we're going to

need some art for this fall yeah I was

thinking you could draw me like one of

your French

girls

what do you think about getting a fish

tank for in here a fish tank yeah no I

don't think so cuz you can't see the

fish in the

lake

so we'll just catch a trout

and wow wow wow you're seeing the fish

tank aren't you still having fun yeah

I'm just like holding on to the feeling

what it's going to be like to lay down

and just like close my eyes people are

tobly going to be like surprised

surprised they pink the room white I

just like it because it makes it so the

paint color is not what you're like

focusing or thinking about yeah a space

like this it's all about the wood wood

in the bathroom wood in the shower

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I you yeah CU we do what we do we you

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W hun look at the sunset on the ice we

should take a

break I just can't get over how pretty

it is look at the

sunset it's beautiful so pretty what is

that it's big that's

people that's people walking

really

it's so

noisy wow our morning walks just got so

much more exciting because we can walk

the perimeter of the lake inside of the

road maybe in a little bit we'll can go

out there yeah get some skates yeah

skates are going to be a must

yeah cold though so you want know don't

know if it's still there

it's definitely cold you want to walk

around for a

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bit that's left now it's

turn all right so Todd just finished

running strip lights all on that beam up

there so obviously this is very bright

in here and nice with these new lights

on but there's going to be times where

we want up lighting and it not to be so

bright wow looks good do you want to

turn off the

yeah what a

Vibe how good does that look look pretty

good show us the cobwebs really well

yeah it does okay I'm going to get

opening all of the boxes of blind

and we're going to get these put up on

the

Windows we're ready to do blinds they're

all put together I'm going to wait for

you it's like a fun thing that we can do

together it's like bonding time bondage

time something like that okay so we need

to make some decisions here we got to be

big people

okay what about where are we positioning

them oh

oh pretty much

centered yeah I would say

so I I really like

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it but you can stop it too you can be

like you know what that's good yeah I'm

not very good at it okay it will be my

tour in the

morning h h h oh yeah I'm

H all night all morning oh yeah I want

it

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cuz I don't know why I can't do it I

just I

can't okay so I think we bring in the

rug and start bringing Furniture in yeah

are we go with it like that centered on

the windows yeah we want the bed to be

centered on the Windows like it's such a

nice light yeah the purple was just so

like taking all the light out of the

space yeah wasn't calming was not The

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Vibes that was so good

yeah it

do okay let's go eat go hungry hungry

hungry who wants supper who wants

cha today is really exciting so part of

us at the lake redoing them is wanting

to lower the ongoing bills and monthly

expenses and make it as efficient as we

can and the first step in that is by

having a home energy assessment this is

a program through efficiency Nova Scotia

available to all Nova scotians the way

it works is you go to their website and

you get connected with an authorized

service provider and what they're going

to do is go around and find all the

areas that are our house is inefficient

so whether it's draft coming through the

plugs on the outside or the windows

leaking or it could just be so many

different things they're going to give

us a detailed report and help us

prioritize our list of things to

accomplish so although we want to jump

right into putting solar panels in that

may not be the best bet if we're having

issues with insulation and losing a lot

of heat we should be focusing our energy

and time on that part they're just

getting in the driveway we're going to

let them get set up probably ask a ton

of questions because I'm really

interested to see how this all works and

where we can improve the efficiency here

got to get an average before I start

just to see what the like the average is

in your home like every house has a

natural vacuum to it basically just a

very minor but once you turn on exhaust

fans and stuff it'll you see it go up

and let's try it out ress oh yes oh wow

you can really feel the bre here you can

feel it you can see it right up oh my

God yeah yeah that would definitely be a

area oh that's so that's how you show

the walls yeah high-tech tools yeah

dollar skewer Darren spent the last few

hours measuring everything from the e

troughs to all the windows and doors

even testing each piece of glass for its

UV rating with all of this data and

measurements he's going to create a

model of our home that will show its

total yearly energy consumption and

we'll recommend which upgrades will save

us the most on our Energy bill plus

it'll allow us to apply for rebates and

grants to off set the cost of those

upgrades we won't get the report back

for a few weeks but let us know in the

comments if we should do a follow-up

video on this and what made the biggest

impact on reducing our bill once you do

everything up I come back and all I do

is just a blower door test and then I

just take a quick picture of any

invoices and receipts that you get okay

so we just learned something super cool

through programs like the home energy

assessment that we're getting done today

efficiency Nova Scotia has helped over

400,000 Nova scotians participate in

Energy Efficiency programs which has

saved 4 $4 billion in total energy cost

and has reduced Nova scotia's emissions

by 22% how awesome is that so much for

coming out guys take care thank you have

a great weekend you too it was great to

me see you that was super informative

that was really cool how do you feel

Eddie we're going to have a really

really good insulated house it's going

to be nice and warm oh good cuz I've

been finding it

through so our plan was to completely

finish this bedroom in this video we

have like 90% of it done it looks so

much better than when we started but

there is still a bunch left to do it's

always that 10% that gets you we've got

to do the ceiling fans we've got to do

trim around there we've got a cool idea

for that we want to build a frame to go

around the TV cuz we hate the way TVs

look in bedrooms but the reality is it's

so

functional the truth is though we

haven't picked up the camera in the last

couple of days Tod kind of talked about

it a few days ago where he's having good

days and bad days and it's been a couple

of bad days which is totally fine it's

normal

and you may have noticed we haven't been

here for the last couple of weeks the

truth is some things are going to be

changing with our Channel with the way

we share

and I think what I kind of got in this

trap was I share these videos I'm the

one that edits them I'm kind of the guy

with the camera that's running around

you know after Todd whatever he wants to

do wherever he wants to go I'm there

with him and before when I was

struggling I would just push through it

and say okay we got to get the Sunday

video out and I I know how that was for

my mental health

and I'm want to be protective of Todd

when he's feeling vulnerable I don't

know if any of this makes sense but you

never know what someone is going through

even this 20 some odd minute video is

such a

small portion of what actually is

happening in our life and like you know

behind the scenes so to speak so I just

just want to be really protective of him

and his peace and his space

so yeah I can see him skating out there

it's finally cold enough for us to go

skating so that's pretty cool I I think

I'm going to go join him anyway thanks

for listening to me and I hope all of

that made

sense you won't believe it

strange as it sounds

extraordinary

magic follows you

around and the camera can't catch it you

won't see it in the me if I say look

behind you you turn around it

disappears I see it I see it I swear I

do I see EX

extraordinary

magic in

you wow got trick

and this is so cool to be able to like

skate as fast as you can with absolutely

nothing it's pretty

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magical you reached inside and now I see

my future when I

look into your

eyes I see it I see it I swear I

do this is so cool like the fact that

just a couple months ago we were

kayaking here at Christmas and now we're

skating on the lake like it's just it's

so cool so I my eyes

open hard and amazed and if you start to

doubt it I'll remind you of the million

ways I see it I see it I swear I do I

see

extraordinary

magic in

you what do you think oh plus we get to

freeall our neighbors from this side

yeah

for