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Year 6, Day 2 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 5/02/2026, The Wellington. Good Morning Moon and Happy Kentucky Derby Day!! Today is the 152nd “Run for the Roses” at Churchhill Downs in Louisville. KY. Here in Kentucky it is a very big event. It is nice that it is a cooler weekend for the big race.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 2 – The Wellington – For Sale sign is up”

Year 6, Day 1 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 5/01/2026, The Wellington. Think it is time to sell The Wellington? And move on to working fully on Clifty Hill 3. Mulching the trees along that driveway is a good start. Drone photos of the Wellington going on. But that drone was hovering looking in the slider.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 1 – The Wellington – Drone work, Mulching trees on Clifty Hill3”

Year 5, Day 365 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/30/2026, The Wellington. Job complete. Everything else is maintenance. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4udecXU Cordless Leaf Blower Best tool ever. I think we use it almost every single day! So handy and easy to blow off deck, porch, patio, sidewalk, and garageContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 365 – The Wellington – Job complete”

Year 5, Day 364 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/29/2026, The Wellington. Kitchen cabinet molding looks great. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4udecXU Cordless Leaf Blower Best tool ever. I think we use it almost every single day! So handy and easy to blow off deck, porch, patio, sidewalk, and garage floor.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 364 – The Wellington – Kitchen Cabinet molding complete”

Year 5, Day 363 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/28/2026, The Wellington. Finally some rain. Two inches last night. Do you know the hardest part of not traveling isn’t the lack of money or time it is overthinking. You don’t need the perfect trip. Don’t delay that travel. You just need to start. Daily reflection: Here’sContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 363 – The Wellington – Finally rain”

Year 5, Day 362 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 4/27/2026, The Wellington. Kitchen cabinet crown molding day. Finishing the last little decorative touches. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4ehzsqO RESCUE! Outdoor Disposable Fly Trap Nothing to say except: These work for that fly time of the year. As an Amazon Associate, IContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 362 – The Wellington – Kitchen cabinet molding”

Year 5, Day 361 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/26/2026, The Wellington. Clean the attic day. It is amazing how large the right side attic is with out all the junk spread around. We moved a lot into the smaller left side attic space, gave away a lot, trying to sell some on marketplace, and threwContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 361 – The Wellington – Attic cleaning”

Year 5, Day 360 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/25/2026, , The Wellington. Spent a little time with Koral today. Visited her at Berea College. Koral gave me a tour of her dorm. Really lovely old building. The staircase and moldings everywhere were awesome. After our tour we proceeded to Just Love Coffee cafe for breakfast.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 360 – The Wellington – Garage Day 15 – Garage complete, Koral and Boone Trace Trail”

Year 5, Day 359 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/24/2026, The Wellington. Garage floor complete. Now finishing up the window trim painting. Another school play, but this time Jacob and Joshua are performing. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4ehzsqO RESCUE! Outdoor Disposable Fly Trap Nothing to say except: These work for thatContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 359 – The Wellington – Garage Day 14 – Window trim painting”

Year 5, Day 358 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/23/2026, The Wellington. We have one strange Alexa. Steve told her to add something to our shopping list for herself while she was adding items for us. Well I am in the store later using that shopping list and she had added AI maintenance oil. What aContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 358 – The Wellington – Outside finishing touches”

Year 5, Day 357 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/22/2026, The Wellington. Garage floor epoxy is looking GREAT. The home is coming together quickly now. Hanging some welcome plants on the back walkway. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4ehzsqO RESCUE! Outdoor Disposable Fly Trap Nothing to say except: These work for thatContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 357 – The Wellington – Garage Day 13 floor epoxy”

Year 5, Day 356 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/21/2026, The Wellington. Spring is here, time to dispose of all your Hazardous waste from your home site. Front gardens are mulched. Primer painted on garage floor. First hummingbird at feeder this season. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4ehzsqO RESCUE! Outdoor Disposable FlyContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 356 – The Wellington – Garage Day 12 floor primed”

Year 5, Day 354 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/19/2026, The Wellington. Cleared the garage, scrubbed the floor, and purchased materials needed to epoxy the floor. Next week we will be doing the floor. This is a first for us. We have painted garage floors, but never put down epoxy. Daily reflection: Here’s a link toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 354 – The Wellington – Garage Day 11, ready for Epoxy”

Year 5, Day 353 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/18/2026, The Wellington. More front garden mulch work. Jacob confirmation. Isn’t modern technology wonderful 700 miles away and it is like we are right there in the church. We couldn’t be more proud of him. White flowers in our gardens are blooming just for him as heContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 353 – The Wellington – Mulching, Jacob confirmation”

Year 5, Day 352 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/17/2026, The Wellington. Garage is fully painted except for the small part of the front wall that is block. Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4d8NAS8 Heavy Duty Floor Scraper with 44.5” long handle, 4” Scraper Tool with 10 Replacement Metal Razor BladesContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 352 – The Wellington – Garage Day 10”

Year 5, Day 351 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/16/2026, The Wellington. Mulching Painting Rain dancing By the afternoon it seems the rain dance may be working! The Year-to-Date (YTD) Rainfall here is about 8.27 inches right now This is significantly lower than typical levels for Science Hill, KY. The average YTD is 15.10 inches. WeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 351 – The Wellington – Mulching, painting, and rain dancing”

Year 5, Day 350 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/15/2026, The Wellington. Mulching day! Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4d8NAS8 Heavy Duty Floor Scraper with 44.5” long handle, 4” Scraper Tool with 10 Replacement Metal Razor Blades This isn’t the exact one we have, but a scraper like this is fantasticContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 350 – The Wellington – Mulching Day”

Year 5, Day 349 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/14/2026, The Wellington. Finished the last of the spackling on the other side of the garage this morning. It is ready to be sanded, primed and painted. That will be tomorrow’s project. While waiting for the spackle to drive we worked on some of the back patioContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 349 – The Wellington – Garage day 9, back patio mulching”

Year 5, Day 348 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 4/13/2026, The Wellington. Assembling new outside bar table. Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4tuk8Mi Concrete Knee Boards 30×8 Inch Just bought these for new home cement floor work. Making things easier. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. #CommissionsEarned Follow TheContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 348 – The Wellington – Assembling bar table”

Year 5, Day 347 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/12/2026, The Wellington. Sunday/Funday. Purchased new small high top patio table Cleaned up half of the garage Enjoyed the Berea College Bel Canto Treble Singers. Very awesome performance. Koral loves this group. Berea College Bel Canto Treble Singers is an inclusive ensemble of approximately 30 singers, openContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 347 – The Wellington – Garage day 8, Bel Canto Treble Singers”

Year 5, Day 346 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/11/2026, The Wellington. Yard work, lunch out, and Lowes. Look at the maple tree grow. You can see new growth everyday. Justin dug up a twig baby maple last year from under a tree at his house and brought to us. No way did we think itContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 346 – The Wellington – Yard work, Renos, Maple tree”

Year 5, Day 345 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/10/2026, The Wellington. One side of the garage is almost finished being painted. A little gym time then a lot of time organizing and cleaning up the shed to make room for stuff from the garage. Market placing Large items. In other news the The Artemis IIContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 345 – The Wellington – Garage day 7, Artemis II splashed down”

Year 5, Day 344 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/09/2026, The Wellington. Getting the back side of the house landscaping done. Mulching is going to be a full days project. We have taken care of the flies. No more on the back deck. They have been flocking to this fly trap. Thoughts to ponder. Here’s aContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 344 – The Wellington – Patio landscaping”

Year 5, Day 341 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 4/06/2026, The Wellington. Another day of spackling the garage. Almost ready to paint. After work we headed to Lowes for more spackle and landscaping plants. Look at the Vanderhall three-wheeled motorcycle we saw in the Lowes parking lot. It operates more like a car but is registeredContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 341 – The Wellington – Garage Day 6, water meter installed”

Year 5, Day 340 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/05/2026, The Wellington. Happy Easter. Easter is celebrated by Catholic and Protestant churches worldwide. Easter is a movable holiday that changes annually, falling on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25. It is calculated as the first Sunday after the full Moon that occurs on orContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 340 – The Wellington – Happy Easter, Lily planting”

Year 5, Day 339 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/04/2026, The Wellington. More mowing and garage spackling. Then out for an early Mexican Easter fiesta with Justin and Family. We had such a good time that I forgot to take pictures. Boohoo, but Happy Easter Weekend! Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation:Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 339 – The Wellington – Garage Day 5, Mexican Easter”

Year 5, Day 338 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/03/2026, The Wellington. Makeover day 2 – nails. The woodpeckers must have decided they don’t like our suet. They are pulling it out of the hanger and throwing it all over the deck and railing. It looks like I destroyed the Spiderman watch. I tried to replaceContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 338 – The Wellington – Nails and watch destroying”