Category Archives: Anthem of the Seas

Year 2 Day 320 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/14/2023. Caulking, cleaning up, and packing. Heading to the cold Northeast. 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.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 320 – Caulking, cleaning, and packing.”

Year 2 Day 319 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/13/2023. The last piece of trim is attached. Now onto a week of painting to finish it up. 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 spotContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 319 – Last piece of trim attached.”

Year 2 Day 318 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/12/2023. Trimming, trimming and more trimming. The stairs in this house are a huge expense. Expensive to buy, expensive to install, expensive to finish, and expensive to clean. But they look so so so good. Today we are on to the Kitchen cabinetry trim. It isContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 318 – Kitchen cabinet trim work.”

Year 2 Day 317 part 2 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 3/11/2023. Another trip to Lowes today. Hopefully we now have all the trim board. Detail work takes a long time. Pretty soon it will be on to the punch list. The birds are enjoying the nice weather and lots of easy food. Today’s productContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 317 part 2 – Painting trim.”

Year 2 Day 317 part 1 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/10/2023. Pretty much all of the trim board is cut. We thought we had bought enough but miscalculated and have to buy a little more. There is a lot to putty, caulk, and paint yet. This house has a tremendous number of corners. TheContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 317 part 1 – Finishing under stairs closet and upper-level bathroom.”

Year 2 Day 316 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/09/2023. Finishing work continues along with a lot of memory blogging. https://deestimes.com/…/living-the-dream-year-2-day…/ 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 theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 316 – Finishing work and memory blogging.”

Year 2 Day 315 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/08/2023. Middle level trim work continues. This house has a lot of angles that require a lot of trim. I spent time on planning our European vacation. Hope it’s not like the Griswold’s. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0089670/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Today’s product recommendation is for the Rev-A-Shelf. I love this for myContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 315 – Trim work continues, Europe vacation planning.”

Year 2 Day 314 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/07/2023. That moon is still up over the neighbors at 7am this morning. The trim work is going up. We went to Lowe’s and picked up the last material needed to finish the inside of the house except for the lower-level floor covering. Today’s product recommendationContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 314 – Middle-level trim work.”

Year 2 Day 312/313 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/06/2023. I love my cameras, I can see what Steve is doing in the morning. I spy!!! Today is trim day. Steve is going through the house from top to bottom. His plan is to work on the trim until it is all done. The woodContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 312/313 – Lower-level trim work.”

Year 2 Day 311 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/05/2023. It was a cold morning, but temperatures swiftly went up. We now have a TV hung for my morning treadmill walks. Blinds are hung as well in the lower level. On Sunday nights we set up for Dorothy the Roomba to clean. Dorothy starts workContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 311 – TV and blinds in lower level.”

Year 2 Day 310 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 3/04/2023. We never lost power from the storms, but oh my, was it windy all last night. https://www.wkyt.com/…/ky-truck-drivers-deal-with…/ Our internet did go out in the middle of the night and was out all day. I called Windstream to report it. I was telling the customer representativeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 310 – 65-inch TV purchased for lower level.”

Year 2 Day 309 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/03/2023. Steve wanted a day off, so we went out together to do errands in the morning. It is 76 degrees Fahrenheit at noon time and super windy. There are Tornado warnings. The one really nice thing is the forsythia is blooming. Spring has sprung!! TheContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 309 – Power out, high winds, day off.”

Year 2 Day 308 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/02/2023. Lowes trip today to pick up drainage pipes for running the water from the gutter spouts under the ground and away from the house. Then home to work on finishing the trim. All the electrical plates are up. Today’s product recommendation is for the Rev-A-Shelf.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 308 – Gutter drainage pipes.”

Year 2 Day 307 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/01/2023. Happy March! Just like every day I am up at 4:50am getting ready to go down on the treadmill and I hear bumping around downstairs. Our alarms are on, and I am getting nervous. I was reading a mystery about a crazy murderer before bedContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 307 – Found the transfer station, planting grass.”

Year 2 Day 306 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 2/28/2023. Steve can’t believe he is almost done. He keeps chanting keep going Steve. He says he is having a f×××ing done party when the inside of the house is done in two weeks. Then he heads outside. He would much rather be outside working. ItContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 306 – Lower-level painted.”

Year 2 Day 305 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 2/27/2023. Lower level is primed. We picked up paint today to start the lower-level painting. Trying to keep the dust off our middle level floors. This house is quickly getting done now. Steve has taken to relaxing in the lower level after work. I can seeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 305 – Lower-level primed.”

Year 2 Day 304 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 2/26/2023. More work on the lower level done. A lot of the day was spent planning and confirming future holiday plans, garage building plans, and ranch home on lot next door plans. Of course, there was tax preparation included in all this as well. Today’s productContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 304 – Lower-level and future planning.”

Year 2 Day 303 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 2/25/2023. A tiny bit of spackling by the stairs and then lots of Lower-level sanding. The air is thick with dust, you can see it hanging in the air. All the work that Dorothy did last night to make the wood floors so shiny clean andContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 303 – Lower-level sanding.”

Year 2 Day 302 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 2/24/2023. Lower level cleaned up and we are almost ready to put down the flooring. The utility room is packed. Whatever boxes were not unpacked are not getting unpacked now. We had extra plywood and Melamine and placed it by the side of the road withContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 302 – Lower level ready for flooring.”

Year 2 Day 301 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 2/23/2023. My morning walk view is looking a little different. While I am walking Steve makes breakfast. Soon this room in the lower level will be painted and decorated. One more piece of corner bead needs to be put up. The front foyer tile is nowContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 301 – Foyer tile sealed.”

Year 2 Day 300 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 2/22/2023. Last night that Buck sent his wife to check out the camera. “Hey Honey, walk over there by that fence post and see if you see any flashing light – it is really weird.” Steve worked on more spackling, sanding, and putting up lots ofContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 300 –Lower-level spackling, sanding, and corner bead, Deer wife finds the camera.”

Year 2 Day 299 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 2/21/2023. Every night we have this deer looking in our outdoor camera. How funny is he? I debated about posting the camera video. He is so cute, and I don’t want anyone to off him. Steve worked on spackling the lower level today. Before he couldContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 299 –Lower-level spackling, Deer loves the camera.”

Year 2 Day 298 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 2/20/2023. The foyer tile floor is grouted in the morning. Steve then worked on spackling the lower level. In the evening we met Justin and Bobi at Chili’s for a Happy Birthday Justin dinner. Haven’t been to Chili’s in years and would probably not go again.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 298 – Foyer grouted, Lower-level spackling, Justin birthday at Chili’s.”

Year 2 Day 297 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 2/19/2023. I was up at 5am and on the treadmill and Steve was working on cutting and putting the last five pieces of foyer tile down. It took 1.5 hours to put down those last five pieces. The tile is all down now in the foyer.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 297 – Foyer tile down, inflation discussion.”

Year 2 Day 296 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 2/18/2023. The kitchen backsplash and back door floor tile are sealed. It’s a cold Chili Con Carne day. 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 spotContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 296 – Kitchen tile sealed.”

Year 2 Day 295 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 2/17/2023. The foyer tile was put down today. A few more tile pieces need to be put in place and then the grouting will be completed done on Sunday. Today’s product recommendation is for the Rev-A-Shelf. I love this for my pots, pans and lids. TheContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 295 – Foyer tile work.”

Year 2 Day 294 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 2/16/2023. It was a rainy rainy day. The stream is very high and running quickly. Steve spent the morning grouting the tile by the back door and the backsplash. While I went and had the best Manicure and Pedicure. The last time I had my nailsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 294 – Backsplash and back door tile grouted.”

Year 2 Day 293- “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 2/15/2023. By the end of the day the backsplash is tiled. It still needs to be grouted which will take place on Friday. The kitchen is coming together nicely. I can’t believe how nice it looks. I am in love. It is a gorgeous sunny day, highContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 293 – Backsplash is tiled.”

Year 2 Day 292- “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 2/14/2023. Happy Valentines Day! By the end of the day the tile is all down by the back door. Grouting will be done on Thursday. No using the back door until then. Tomorrow Steve will be tiling the back splash in the kitchen. Of course, it alwaysContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 292 – Back door tile work.”

Year 2 Day 291 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 2/13/2023. We are home after 21 days on cruise ships. From the ocean to the fields in one day. We drove all day yesterday and arrived home late last night. Then up early today and off to visit our Lowe’s friends. Then right back to work.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 291 – Home after 21 days on cruise ships.”