Day 358 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/23/2022. The outside electrical work is completed. Flood lights are up and outside outlets are in. I cleaned the lower level up

while Steve worked on the dishwasher. We used an arc GFI breaker for the dishwasher and there was power to the dishwasher, but as soon as the wire was placed on the dishwasher wire. It kicked the breaker. A long time was spend trying to figure out what was wrong.

Hooked to a regular arc breaker it worked, but code is you need an arc breaker and GFI. We were using the combination breaker to achieve that with a switch under the sink to quickly turn off the dishwasher. That combination breaker when connected to the range hood would kick off also. So off to Lowes late in the day to get a new breaker.

A breaker costs $55.00. Prices amaze me. With high expectations we bought Cascade. I am doing dishes tonight – yeah.

The Somerset car shows are back, and people are lining the streets. It is a party scene tonight.

Got back home and Ugg same problem. We think the dishwasher has an issue. Tomorrow we are buying a plug and separate arc breaker and GFI plug. That is how we have the washer hooked up. The dishwasher will not be hardwired as we were originally going to install. If this doesn’t work, then it’s time to call Samsung.

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Day 357 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/22/2022.

The electrical work continues. The cooktop is wired and placed in a temporary counter. It has to be installed to get the final electrical inspection. It was another frustrating day. Cooktop would not work after it was hooked up.

The brand new breaker we used was bad and we had to replace it. Closet lights are in and lower level is ready for inspection. The upper level is also ready.

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Day 356 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/21/2022. An Epperson air conditioning technician came out today. He fixed the wiring issue with the thermostats and verified that our systems were running correctly. Noah the repair technician was wonderful. We would highly recommend Epperson air conditioning to anyone in need of HVAC service. They are great, professional, knowledgeable, and their price is reasonable.

Our house is really comfortable temperature wise now. Justin and Steve worked on the lower-level lighting and drop ceiling.

Of course, I ran to Lowes for more insulating wrap. The copper pipes in the drop-down ceiling need to be wrapped to ensure they do not sweat and ruin the ceiling.

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Day 355 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/20/2022. Things are progressing nicely. The mirror in the middle level bathroom is up. Just waiting for the glue to dry.

The heat and air conditioning are working. We do need more coolant. I called for HVAC service to have unit checked and filled with extra coolant. The cost to buy a bottle of coolant is $525.00 and we only need a tiny bit. A HVAC service tech should be less expensive. They are coming tomorrow. The lower-level drop ceiling is going up quickly.

We went to Lowes tonight to purchase the lights and panels to complete the ceiling.

Tomorrow night it should be completed. I started cooking and we are eating in the new house. Although, we are still using a hot plate.

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Day 354 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/19/2022. Back on the job today. Steve worked on the hvac with Justin. I went to numerous stores for items for the house (picked up special order door, more hvac stuff, and went to glass shop to have plate glass mirrors cut). Nice part of the day was showering in the morning inside and then working on laundry at home. At the end of the day the hvac systems are ready, but the thermostats need to be worked on.

Justin mowed our lawn today. It is amazing how fast the grass grew the six days we were away.

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Day 353 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 4/18/2022. It was a Rainy cold start to our driving day.

The restaurant was closed in the Hilton Garden Inn this morning. No cook available. So, we headed to the McDonald’s drive thru. Coffee was hot this morning, not like yesterday. The West Virginia hills are alive with the most beautiful purple flowering trees. So lovely to look at.

It must be spectacular on a nice clear sunny day. At 10:30 am it is welcome to KY. The welcome is the Catlettsburg refinery where fire is burning out of large stacks. Not sure what by products are being burned off.

Steve came home to lots of new toys.

My Easter plant made the trip and now sits in the new house. Happy plant, I hope. It is getting cold tonight.

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Day 352 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/16/2022. Happy Easter from our house to yours. The Easter bunny ate the carrots and left lots of basket stuff. We even got some candy from the bunny. He hid a bunch of eggs around the yard before he moved on. Such a magical bunny. We left Jenna’s around 8am. I just had a hard time getting good coffee today. McDonald’s coffee was just barely warm. Then the next place put sugar in my coffee. I was starting to wonder if I should not be drinking coffee. Traffic was super light and we made it to Clarksburg. WV around 3pm. If we had known there would have been no traffic, we would have driven farther. Wawa’s pretzels are the best. I really miss wawa.

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Day 351 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/16/2022. Like every day we watched Kibaoh Klashers. The boys love that show.

We celebrated Easter today with a great early meal and an afternoon nap outside in the sun.

Tomorrow we are headed home. We then went to Easter Vigil mass where Jenna received the three sacraments of initiation into the Catholic Church: baptism, confirmation, and the first communion. It was a long, but very joyous day.

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Day 350 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/15/2022. Up early drinking my coffee.

What a beautiful warm day. Jamie did a fly over the house which was exciting for all.

Jenna, Julianna and I went for Mani Pedi’s in the afternoon.

We then watched Encanto before bed. Kids do get a little crazzzy.

One more day before we head back to KY. The camera’s keep going off in KY. The wildlife is moving in. Bees and birds keep setting them off.

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Day 349 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/14/2022. What a fantastic day of just hanging out. We painted cups, colored eggs, and did laundry. Loving the time away.

Steve is spending time researching HVAC hookups and I did check to ensure some special-order doors could be picked up next week. Can’t totally forget about the never-ending project. I find myself measuring bathroom mirrors and sinks. What am I crazy! Julianna used her 3d printer and made me something for my key chain. How cool is that?

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Day 348 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/13/2022. The tractor trailer traffic near Harrisburg, PA is horrendous.

Although it is so worth driving through the traffic in order to be at the bus stop to see the grandkids. One thing I’ve noticed is when I am really emotionally involved and excited about something I forget to take pictures. Boohoo no pictures of today’s excitement. It actually makes it into the 80’s in PA. Warmer than KY.

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Day 347 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/12/2022. It is traveling day. We turned on all security cameras, called our house sitter, and slammed the doors shut. We are headed to PA for a few days. Left in the rain and drove to West Virginia where it is really nice and in the low 70’s.

It has been a boring day driving. So, what did I do, but booked a cruise through the Panama Canal. From Galveston to Los Angeles with stops at Cayman Islands, Columbia, Nicaragua, Panama, and Mexico Then we are getting a room on an Amtrak train and traveling from Los Angeles back to Galveston. We are super excited for this trip next spring. Last night the camera’s showed many cats in our yard. Where are they coming from? There must be lots of things to eat in that old house.

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Day 346 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 4/11/2022. It is so wonderful not to worry about the weather. I have been obsessed with checking the weather app multiple times a day for the last year. Is it going to rain, be windy, sunny, warm and what time is all this happening. Just to determine when I could shower and also if we needed to drain lines at night to prevent frozen and breaking lines. Steve wants you to know he does not wear the same set of clothes every day. He just owns a ton of the same jeans and t-shirts. He does change his clothes every day. The electrical is all ready for inspection on the upper level now.

We only have 60 days before they turn our power off. That is why we are hooking up the electrical before spackling and painting. This house has not been completed in a normal order. Homemade pizza for dinner.

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Day 345 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/10/2022. It is so nice to go up to the new house in the morning. The water froze to the cabin last night. Steve turned on the propane heater in the new house and it was so nice and warm to use the bathroom. We headed for breakfast, Walmart, and Lowes. We go to Lowes around 9:30 where I checked on the delivery status of our cooktop. It was supposed to be delivered today, but no call was received last night. They had that bogus number again. There is a phone number for me that keeps coming up on Lowes orders. It is not mine and no one can get it out of the Lowes system. The appliance center then tells me that the cooktop was loaded and is out for delivery and we are third on the list. So, we paid quickly and headed home. Got home at 10:15 and the truck arrived at 10:30. We have the last piece to our kitchen now.

Just waiting for the granite. Expected delivery date is May 15th for the granite. The first of many loads of laundry was started this morning and we finished it off late afternoon.

The acetylene torch worked quick and easy for brazing the heat pump fittings. Steve did the last brazing and redid the other three fittings in less than 15 minutes. Actelyne gets so much hotter than the map gas. So now we have a new tool.

Steve is now working towards getting all the electric ready for our final inspection. Currently the paperwork for our 60-day temporary electric says it is not for occupancy. So, we can’t live in the home. We take our showers and put all our stuff into containers and make sure there is no evidence of occupancy. So, all who questioned shorties’ capabilities of reaching the dryer, look at the below pics. In flat flip flops, I can’t reach the button. On my tip toes, I can reach the button, but can’t see what the setting is. But standing on my handy little foldable Rubbermaid stool, I can do it.

Funny story, that stool was a Christmas present from Steve about 25 years ago. It gets a workout and is moved to every room of the house daily. If you are short, I highly recommend one. It is light, easy to store, and easy to open and close. We cleaned up and organized the house today. It was getting out of control with tools all over. Steve moved the interior doors to the floor they are going to be installed on. He then spent time watching videos on how to release the heat pump refrigerant into the system. He says he learned a lot and is ready to go with it.

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Day 344 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/9/2022. The laundry area is ready for use. Tomorrow we start doing laundry at home.

Steve picked up the acetylene torch and tank in the morning. He then spent the afternoon getting the laundry area ready for use. Reina and Justin came by late in the day so Justin could help lift the dryer onto the washer.

This will be the first stackable set we have ever had. The weather has gone crazy here. Snow showers today again.

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Day 343 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/8/2022. The plumbing inspector did the trench inspection virtually and he said go ahead and backfill it.

Steve backfilled the trench,

grouted the laundry room floor and made an access door for the laundry closet through the kitchen pantry.

We also decided to have the septic tank pumped. So, we thought we had a 500-gallon tank. We thought the hard stuff was the bottom of the tank. It ended up that was solid waste totally filled with baby wipes. We actually have a 1,000-gallon tank. They had a really hard time pumping out the wipes. They kept clogging the machine. There are still wipes on the bottom of the tank that they could not get out. He said to check and if they start floating to the top to use a rake and get them out. Apparently, the place where they dump charges extra for baby wipes. So DO NOT FLUSH BABY WIPES. They will totally ruin your septic system. They do not breakdown. We are supposed to have snow showers tomorrow morning. Today we had some hail and sleet. I think we have had enough of you old man winter.

Oh, by the way, showering inside is fantastic.

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Day 342 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/7/2022. It’s a glorious day at the Williamsburg. Another milestone completed. We have hot and cold water. Let’s hope the inspector likes the trench. Justin came over and helped us get a lot of detail work done while Steve got the water going.

The bottom trim to the oven is now installed.

The range hood is completed.

The toilet paper holder, robe hook and blinds are in the bathroom.

My vanity desk is put together in the master bedroom closet.

He also fixed the internet wire. Steve hit the old house a few times while excavating and cut the internet line.

I was not allowed in the old house while he was excavating. Steve was afraid he would hit the wall and the old house would collapse. Steve started at seven am excavating. I went to the plumbing supply store for a few items for Steve and again I was the only woman. I think I entertain them with how I have to show pictures. They are so knowledgeable and helpful.

Look at the pile of copper fittings all over the lower-level floor. Steve has a bucket of fittings we have carried with us for years. Some of those fittings are thirty-five years old.

The wild animals are living in the tree and the eves of the house.

We will be showering inside tonight.

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Day 341 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/6/2022. After a long late working day, the bathroom doors are installed. The shower door was a little tricky. I read instructions while Steve worked on putting them up. He had never installed frameless glass shower doors before. I guess the frameless are a lot different than the regular shower doors. He has installed a lot of shower doors before these. These are gorgeous Kohler doors.

Another issue was the interior door. Here in KY the less expensive prehung interior doors come with the trim on them. They are called split jamb doors. We tried to get the doors without the trim, and they were a lot more expensive. The trim on them is a little thinner that what we wanted, but the next size up was too big. The trim size we normally use was nowhere to be found. These doors are also a little taller than what we always use. So, Steve installed the saddle before he realized the door was different. Therefore, he had to cut the door to fit it in.

The laundry closet tile is installed but has to be grouted.

Tomorrow is excavation day to get the water hooked to this house.

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Day 340 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/5/2022. Every day is a run to different stores. Today is no different for the gopher girl. Went to three different plumbing and electrical supply stores. Most of the time I am the only female in the store. Steve sends me out with samples and pictures. Hey what do I know about copper unions, sweat ons, tails, couplings, plumbers’ putty, electricians’ putty, and all kinds of things that basically I have no interest in other than we need these things to get our plumbing working.

The toilet, sink and shower are hooked up.

The one catch is the water is not hooked up from the street to this house. Thursday Steve is going to excavate and lay the pipe to the water connection at the street. We will then disconnect the old house. All water will come from the road to the Williamsburg. In the meantime, we had to put water in the toilet, and sink and tub traps. Poisonous gas comes from the septic if you don’t keep them sealed. Granite company called today. Delivery is May 11th. Much quicker than we thought.

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Day 339 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 4/4/2022. One bathroom is really coming along.

Our outdoor shower head blew apart today.

Almost made it. Had to buy a new one. We couldn’t hold off on showering until Friday. Water should be up and running to the house and we will be showering inside starting on Friday. We are using the oven, microwave, and refrigerator in the new house.

And also eating most dinners there.

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Day 338 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/3/2022. We are using Sherwin Williams contractor’s paint. It has zero voc. No smell at all. We are buying from the local Sherwin Williams paint store. It is so nice to deal with them. And they insist on carrying the paint to my car. Hmmm, do they think I am too old to carry them myself.

There are so many little decisions to make every day. Even as simple as knobs placement. Our cabinet doors are rounded on the sides. Therefore, the knobs will sit on an angle.

Did our normal Sunday funday which included breakfast out, laundromat, and shopping including Lowes.

We put together the patio set in the afternoon.

This KY sun is really hot. Notice the patio table has no glass. We were afraid with the high afternoon winds a lot of days the glass would get broke. It has been almost a year of this camping experience. The laundry room is looking good.

We are thinking by next weekend we will have a working bathroom, shower, and washer and dryer.

Can’t wait for a dishwasher.

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Day 337 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/2/2022. Work continues, but now we have added in the HVAC stuff. Ugg! Brazing the connections is not working with Mapp gas. We ordered an acetylene torch. Acetylene gets much hotter than Mapp gas. We tried to rent one, but no one around this area rents them. The Mapp gas torch was heating the condenser up.

That is not good because you could ruin the inside of the unit if the parts get too hot. The hallway ceiling is now primed, and the laundry closet is painted. Now the plywood for tile can go down. The stove fan is up. We just need some extra pipe to take it to the ceiling.

We are waiting for the trim to be delivered for the bottom of the oven.

Check out the floating picnic table raft. The neighbors down the street have that. What a unique idea.

Yesterday, I walked right into the bathroom trying to decide on pictures. That was so dumb. You cannot walk on the tile while the glue is drying. Hope I didn’t ruin Steve’s hard work.

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Day 336 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/1/2022. Lying in bed this morning and Steve says, ” I’m taking the day off and going to just lay in bed all day”. I said, “ARE YOU?” I’m thinking wow something must be wrong. Of course, he starts heartily laughing and says, “APRIL FOOLS hahaha”. We have been trying to get the HVAC man back to finish our job. He keeps telling us next week. Today we contacted the HVAC inspector about changing the permit to us. He told us that the contractor we hired. His contractor’s license expired yesterday. He is canceling that HVAC permit and we are taking a homeowners permit out for $155.00. We went and purchased two two ton units and the other assorted needed supplies from a HVAC Outlet supply house about an hour away.

Steve is putting the outside heat pump condensers in and hooking the central air heat up himself. The rough in HVAC inspection has already been done. Steve has put in mini splits before but never a heat pump central system. Interesting fact: When a funeral procession passes you in Kentucky even on a double lane highway. Everybody stops going both ways and pulls over to the side of the road. I have never seen that anywhere else.

The yard and fields around us are filled with purple flower weeds. They look gorgeous far away.

Justin came over and assisted in getting the heat pump condensers off the truck and situated on the cement pad. Then Steve started connecting them to the tubing and wires coming from the house.

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Day 335 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/31/2022. Last night was super windy here on the hill. One of the screens was actually pulled out of one of the windows. Steve put the tile down on the bathroom floor

and sanded and primed the laundry closet today. Tomorrow he will paint the laundry closet. Currently he is working on spackling the hallway.

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Day 334 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/30/2022. After a morning Lowes trip, more middle level bathroom work was done. The plywood is on the floor, so the tile can be put down tomorrow.

Hung the vanity lights and put the fan up.

The shower tile looks very nice.

The last coat of spackle was applied to the laundry room.

Picked up paint for trim and doors this afternoon.

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Day 333 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/29/2022. They came and measured for the counter top today.

The middle level bathtub area is tiled. We now have to wait a few days before we can grout.

The end of next week we will be showering in there. Tomorrow the floor and laundry area will be tiled. The wall oven/microwave are hooked up and they work. Using that microwave tonight. Whoo-hoo!!! The oven is currently running, and the house smells terrible. We have to burn off all the oils and residue in the oven before we can use it.

The trim on the bottom of the oven is now an issue. Spoke with a Lowes associate on Sunday, another on Monday, and another today. Everything seems to be a battle.

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Day 332 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/28/2022. More deliveries today. Our patio set arrived. These guys had no problem with carrying the patio set onto the back deck. No throwing up today.

Steve is working on putting up the tile in the middle level bath.

Had to take a picture of the fountain in the center of Somerset.

Somerset town is so nice once you get out of the commercial highway part.

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Day 331 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/27/2022. After a late Saturday night at the school play.

At least it was late for us. We had an early start with breakfast out. Then at noon time our wall oven arrived.

I thought one of the delivery men was having a heart attack. He started throwing up on our floor and had to run outside. Pretty scary. He seemed okay after being outside and drinking some water. But with all the excitement, the bottom trim must have been left in the box on the truck. Called Lowes after they left. Hopefully they will find it when they bring the garbage back to Lowes. Also, they put a little gouge in our newly sheet rocked and painted wall. Justin came over in the afternoon and they moved sinks and toilets around.

They also put the oven in the wall and started work on installing the range hood.

We ordered the recirculating kit for it. The gas grill is now on our deck. Yup closer and closer to being in.

Today’s product recommendation is for the Rev-A-Shelf. I love this for my pots, pans and lids. The one we recently installed is the 21 inches with a spot on the top shelf for the lids. We will also be installing a smaller one for baking dishes. These are awesome. https://amzn.to/3CzOwwq https://amzn.to/3ZcBuyq

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Day 330 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 3/26/2022. I hate mice. Let me restate I hate mice in my house. I watched a little mouse licking peanut butter off a loaded trap. That is one lucky mouse.

The front lights are lit.

The middle level bathroom is painted.

The kitchen cabinet knobs arrived.

We worked a half day.

Then headed to Spencer’s two-year-old birthday party.

Temperature is dropping to below freezing tonight and tomorrow night. We thought we were past this. So, we will have to drain the hose to the cabin and turn the water off when we get home tonight. Headed to Koral’s high school play.

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Day 329 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/25/2022. The kitchen is coming together.

The trash compactor showed up today and Steve worked on putting it in.

I put a few items in the upper glass cabinets. Making the Williamsburg feel like a home.

The middle level bathroom is primed and ready for paint.

The ceiling fan was also installed in the sitting area.

Today’s product recommendation is for the Rev-A-Shelf. I love this for my pots, pans and lids. The one we recently installed is the 21 inches with a spot on the top shelf for the lids. We will also be installing a smaller one for baking dishes. These are awesome. https://amzn.to/3CzOwwq https://amzn.to/3ZcBuyq

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