Year 4, Day 335, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/31/2025. The Wellington – Batman finished the downstairs bathroom tile today.
Now it just needs to be grouted and the shower doors hung. That statement was a little simplified. The vanity, toilet, closet door, closet shelving, mirror, and trim have to be installed also. Lots of work to be done yet in that little space. We think we have some mice again in the interior wall. At least something is bringing that insulation into that wall from the exterior wall.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/425rQjuBatman costume: Steve loves this costume. He puts it on and becomes Batman. He keeps saying I am Batman. It is well made. A little big in the chest, but Steve liked the extra large, because he could wear clothes underneath. The cape is shorter than I thought it should have been, but Steve liked the shorter one compared to a long one. It was authentic looking. Would buy again if needed
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Year 4, Day 334, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/30/2025. The Wellington -It is a slow relaxing day here. Cleaning up cardboard, and sweeping up spackle dust.
Making calzones
Oh okay, not that relaxing. The downstairs bathroom door was installed. It has to be down before installing the doorway saddle. A lot of wood shims are used to install an interior door. They are needed to make the door plum.
Tomorrow is tile the lower level bathroom floor day. The same tile is going on the floor as the shower.
Another nice design to add to our collection.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/425rQjuBatman costume: Steve loves this costume. He puts it on and becomes Batman. He keeps saying I am Batman. It is well made. A little big in the chest, but Steve liked the extra large, because he could wear clothes underneath. The cape is shorter than I thought it should have been, but Steve liked the shorter one compared to a long one. It was authentic looking. Would buy again if needed
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Year 4, Day 333, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 3/29/2025. The Wellington – The shower tiling is complete. Need to grout it still. We are going with Charcoal color.
The window sill is tiled so plants can sit in that window. The tile protects the sill from dripping plant water.
Tilling that window sill must have made me think of my plants. It was a beautiful day to repot and split some plants up. Hope they take transplanting well.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/425rQjuBatman costume: Steve loves this costume. He puts it on and becomes Batman. He keeps saying I am Batman. It is well made. A little big in the chest, but Steve liked the extra large, because he could wear clothes underneath. The cape is shorter than I thought it should have been, but Steve liked the shorter one compared to a long one. It was authentic looking. Would buy again if needed
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Year 4, Day 332, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/28/2025. The Wellington – We are back to work. We decided the downstairs bathroom needs to be finished. This way, we can call for the final plumbing inspection. Steve started tiling the shower. I think I like this darker shower tile better than the other two bathrooms.
We did get to watch Jacob and Joshua perform today even though we weren’t there in person. Love love love modern day technology. What a great age we live in. Julianna was unable to perform due to that nasty bug keeping her in bed.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/425rQjuBatman costume: Steve loves this costume. He puts it on and becomes Batman. He keeps saying I am Batman. It is well made. A little big in the chest, but Steve liked the extra large, because he could wear clothes underneath. The cape is shorter than I thought it should have been, but Steve liked the shorter one compared to a long one. It was authentic looking. Would buy again if needed
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Year 4, Day 331, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/27/2025. The Wellington – Well sometimes things just get turned around. We spent the night in West Virginia last night and are headed back home today. Now we are really going the wrong way.
Sickness has struck in our daughter’s house. We had thought it was all gone. Two of the five had a bug that lasted about a week. It appeared no one else was getting it. Well this morning the granddaughter got it. Yup, we decided to be prudent and not go stay in their house. What a bummer it is driving home today. Everything in me says just go you will be fine. You are being stupid, but we are cruising the end of this week. Steve just keeps saying are you going to cry all day. Okay, maybe I am so what. You stick to your driving and let me sulk for awhile. Okay my head is back in the game and I am okay – Things happen for a reason. So it is back home to work on cleaning out the other two bedrooms and starting on spackling them. Oh and one last think – I DIDN’T GET MY NORTHEAST PIZZA! Nowhere else do you get pizza like in NJ, NY, and PA. We did stop at little Disney World. That is Buc-ee’s. The owners of this store must be jumping with joy. It is s Thursday at 2pm and it is mobbed
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/41RJ6tC5 to 12 Ft Pole, Telescoping Pole: This pole is how we were able to paint the high walls and ceiling easily. It will come in handy to dust the chandelier in the future as well.
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Year 4, Day 330, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/26/2025. The Wellington – On the road again. It is a beautiful sunny day heading northeast to Pennsylvania.
I feel like we are going the wrong way. The trees are blooming more in West Virginia. However, by 2pm it is much colder than at our Kentucky house. I prefer to drive into the warmth.
I will put up with the cold in order to visit Jenna and her family. It is always great to see her office improvements as well. It is more exciting to see family than to travel. Getting more excited as the afternoon rolls on and we get closer to our destination.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/41RJ6tC5 to 12 Ft Pole, Telescoping Pole: This pole is how we were able to paint the high walls and ceiling easily. It will come in handy to dust the chandelier in the future as well.
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Year 4, Day 329, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/25/2025. The Wellington – Now that the house is getting cleaned up,
I felt the need to get myself cleaned up. MANI PEDI time.
The foyer chandelier was hung. This is the last time we need to use that scaffolding in this house. Please ban it to the garage.
Don’t those chandeliers look awesome when you come in the front door.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/41RJ6tC5 to 12 Ft Pole, Telescoping Pole: This pole is how we were able to paint the high walls and ceiling easily. It will come in handy to dust the chandelier in the future as well.
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Year 4, Day 328, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/24/2025. The Wellington – Cleaning, unpacking, and organizing. The Rev-a-Shelf is installed and the kitchen cabinets are getting organized.
Now that the dust has settled we added the shades to the sconces. I really like these sconces they give the house a nice modern feel.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/41RJ6tC5 to 12 Ft Pole, Telescoping Pole: This pole is how we were able to paint the high walls and ceiling easily. It will come in handy to dust the chandelier in the future as well.
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Year 4, Day 327, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/23/2025. The Wellington – It’s an off day for Batman and Wonder Woman. We headed in the Equinox Batmobile to Mckinney, Kentucky which is about a 45 minute drive through Amish country. It was pretty funny the looks we got driving down the street. We did get a lot of waves on the drive and that was fun.
There we attended Spencer’s Superhero five year old birthday party.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/41RJ6tC5 to 12 Ft Pole, Telescoping Pole: This pole is how we were able to paint the high walls and ceiling easily. It will come in handy to dust the chandelier in the future as well.
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Year 4, Day 326, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 3/22/2025. The Wellington – The hardwood flooring is now complete in the main hall three closets.
Thinking of vacationing, but need to have a total overhaul beauty treatment. Time to fix up me and not the house.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/41RJ6tC5 to 12 Ft Pole, Telescoping Pole: This pole is how we were able to paint the high walls and ceiling easily. It will come in handy to dust the chandelier in the future as well.
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Year 4, Day 325, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/21/2025. The Wellington – As the bang bang, bang hardwood flooring continues in our house.
Life continues around us. The woodpecker does his daily pecking at the deck railing. I think he is in a competition with the nail gun.
Jacob receives an award from Montgomery County Science Fair for his science project “Dirty Mouth Cleanup”. What a smart driven boy he is. Congratulations Jacob to a job well done.
Then Spencer turned five. Happy Birthday Spencer. Wow, does time fly by.
I started the day with a little coffee time at Rhoades Coffee Place with ladies from the Newcomers Club. It was nice to get away from the loud noise. Then it was back to work.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/41RJ6tC5 to 12 Ft Pole, Telescoping Pole: This pole is how we were able to paint the high walls and ceiling easily. It will come in handy to dust the chandelier in the future as well.
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Year 4, Day 324, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/20/2025. The Wellington -Today is another bang bang, bang hardwood flooring day. It is like listening to a gun firing all day.
The kitchen hardwood floor is done except for the pantry. I gained 3/4 of an inch. This short woman can now get in the microwave. I actually forgot I had a microwave.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4l0Wmn813″ Plant Caddy, Movable Plant Stand Pot Saucer: Our plants have grown so much and they are hard to move around. I ordered 1 set of these rolling saucers and they work so good I ordered two more. I would highly recommend these. They make my plants easy to turn and move around. I also like that they catch any extra water from dripping on my hardwood floors.
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Year 4, Day 323, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/19/2025. The Wellington – Today is an off day. We headed to Lexington, KY to an Endodontist. Well Steve had the appointment for a root canal. Of course I had to go for moral support. The really funny part is he kept texting me from the office what was happening. I was sitting in the waiting room. Is this the same man that goes up on that high scaffolding all the time? If they had let me go into the treatment room with him, I would have been right there. Yes, he is nervous!! Root canals are not fun.
Sitting in the waiting room and looking around I notice horses is the theme. The love for horses is deeply ingrained in the culture here in Lexington. It is amazing how every office and every outside park in Lexington is dedicated to horses. Everyone in Lexington is proud for their city to be called Horse Capital of the World and they show it.
The drive to Lexington is filled with horse farms and rolling fenced pastures filled with horses.
Lexington’s population is around 320,154. She is the second most populated city in Kentucky and the wealthiest in Kentucky. Johnny Depp has a horse farm in Lexington and George Clooney was born here. Besides horses this area is known for some of the best bourbon in the country. Lexington was named one of the Top 5 Best Small Cities in the USA by Condé Nast Traveler in 2024. Interesting enough the largest employer is the University of Kentucky. So this is a large college city. The trees are all starting to bloom in Lexington. Really strange since we are farther south and they are ahead of us in Spring weather.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4l0Wmn813″ Plant Caddy, Movable Plant Stand Pot Saucer: Our plants have grown so much and they are hard to move around. I ordered 1 set of these rolling saucers and they work so good I ordered two more. I would highly recommend these. They make my plants easy to turn and move around. I also like that they catch any extra water from dripping on my hardwood floors.
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Year 4, Day 322, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/18/2025. The Wellington – Another long hard day of laying the Hardwood flooring. Bang, bang, bang all day long. Except today I am trying to cook around the hardwood flooring work. I made cheesecake, Arancini, and Meatballs with Raviolli for Bobi’s birthday. Happy Birthday Bobi.
This was a strange day. You will see that I am not in any pictures today. Yup, I was on the deck enjoying the breeze and not being able to move for about a half hour. I never drink a full drink. Today, I decided to down a drink (vodka on the rocks with a splash of cranberry juice). I did this while talking and eating dinner. One shot of vodka and I couldn’t even move. So Justin and Steve came to the rescue and took pictures and put the candles on the cheesecake. It was a good thing I didn’t have that drink till after I cooked dinner. The Arancini was awesome. We always love to order Arancini at Italian restaurants. Steve said they were the best he has ever had. They were baked, not fried.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4l0Wmn813″ Plant Caddy, Movable Plant Stand Pot Saucer: Our plants have grown so much and they are hard to move around. I ordered 1 set of these rolling saucers and they work so good I ordered two more. I would highly recommend these. They make my plants easy to turn and move around. I also like that they catch any extra water from dripping on my hardwood floors.
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Year 4, Day 321, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/17/2025. The Wellington – Happy St Patrick’s Day! A long hard day of laying the Hardwood flooring in the main living area. Bang, bang, bang all day long.
Look at the size of these chairs. I don’t think I have ever seen chairs this large.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4l0Wmn813″ Plant Caddy, Movable Plant Stand Pot Saucer: Our plants have grown so much and they are hard to move around. I ordered 1 set of these rolling saucers and they work so good I ordered two more. I would highly recommend these. They make my plants easy to turn and move around. I also like that they catch any extra water from dripping on my hardwood floors.
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Year 4, Day 320, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/16/2025. The Wellington – The scaffolding is all folded up and placed in the coat closet. Isn’t that what you would expect in our coat closet? Actually, we need it one more time to hang the foyer chandelier. Then it gets banned to the garage.
Last night we watched Julianna’s dance solo. This is her first competition where she did a solo. She danced to “Hold onto me”. Julianna picked the music herself that she wanted to dance to. This is the first time anyone even Jenna has seen her dance this solo. We were super excited to see her perform a solo and were not disappointed with her performance. We loved the music, the lyrics, the meaning of the song, the dancing, the choreography, and most especially the dancer. What a sweet loving talented grandchild/teenager Julianna is. This morning I had to watch her again. I am the biggest critic and fan.
The thunder, rain and wind storms here have been ferocious. Last night around 1:30am, our phones rang and beeped. We received a code red alert for flash flooding in our area.
We head out around 10am for breakfast this morning. We realize that last night there was no way we could have driven over the bridge into town. You can see the water was running over the bridge and flooding the roadway last night.
After breakfast we headed to Walmart for a blender to make cheesecake. Then we went to Lowes to look at railing options.
Then we came home and ordered all our railing, banisters, newel posts, balusters, and railing hardware. I try to order most things online because we get American Airline miles doing it that way. Last year we flew round trip to Paris for free by shopping through American Airlines. In the afternoon the living area hardwood floor was started. Throughout the day we also watched Julianna’s competition group dances.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4l0Wmn813″ Plant Caddy, Movable Plant Stand Pot Saucer: Our plants have grown so much and they are hard to move around. I ordered 1 set of these rolling saucers and they work so good I ordered two more. I would highly recommend these. They make my plants easy to turn and move around. I also like that they catch any extra water from dripping on my hardwood floors.
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Year 4, Day 319, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 3/15/2025. The Wellington – The painting is completed for now.
A TV is mounted on the wall and all the electrical plates are back up.
Julianna is headed to do her dance solo tonight in a Competition in Pennsylvania. It is so awesome that we can watch her dance live from Kentucky.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4l0Wmn813″ Plant Caddy, Movable Plant Stand Pot Saucer: Our plants have grown so much and they are hard to move around. I ordered 1 set of these rolling saucers and they work so good I ordered two more. I would highly recommend these. They make my plants easy to turn and move around. I also like that they catch any extra water from dripping on my hardwood floors.
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Year 4, Day 318, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/14/2025. The Wellington – Everything we spackled is now painted. Still some trimming around the ceiling needs to be completed. We spent hours trying to hang a fan in the living area. We had so much trouble trying to mount it to the slope ceiling. As a result, we decided to hang the chandelier we had bought for the foyer instead. Ordered the same chandelier again for the foyer. We must really like this chandelier. It is in the Williamsburg as well.
Another thing we did, was repaint the stairwell to the balcony and the balcony area to match the living area. The Irish Cream just didn’t look the way we wanted it to look. Sometimes things just look good in your head. It’s kind of like how you envision how you look when you video yourself. Then you watch that video. No, I don’t look and act like that do I? Yes you do lady – Haha
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4l0Wmn813″ Plant Caddy, Movable Plant Stand Pot Saucer: Our plants have grown so much and they are hard to move around. I ordered 1 set of these rolling saucers and they work so good I ordered two more. I would highly recommend these. They make my plants easy to turn and move around. I also like that they catch any extra water from dripping on my hardwood floors.
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Year 4, Day 317, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/13/2025. The Wellington – Interior painting continues. We painted the stairwell wall up through the balcony Irish Cream like the bar room.
Debating if we should paint the walls up to the foyer the same color as the bar room.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4j1uXjsLouisville Ladder 4-Foot Fiberglass Step Ladder, 300-Pound Load Capacity: This is a great little ladder. I can easily move it around and use it. I am 4 feet 10 inches. So it is small enough for me to use and large enough for Steve who is 6 feet 1 inches tall to use also. Great to keep around in your home. Perfect for painting trim you can set your paint can on one of the rungs. Steve says that is what he likes about the ladder. The price on Amazon is awesome. It also comes in larger sizes (6, 8, and 10 feet).
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Year 4, Day 316, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/12/2025. The Wellington – One coat of Sherwin Williams Creamy color is on the walls.
We are discussing how to connect the Irish Cream color to the main living area. We used the Irish Cream color in the bar room.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4j1uXjsLouisville Ladder 4-Foot Fiberglass Step Ladder, 300-Pound Load Capacity: This is a great little ladder. I can easily move it around and use it. I am 4 feet 10 inches. So it is small enough for me to use and large enough for Steve who is 6 feet 1 inches tall to use also. Great to keep around in your home. Perfect for painting trim you can set your paint can on one of the rungs. Steve says that is what he likes about the ladder. The price on Amazon is awesome. It also comes in larger sizes (6, 8, and 10 feet).
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Year 4, Day 315, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/11/2025. The Wellington – Ceilings are completed with one coat of primer and two coats of extra white paint. Tomorrow starts the wall painting.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4j1uXjsLouisville Ladder 4-Foot Fiberglass Step Ladder, 300-Pound Load Capacity: This is a great little ladder. I can easily move it around and use it. I am 4 feet 10 inches. So it is small enough for me to use and large enough for Steve who is 6 feet 1 inches tall to use also. Great to keep around in your home. Perfect for painting trim you can set your paint can on one of the rungs. Steve says that is what he likes about the ladder. The price on Amazon is awesome. It also comes in larger sizes (6, 8, and 10 feet).
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Year 4, Day 314, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/10/2025. The Wellington -The main Living area is fully primed. Tomorrow will be ceiling and closet painting day. All the ceilings and the total inside of all the closets will be painted extra white.
Smaller homes may be our future. They are easier and faster to build. Plus less expensive to maintain. This beings us to our main goal. “Have the resources to spend more time with family and explore the world.“
Miss Piggy always wants some company. I think she searches me out. “Good Morning Miss Piggy – Yes, I am in my closet – Come on in.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4j1uXjsLouisville Ladder 4-Foot Fiberglass Step Ladder, 300-Pound Load Capacity: This is a great little ladder. I can easily move it around and use it. I am 4 feet 10 inches. So it is small enough for me to use and large enough for Steve who is 6 feet 1 inches tall to use also. Great to keep around in your home. Perfect for painting trim you can set your paint can on one of the rungs. Steve says that is what he likes about the ladder. The price on Amazon is awesome. It also comes in larger sizes (6, 8, and 10 feet).
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Year 4, Day 313, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/09/2025. The Wellington – Priming Day. The main area of this home is larger than you think. We used three and a half gallons of primer today and are a little over halfway done.
How many states have you visited?
Everything blossoms with a little warm sun and shelter.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4j1uXjsLouisville Ladder 4-Foot Fiberglass Step Ladder, 300-Pound Load Capacity: This is a great little ladder. I can easily move it around and use it. I am 4 feet 10 inches. So it is small enough for me to use and large enough for Steve who is 6 feet 1 inches tall to use also. Great to keep around in your home. Perfect for painting trim you can set your paint can on one of the rungs. Steve says that is what he likes about the ladder. The price on Amazon is awesome. It also comes in larger sizes (6, 8, and 10 feet).
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Year 4, Day 312, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 3/08/2025. The Wellington – Happy Women’s Day. The slogan for 2025 Woman’s day is “Empower, Inspire, and Elevate”. On this day remember how incredible you are. Today is day twelve of sanding, spackling, and mask wearing. This is the final sanding on the third coat of spackle. Then we are on to painting. Steve runs the power sander and then finishes corners and edges with hand sanding. That power sander is like fighting a bull. I hear him in the foyer repeating to himself “GIT HER DONE”.
The air is constantly filled with spackle dust. Even though the bag on the power sander catches most of the sanding droppings. By the end of the day we are mostly cleaned up and ready for paint.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4j1uXjsLouisville Ladder 4-Foot Fiberglass Step Ladder, 300-Pound Load Capacity: This is a great little ladder. I can easily move it around and use it. I am 4 feet 10 inches. So it is small enough for me to use and large enough for Steve who is 6 feet 1 inches tall to use also. Great to keep around in your home. Perfect for painting trim you can set your paint can on one of the rungs. Steve says that is what he likes about the ladder. The price on Amazon is awesome. It also comes in larger sizes (6, 8, and 10 feet).
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Year 4, Day 311, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/07/2025. The Wellington -Day eleven of sanding, spackling, and mask wearing.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4j1uXjsLouisville Ladder 4-Foot Fiberglass Step Ladder, 300-Pound Load Capacity: This is a great little ladder. I can easily move it around and use it. I am 4 feet 10 inches. So it is small enough for me to use and large enough for Steve who is 6 feet 1 inches tall to use also. Great to keep around in your home. Perfect for painting trim you can set your paint can on one of the rungs. Steve says that is what he likes about the ladder. The price on Amazon is awesome. It also comes in larger sizes (6, 8, and 10 feet).
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Year 4, Day 310, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/06/2025. The Wellington – Second day of no power. Yesterday there were 4,000 households out in Pulaski County. Today that number is down to 244.
It is 30 degrees and cloudy. Our large generator runs on propane or gasoline. We have only used propane tanks with it before today. This morning we changed to gasoline. The propane cylinders keep freezing up and the generator turns off fairly quickly. Due to it being cold we can’t get them to unfreeze. We have four cylinders sitting outside unusable until the weather warms up or the sun comes out.
We prefer to use propane as it is cleaner. Although gasoline is more robust giving us more power. Gasoline goes bad in the generator, clogs up the carburetor, and creates more work to maintain. The generator is plugged into the house and runs most items, but not the heat. It does run the garage door openers though.
We have three heaters running. However, due to the size of the house, the temperature is cooler. It ranges from the 50’s to 60’s depending on the room. Comfortable enough with a sweatshirt and hood.
Miss Piggy is working away this morning. So call me paranoid but she hangs where ever I am. If I go into the bathroom she follows me in. If I go into the shower she is cleaning right there. I have to actually put her outside the bathroom door and close it. I kind of freak out with her watching me on the toilet or taking a shower. Should I be??? Hmmm She is a worker and really keeps our hardwood floors shiny and clean.
Steve is sanding away and wants me to limit the time in the living area due to the extreme dust. The sanding of the third coat is the most intense.
Should be mostly ready for paint by tomorrow. This is day number ten of sanding and spackling. At 11am we started singing and dancing. “Woohoo the power is on! It’s a happy day.” Off grid living is not for us. Decided my plants needed to breath. So I gave them a nice warm water wash.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4hQIPgd12 Black Wall Hooks: I just put a few of these up in my master bedroom closet. The perfect solution for hanging up belts. These are the sturdiest little hooks and look fantastic. Watch and see where they will be appearing next in this house. Great for hanging coats, hats, towels, cups, bags, etc. The list is endless – Use your imagination.
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Year 4, Day 309, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/05/2025. The Wellington – The wind was ferocious last night. The neighbors trampoline with the safety fencing on top flew over his house. It crossed the road, went over the farmers fence, and ended up in the trees across that field. We estimate it traveled 700 feet.
We also lost our power. Good thing we are used to off grid living. But the temperature is going down to 30 this evening through tomorrow. Okay so now it is cold off grid living. Crazy crazy Kentucky weather. Spackling and sanding continues. This is day number ten. Still looking at a small house for the far corner of the property.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4hQIPgd12 Black Wall Hooks: I just put a few of these up in my master bedroom closet. The perfect solution for hanging up belts. These are the sturdiest little hooks and look fantastic. Watch and see where they will be appearing next in this house. Great for hanging coats, hats, towels, cups, bags, etc. The list is endless – Use your imagination.
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Year 4, Day 308, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/04/2025. The Wellington – Spackling and sanding continues. This is day number nine.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4hQIPgd12 Black Wall Hooks: I just put a few of these up in my master bedroom closet. The perfect solution for hanging up belts. These are the sturdiest little hooks and look fantastic. Watch and see where they will be appearing next in this house. Great for hanging coats, hats, towels, cups, bags, etc. The list is endless – Use your imagination.
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Year 4, Day 307, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/03/2025. The Wellington – Steve worked on sanding and spackling. The second coat is basically done. Me, I decide to break out of this work mode and head to the Somerset Newcomers club Monthly meeting. It was a combination meeting of the Newcomers and the Alumni Newcomers. What a lovely, lovely group of women. I have to say it again. What a lovely, lovely group of women. These are the sweetest most accepting women I have every met. If you are new to the area or just live in the area, this group is for you. There are constant activities from game playing, hiking, dining, shows, concerts, etc. Don’t be home and lonely wondering what can I do. Join the Somerset Newcomers group. These ladies really care about and support each other. Contact them at somersetkynewcomers@gmail.com
Okay, back to my story. I haven’t attended one of these meeting in awhile due to working on the house and being away. I was a little nervous going and basically forced myself to attend. As soon as I walked through the door I felt I belonged. How great is that. This monthly meeting was held at the new larger location of The Serendipity at the Orange Door in Somerset. The food was good. Service was a little slow. But the restaurant was pretty full. We were in a separate room. So like I said I was a little nervous about going so I had to psyche myself up. So I walked in like hey I look good, I feel good, and I belong. Halfway through the restaurant I slipped on something and fell on the floor. Now how embarrassing is that. Yup people running over to help the old lady up. That’s me the old lady on the ground. So I guess the moral of this story is when someone becomes overly proud or arrogant. They start believing themselves to be great. God will then often intervene to humble them, showing them their true limitations. Yes he certainly did. So now my foot and ankle is a bit sore and swollen, but I learned my lesson.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4hQIPgd12 Black Wall Hooks: I just put a few of these up in my master bedroom closet. The perfect solution for hanging up belts. These are the sturdiest little hooks and look fantastic. Watch and see where they will be appearing next in this house. Great for hanging coats, hats, towels, cups, bags, etc. The list is endless – Use your imagination.
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Year 4, Day 306, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/02/2025. The Wellington – Relaxing slow day cleaning up the bar room, and cutting up cardboard and disposing of it. Getting rid of cardboard is a never ending process.
2027 Cape Horn and Antarctica
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4hQIPgd12 Black Wall Hooks: I just put a few of these up in my master bedroom closet. The perfect solution for hanging up belts. These are the sturdiest little hooks and look fantastic. Watch and see where they will be appearing next in this house. Great for hanging coats, hats, towels, cups, bags, etc. The list is endless – Use your imagination.
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. #CommissionsEarned
