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Year 4, Day 264, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 1/19/2025. The Wellington – This is the heaviest deepest sink we have ever installed. Steve woke up this morning concerned if the plumbing will fit underneath it. Before he took a sip of his coffee he was putting the pipes together to see if they fit. YesContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 264 – The Wellington – Kitchen sink and appliances ready to use, more vinyl planks installed”

Year 4, Day 263, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 1/18/2025. The Wellington – We were up early to take the kitchen apart for hopefully the last time. The new granite countertop is being installed this morning. It rained a lot last night and it is very wet and muddy outside. Hopefully they can get the countertopContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 263 – The Wellington – Kitchen countertop installation, plank flooring”

Year 4, Day 262, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 1/17/2025. The Wellington – Painted the office Alabaster and started installing the bar room Vinyl Plank Flooring Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Bamboo Mixer Slider Mat for Stand Mixer: https://amzn.to/3PIkooB Setting up my kitchen counter. I want my Kitchen Aide mixer set up inContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 262 – The Wellington – Office Alabaster, installing plank flooring”

Year 4, Day 261, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 1/16/2025. The Wellington – Painted the bar room Irish Cream. Ready to install the flooring. More little house discussions. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Bamboo Mixer Slider Mat for Stand Mixer: https://amzn.to/3PIkooB Setting up my kitchen counter. I want my Kitchen Aide mixer setContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 261 – The Wellington – Irish Cream paint and ready for plank flooring”

Year 4, Day 260, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 1/15/2025. The Wellington – Up early and heading to Lowes on this cold morning. It is 14 degrees. Picked up the cabinets and countertop for the bar room. More work done on the lower level bathroom. The Vanity light is up and the bar room is almostContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 260 – The Wellington – Picked up bar cabinet and counter”

Year 4, Day 259, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 1/14/2025. The Wellington – Installing water proof vinyl planks in the lower level. This is the first time we have installed vinyl flooring in one of our houses. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Glucosamine Chondroitin MSM and Turmeric Supplement: https://amzn.to/3E464V2 Been taking one ofContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 259 – The Wellington – Installing waterproof vinyl planks in the lower level”

Year 4, Day 258, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 1/13/2025. The Wellington – While we work on adding more lights to the garage, setting up the treadmill, and clearing out the bar room The birds are enjoying the bird feeder. We really love the tile in the main bath and bought more for the washer andContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 258 – The Wellington – Added more lighting to the garage and cleaned out bar room”

Year 4, Day 257, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 1/12/2025. The Wellington – Working on the lower level. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Glucosamine Chondroitin MSM and Turmeric Supplement: https://amzn.to/3E464V2 Been taking one of these every day for about two weeks now, I really think it is helping my hip issues. Or itContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 257 – The Wellington – Work continues on the Lower level”

Year 4, Day 256, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 1/11/2025. The Wellington – Woke up to four inches of snow. It was a cloudy day so none of the snow melted. The street in front of our house was plowed early in the afternoon but is still not bare pavement. I notice here in Kentucky theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 256 – The Wellington – First coat of paint on Lower level bathroom, spackling continues in bar room and office”

Year 4, Day 255, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 1/10/2025. The Wellington – The snow has arrived. From a bare sunny balcony yesterday afternoon to being covered with about three inches at 5pm today. Lower bathroom spackling is complete and first coat is done in the two other downstairs rooms. The birds have been crazy today.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 255 – The Wellington – Lower level bathroom spackling completed, first coat on bar room and office”

Year 4, Day 254, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 1/09/2025. The Wellington – The sun is so hot here in Kentucky. It is 29 degrees but all the snow has melted from the deck. There is another storm coming and we will be getting six inches of snow tomorrow into Saturday. The snow does not concernContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 254 – The Wellington – Day three downstairs bathroom spackling”

Year 4, Day 253, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 1/08/2025. The Wellington – We are heading to Tampa in a little over two weeks. My goal is to update https://deestimes.com/ to be current before we leave. I am so far behind and need to add six days everyday until we leave. I have been getting upContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 253 – The Wellington – Updating DeesTimes, birds watching us???”

Year 4, Day 252, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 1/07/2025. The Wellington – More work (corner bead and spackling) on the lower-level bathroom and bar room sink walls. Installed a recessed toilet paper holder in the master bathroom. In the hallway bathroom we mounted one to the side of the sink base. There are lots ofContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 252 – The Wellington – Lower-level bath and bar room spackling day 2 and corner bead”

Year 4, Day 251, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 1/06/2025. The Wellington – Lower-level bathroom and bar room sink walls being spackled. We are concerned as the garage gets a little colder about our batteries. These LiFePO4 batteries have a battery management system (BMS). This system should automatically stop charging the battery if the temperature dropsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 251 – The Wellington – Lower-level bath and bar room spackling “

Year 4, Day 250, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 1/05/2025. The Wellington – The Hall bath is completed except for the molding. We replaced the toilet bowl cover with an easily removable Kohler one. We do that with every toilet we install. At 9am snow has started. The birds are in a feeding frenzy. I feelContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 250 – The Wellington – Hall bath completed except for molding, Snow and bird feeding frenzy, Kohler easy remove to clean toilet bowl seat cover video “

Year 4, Day 249, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 1/04/2025. The Wellington – The master bathroom window is trimmed. There is a tremendous amount of interior trim to cut, paint, nail in place, putty, chalk, and paint again. There are 18 windows, a sliding glass door, a French door, the front door, the garage entrance door,Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 249 – The Wellington – Master bath window trimmed”

Year 4, Day 248, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 1/03/2025. The Wellington – Does anyone take Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Tumeric, and MSM supplement? I have had hip, back and leg pain for almost a year. They say hip replacement. I bought these supplements, but I am now afraid to take them. Am I being ridiculous? Today wasContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 248 – The Wellington – Hall floor tile grouted, Master bath hall closet shelving”

Year 4, Day 247, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 1/02/2025. The Wellington – Lumber yard day. Picking up colonial casing from Builder’s Supply in Stanford, KY. More nutcrackers are rebelling and won’t go into hibernation. It’s a mutiny. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Angie’s BOOMCHICKAPOP: https://amzn.to/40DekEb Individual bags of Yummy Sweet & SaltyContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 247 – The Wellington – Builders Supply Colonial Casing”

Year 4, Day 246, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 1/01/2025. The Wellington – This is the last morning with coffee by the tree. It is coming down today!! The hall bathroom floor is tiled with an old barn wood look. The nutcrackers fought me all day. They really did not want to go back into hibernation.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 246 – The Wellington – Hall bath tile down, Christmas going away”

Year 4, Day 245, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 12/31/2024. The Wellington – Happy New Year. We are sliding into 2025. This past year has certainly flown by. We decided to not use the paint I bought for the trim and doors. I went to the Sherwin Williams store. I bought the same paint we usedContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 245 – The Wellington – New Year resolution 90/10 rule, Cutting and painting window jambs, sills and casings”

Year 4, Day 244, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 12/30/2024. The Wellington – All the interior doors were delivered. We are fully using the master bathroom shower, sinks, and toilet. Slowly this house is getting done. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Laminate/Vinyl Flooring Tools: https://amzn.to/40ndOsr This is a must have for putting downContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 244 – The Wellington – All interior doors delivered”

Year 4, Day 243, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 12/29/2024. The Wellington – Shopping for lumber to make window casings and jambs. Afternoon break and more small house design conversation. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Laminate/Vinyl Flooring Tools: https://amzn.to/40ndOsr This is a must have for putting down vinyl plank flooring As an AmazonContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 243 – The Wellington – Lumber shopping for window casings and jambs”

Year 4, Day 242, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 12/28/2024. The Wellington – The Master bath counter is grouted; the sinks are installed, and they are ready use. We have changed and we are using ready to use grout. It is a little more expensive, but so nice to work with. We used the color SandContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 242 – The Wellington – Master Bath sinks and counter completed and ready to use”

Year 4, Day 241, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 12/27/2024. The Wellington – Papa Bear is back to work on the Master Bath counter tile. The New Year is fast approaching and memories from 2024 are popping up on constantly. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Laminate/Vinyl Flooring Tools: https://amzn.to/40ndOsr This is a mustContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 241 – The Wellington – Master Bath counter tile work continues”

Year 4, Day 240, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 12/26/2024. The Wellington – Day three Holiday vacation. Hanging out and exploring different ideas for a possible future small house building on the back property, enjoying some Christmas presents. and relaxing Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Laminate/Vinyl Flooring Tools: https://amzn.to/40ndOsr This is a mustContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 240 – The Wellington – Day three Holiday Vacation, exploring small house plans”

Year 4, Day 239, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 12/25/2024. The Wellington -Christmas Day. Day 2 of no Construction work. Must be a Holiday vacation. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Laminate/Vinyl Flooring Tools: https://amzn.to/40ndOsr This is a must have for putting down vinyl plank flooring As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifyingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 239 – The Wellington – Christmas Day”