After 5 Days... LOOK WHAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS GONE!!!

You know I really miss you guys when I don't upload a video and honestly I get quite irritable when I miss a video especially when somebody gets in the way of my day and stops me from uploading that day as I get into day two somebody else gets in the way. Trust me you don't want to be that person because I get quite irritable when someone gets in the way of my time with you guys. Today we're back after after five days of missing videos and uh I got some big news coming up you guys I'm really excited to share it with you but that can't happen today but today is more of an update and I also get to open up some presents that you guys sent to me and Kruzy. So welcome to my day. Oh and we get to show you guys what went on at the shop over the last five days. Oh it looks so good. Good morning sir are you ready for an adventure? Another vehicle dweller over there. I met him about a week ago inside of Timmy's. A little micro camper. Great thank you. Hey you get a timber buddy. How's that for a beautiful morning? Wow it rained so hard last night I thought today was gonna be miserable. Look at all the seagulls. That's nuts. Look at them all. That's crazy. Oh they're coming this way. That's wild. Look at all this snow cap in the mountains over there. The mountains have been getting some pretty big fresh dustings. Oh here they come again. Please don't poop on me. Please don't poop on me. I was thinking me and Kruzy go for a little walk. I don't think so. There's even a guy over there walking with his hand above his head. They're everywhere. Even if you're looking them out there. There's seagulls everywhere. Well there goes the coffee. I'm kind of debating on going to get another one. So I know you guys haven't seen me in a handful of days. We have been really busy at the shop getting up all of the hexagon lighting. It's all in. It looks so good. The install video of that over the last couple of days will be put on to the van toys channel. But today we got to go back to the shop here this morning. Move around some vehicles. Put that ambulance back inside the third bay. And just right now we got fans scattered all over the yard. So we need to put some of my stuff back inside the shop so we're not in the way over there. I just got a text message from Amanda. Says are you going to put up something on van city van life today? I'm getting emails from people asking if chrome is alive. So I told her I would put this one up this morning. Oh that big blue Mercedes looks good. Look at that beauty. It's so big. I'm super excited to super excited to show you guys the hexagon lighting. It's not fully complete yet. Mike still has to finish off some of the wiring. But it looks good. Look how good those look. And that's with the hexagon lights off. So sick. So yeah Mike's got a few more connections to do. We can turn on a few of them here to show you guys. Give you a bit. But there's the center on those ones and those ones still need to be wired up. What an install that one was. We'll put the install video on the van toys channel. We have one switch here that turns on all the perimeters. Just that alone lights up this whole place. And I think for everyday use in here this is probably what will get used the most. And it adds so much extra light. Let me show you some of the inside ones that are on. Isn't that wild? Everything is so bright down here. It doesn't cast shadows all over the place. It's a nice combination with the warmer high bay lights to the 65k which is super like a bluish color there. That is a super nice contrast in the room and looks great. That is so freaking cool. All right guys let's go move some vehicles. Morning boys. Yep. Yeah that's right. That's why I came back. My ambulance is in one of the other shops over here. Please. Let's go. Like the belts are squeaking. It is pretty cool to see that hexagon pattern reflecting off the front of it. Reflecting off the window. All the reflections. That looks awesome. Oh it's so nice to see this place coming together. Let me tell you. I just wanted to post something so you guys didn't think that me and Cruzy vanished. I love that thing but I'm kind of a little bit thinking about selling it. I just don't have the budget right now to do it but I do have the person to do it. So there's a really big flip on that one because somebody just down the road from here is capable of finishing off those fiberglass windows. Filling in all the little holes on the side there. Doing all of the bodywork. Literally blocks from this shop. Anyway guys a lot has gone on around here over the last five days of me not uploading. Some really cool things that I think you guys are going to flip your lid. You're going to freak out. So right now I'm really hyper focused on getting my finances together. Making as much money as I can over the next couple of months. I don't know how I'm gonna do that. Buy some merch. New merch coming soon by the way you guys. Lots of it and smoking deals. So I have a pile of merchandise upstairs that we had from before. Some really basic hoodies. Some really basic t-shirts. I also have some super super super basic t-shirts up there that we might blow out on a $10 shirt sale. But I want to blow out all of that stuff because we're changing all of our apparel upstairs to more premium stuff. This is one of the premium shirts and it is soft and it is 100% cotton. It feels so good. But yeah we're in the midst of revamping everything upstairs. So there will be a massive sale coming soon. I'll let you guys know about that one. But we are hiring somebody new around here and you will flip your damn lid when you find out who that person is. Y'all gonna be like oh so cool and I can't wait to make that announcement for you guys. Because it's really gonna change everything in my world over here. Because I will have somebody that can help me take pressure off of me to do the things that keep me from uploading videos. So that's usually what happens. I get caught up with an hour or two hours worth of things in my day and that stops a video upload because I don't have time to do that edit. So if this person can take some of that pressure off of me during the day then I can have my filming world back. I can edit in the morning. We can upload in the morning. We can film all day long. So I'm really excited over the next. So they start in May. So hopefully by September or by Christmas they'll be settled right in here and have everything under control. And then we can just make videos you know. And a part of their job will be to make sure Cruisy Bear's channel gets content. So I'm going to give that person a camera and their job is to run around the shop when we're here and make sure all of Cruisy's little quirky moments get filmed. And we put some life back into that channel. My gosh you guys. It is so freaking cool. It is so cool. I don't want to tell you guys so bad. It's so awesome. Yeah but anyway so there's going to be some really rad changes going on around us here. Some good ones too. So a little update on the Mercedes. Because we're having a new employee coming in here. Oh. Howdy. Good morning. Holy. Doorbell's ringing. Look who's here. It's the world famous Mike the electrician. All right Mike hit them switches one two and three. Boom. That was quick. I thought Mike had a little bit more to do in here. But apparently he just needed to finish wiring up the switches and that's it. That is fantastic. I've never said the word fantastic. That's amazing. So yeah right here this one does the outside perimeters. And then over here we have the inside hexagons one two and three. That was super fun. Okay so I put the shop address out there for everybody to start sending us stuff if you guys wanted. And we got some boxes. So let's open up these things. This is fun. It's been a minute since we've done like a mail time video on this channel. Years ago like when I first moved into my van we used to do mail time videos like once a week. So much stuff used to come in. And I remember pulling up to a park sometimes putting everything out on a under a tree stump and just doing doing mail time. So this one here I accidentally opened because it came in an Amazon box. So this is a little gift from Nancy G. I hope these are a perfect size for your snacks. I really enjoy your videos from Nancy. Nancy these are pretty cool. Hey they're awesome. When I see these I'm like are those like a shiny like stainless steel bowl? Look at them. These are super cool and perfect for the van. Because using these kind of things in a van you got to do plastic. And I like the idea of a stainless steel. This is super fun. This one's from Amazon. And make sure if you guys do send things from Amazon you add the little gift tag to it. Otherwise we'll have no idea who this came from. Oh it's a little cruisy bear. A gift for you. Cruisy have fun chewing from Kaylee in Portland, Oregon. It's a dog chew. Oh he's gonna love this. He's gonna love this thing. Thank you. So sweet of you. So this one here is a pile of stickers all over it. This is from B. Davis in Sooke, BC. Ah stickers. Awesome. Bad Dog Brewing Company. Dumont Tire Craft. Fish On. Sooke Hooligans. These are big stickers. Ah super cool. The Sooke Hooligans. And another Sooke Hooligans. Y'all sound like a bunch of fun down there. Hey Chroma Cruise I've been watching you for years. You might recognize these stickers. I sent you a bunch over four or five years ago. I do remember and they're on the roof of my van. I think one's still on your van ceiling. It is. Much love and great work. P.S. I need a lift kit in a couple years when I find the perfect rig. We can definitely hook you up with that. From the Sooke Hooligans Chino. From Sooke, BC on Vancouver Island. Thank you man. These are so rad. Chrome I'm hopeful these are large enough to carry firewood neatly inside of your van. Love watching your channel. Been watching you from the beginning. Enjoy life. From Kaylee from Portland, Oregon. Kaylee you're spoiling us. Nice neat way to carry firewood in my van. Oh they're an actual sack. This is cool. Chucking a couple bundles in here. Strapping her shut. No more firewood over the side of my van. These are like a thick denim. Oh Kaylee these are super rad. Thank you. This stuff is super thoughtful and I love it. All right this one here is addressed to Cruise Valdez. I can't wait to go upstairs and show Cruzee what he got. You guys. Oh this is so good. Oh Cruzee got some treats. Beef tender sticks. Stuff like this is good treats for Cruze because it's just freeze-dried raw meat which is awesome. But this is rad. We have a Black & Decker coffee grinder because you love you guys for being so thoughtful. Because I brought my one coffee grinder we have from downstairs upstairs. It's now back in my van but if we ever get coffee here that's beans we have no means to grind them upstairs. We have an espresso machine up there but it's not a fancy fancy one with a grinder in it. Oh it's from Lauren P. Lauren this is super sweet. Cruzee your dad said he doesn't need anything but maybe you can share some of this with him or Amanda Lauren P. Thank you Lauren this is super sweet of you. This is going upstairs for Amanda. So cool. This one's from Mary in Texas. Mary B in Texas. No freaking way. This is so cool. It's my Mercedes. This is so freaking rad because that's pretty much what it's going to look like too. Right? It is exactly what the back's going to look like. This is so awesome. Thank you. And it came with a little display case too. Is this the blue paint that they painted it with? It is too. So yeah we'll get this mounted into here and it's got its own case. Look how cool that is. So rad. This is so cool. And a keychain here that says keys to my van city van life. That is that is rad. Oh this must be their their Instagram. Hey guys go check out their Instagram. That is so cool. Thanks for the stickers. You guys are so thoughtful. All right here's the big note. Thank you for making it nice and bold so this old guy can see it. Oh oh look what it says on the back. It says read first. Sorry. Chrome I've been a sub for many years now. Love you and Cruzee. I'm so happy for you and your accomplishments. Thank you. Once I saw that you got your new van I went on the search for something special. A van warming gift. I hope you enjoy your gifts and know that you're a big inspiration for me and my dreams. I literally just paid off all of my credit cards. What a beautiful feeling that is isn't it? Oh my gosh I remember that day. That is so beautiful. I literally just paid off my credit cards so that money will be going towards my build. Beautiful. Keep up the videos. I cannot wait to see how badass your sprinter is going to be. Mary B aka no worries van in Texas. Mary thank you. This was super super sweet of you. Look how cool this is. Look how rad that is. So we're gonna have to get this thing mounted in here. So this one here is from Scott from Ormond Florida. What's up weirdo? Love the channel. Cannot wait to see what you do with that sprinter. Give Cruz a high five for me. Hope you get a lot of good use from the tumbler. Take care Scott. Awesome Scott. Do not microwave or use in a dishwasher. Hand wash only. I don't have a microwave and I definitely don't have a dishwasher. Oh so cool. Oh it's a custom tumbler. Oh it's so rad. It's a converse shoe. Let your weird light shine bright so the other weirdos know where to find you. What's up weirdos? A full converse tumbler. That is the most epic thing ever. Guys I am so glad that I opened up my address for you guys to start sending us stuff again. This, believe it or not, this little stuff here makes me feel connected to you guys. It's a weird thing to say but when you get these kind of personal connections with an audience that I don't see, like I can't see you. You know what I mean? Like when I meet people on the road they always tell me, hey chrome I know I feel like I know all of you but you don't know me. That's like usually the opening sentence for most people that meet you. Like hey chrome I know you don't know me but I feel like I know everything about you and little stuff like this really makes me feel connected to you guys. This is opening up mail times. It's been the first time in probably six years. It's been a long time and I'm stoked to have more of this in our world. So guys please fill up. Oh maybe this is his company. The company is RSP Signs Awards and More. Thank you. This is super super rad. Oh man you guys that was fun. If you guys want to send Cruzy anything or me anything or Amanda anything or anybody here at the shop anything, you guys can do that. Our address is on the vantoys.com store. Scroll to the bottom. Our address is right there. You're welcome to ship us anything but that was fun. Okay let's go get Cruzy his treats. I'm gonna have to get myself a blue pair of Converse. We got yellow and pink. We got black. We got Batman. We got red. We got white. We got another. There's a Superman up there and then a burgundy. Darn it. I'm gonna have to go buy myself some some Converse and a blue. Okay let's go upstairs. That absolutely made my day. Cruzy I got some treats bud. Leave this up here for Amanda. Hi buddy. We got something for you. Okay there's some treats and we got a bone buddy. Look at this thing. Hey look at this thing. It's cool right? Oh buddy somebody bought you that. Some sweet person on YouTube bought you this buddy. He's like oh I can't eat that. Can I eat that? You definitely can eat these. Oh that's a big one buddy. Oh it's dripping on my finger. Chew it. That's all you get buddy. Look how crazy that looks. The vision I had for this place to be like the ultimate YouTube studio where I could tinker around here on my van. We could do some lift kits here for van toys in this bay. Sell a few products to some people for their camper vans. This whole vision this is exactly what I wanted when we got this place. It is coming together beautifully. Anyway crew sorry for missing five days. Please guys come over join YouTube memberships and you could have seen all this stuff happen as it went because I always keep them super up to date. But yeah I am gonna go edit this right now. Get this out to you guys right now and we are back to regular videos now that all this big project is done and I am on the hustle for the next month. The hustle. So you guys will be seeing tons of videos coming out and I'm gonna message John today and see if we can scoot down to J5 and have him take a look at the inside of that big huge Mercedes of ours and maybe come up with a timeline and a plan for doing the walls, the floors, ceiling. Anyway guys thanks for watching. Thanks to everybody who sent us gifts and I'll see you guys tomorrow for sure.