Year 5, Day 248 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 1/03/2026 – The Wellington – Cleaned up the Wellington’s yard. It now looks good to put on the market in a few months. The dirt piles are leveled and grass seed planted around. Hmm wonder if it will grow. Moved the excess lumber pile to the rearContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 248 – The Wellington – Cleaning up for market”
Category Archives: Clifty Hill 3
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 241 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 ready to excavate
Year 5, Day 241 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 12/27/2025 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 – It is a warm cloudy/foggy day. The new ranch house is fully pegged out. We are ready to start digging. Here’s a little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4qgXsNe HENCKELS Clad H3 10-inchContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 241 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 ready to excavate”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 235 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 Arborvitae tree planting finished
Year 5, Day 235 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 12/21/2025 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 – Finished planting the trees. Here’s a little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/49WXq8k Silicone Bottle Covers for Travel: Love love love these. Put on your bottles in your suitcase and nothing can everContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 235 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 Arborvitae tree planting finished”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 234 – The Wellington – Arborvitae trees and cookie baking
Year 5, Day 234 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 12/20/2025 – The Wellington – Christmas Cooking making day. While everyone made cookies, Steve picked up 30 Arborvitae trees. He planted them to mark the property line. The property line runs between the Wellington and Clifty Hill Three, stretching from the street to the drainage ditch. HeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 234 – The Wellington – Arborvitae trees and cookie baking”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 233 – The Wellington – Car towed
Year 5, Day 233 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 12/19/2025 – The Wellington – We went out to lunch. The car stalled in the outside lane of a three lane highway. We managed to get her into a commercial shed dealership driveway. She would not restart. Very strange. Justin was at a local air conditioning shop.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 233 – The Wellington – Car towed”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 232 – The Wellington – Lawn Tractor steering fix
Year 5, Day 232 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 12/18/2025 – The Wellington – A rainy day. Picked up the needed steering component parts and worked in the garage fixing the lawn tractor again. This John Deere lawn tractor is supposed to last around 1,000 to 1,500 hours. At least that is what John Deere says.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 232 – The Wellington – Lawn Tractor steering fix”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 231 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 10
Year 5, Day 231 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 12/17/2025 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway work continues. John Deere lawn tractor broke down again. Here’s a little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/49WXq8k Silicone Bottle Covers for Travel: Love love love these. Put on your bottles in yourContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 231 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 10”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 230 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 9, Rocky Hollow Christmas
Year 5, Day 230 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 12/16/2025 – The Wellington. Getting ready for Saturday’s baking. Picked the cookies and bought the supplies. In the evening, I helped Silver Sneakers with their table. This was at the Fourth annual Christmas in the Hollow at Rocky Hollow event. This event is held every year forContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 230 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 9, Rocky Hollow Christmas”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 229 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 8
Year 5, Day 229 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 12/15/2025 – The Wellington. Another cold day. More stone delivered, spread on the driveway, and rolled. Here’s a little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/49WXq8k Silicone Bottle Covers for Travel: Love love love these. Put on your bottles in your suitcase andContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 229 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 8”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 227 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 7
Year 5, Day 227 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 12/13/2025 – The Wellington. The parts came in for the tractor. Replaced the trailer wheels and fixed the tractor steering. Then back to driveway work. The Wellington is enjoying the season. Here’s a little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4aeUItP Entertainment GiftContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 227 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 7”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 226 – The Wellington – Christmas shopping
Year 5, Day 226 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 12/12/2025 – The Wellington. A little break from driveway work enjoying Christmas shopping and a relaxing lunch date together. Here’s a little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4aeUItP Entertainment Gift Card: A great way to show your appreciation anytime of the year.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 226 – The Wellington – Christmas shopping”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 225 – The Wellington – Fixing the lawn tractor
Year 5, Day 225 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 12/11/2025 – The Wellington – A day of Christmas decorating and Christmas shopping. Steve replaced a worn steering part in the John Deere lawn tractor. That tractor is a beast and has moved over 300 tons of dirt and stone in the last few years. Then aContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 225 – The Wellington – Fixing the lawn tractor”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 224 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 6
Year 5, Day 224 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 12/10/2025 – The Wellington – A little driveway work was done. A little time was also devoted to Reina’s house refurbishment. We are hoping she will be in for Christmas. Beautiful sky on our early morning drive to Colombia. Exciting news. This afternoon I was able toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 224 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 6”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 223 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 5, another Christmas party
Year 5, Day 223 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 12/09/2025 – The Wellington – Driveway work continues as well as another Christmas celebration. Exercise class then lots of good food and presents. Great group of people at Rocky Hollow Recreation Center. We have the best exercise instructor. That pesky nutcracker was begging to go to theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 223 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway day 5, another Christmas party”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 221 – The Wellington – Nutcrackers and Scrooged
Year 5, Day 221 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 12/07/2025 – The Wellington – Almost done decorating. The nutcrackers are staring us down as we watch Scrooged Here’s a little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4aeUItP Entertainment Gift Card: A great way to show your appreciation anytime of the year. GiveContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 221 – The Wellington – Nutcrackers and Scrooged”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 220 – The Wellington – Columbia rehab assist
Year 5, Day 220 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 12/06/2025 – The Wellington – Assisting with repairs to get our oldest Granddaughter into her own home. Here’s a little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4jVqf8i 50Pack Orange Marking Flags: We used these flags to mark Clifty Hill 3 driveway, house, garage,Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 220 – The Wellington – Columbia rehab assist”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 219 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 Driveway day 4
Year 5, Day 219 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 12/05/2025 – The Wellington – The driveway is coming along. The patio paver sand needs warmer weather to be able to finish. While Steve worked I took a little time for a holiday kindergarten show. The show was fantastic. It is always a joy to watch littleContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 219 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 Driveway day 4”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 218 – The Wellington – Nutcrackers taking over
Year 5, Day 218 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 12/04/2025 – The Wellington – The nutcrackers are waking up and starting to take over. Jacob is becoming quite an actor. Look at how dapper he looks in that blue suit performing in the 7th grade SMS Christmas show Here’s a little something to ponder. Here’s aContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 218 – The Wellington – Nutcrackers taking over”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 217 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 new design
Year 5, Day 217 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 12/03/2025 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 – We just keep changing the layout. You know what they say about the baby of the family. Joshua fits the description to a T. He is a hard working smart boy. Along with being outgoing, a charmer, affectionate,Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 217 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 new design”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 216 – The Wellington – Nutcrackers waking up
Year 5, Day 216 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 12/02/2025 – The Wellington – A little snow and the nutcrackers are coming out. Need to change out the flowery wreath to match the snowy bushes. Two years passes quickly, but a lot can be accomplished in that time. It is extremely easy to waste time. However,Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 216 – The Wellington – Nutcrackers waking up”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 215 – The Wellington – Truck stuck in Clifty Hill 3 driveway
Year 5, Day 215 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 12/01/2025 – The Wellington – Let the Christmas count down begin. Day 1 of the Elemis Advent Calendar. Lots of driveway work completed today. Although it is really muddy. We did roll a lot of it out to pack it down and level it. A load ofContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 215 – The Wellington – Truck stuck in Clifty Hill 3 driveway”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 209 – Holiday – WV to PA
Year 5, Day 209 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 11/25/2025 – Holiday week – Spent the night at the Hilton Garden Inn in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Brought an European charger instead of the American one. It didn’t work in this hotel – lol. The breakfast was awesome and cooked to perfection. In fact they provided theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 209 – Holiday – WV to PA”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 208 – The Wellington – Last task before Holiday week
Year 5, Day 208 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 11/24/2025 – The Wellington. Heading out for the holiday in the dense fog. We have one last construction task to complete before we start the Holiday week. We are one cap block short on finishing the retaining wall. Of course we bought the blocks in 2024 andContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 208 – The Wellington – Last task before Holiday week”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 207 – The Wellington – Rural King, Rhapsody in Blue
Year 5, Day 207 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 11/23/2025 – The Wellington. Sunday Funday and what do we do? Head to Rural King to purchase marking flags. Remember that long driveway, we need to mark it for tailgating the gravel. Rural King is a farm and home store founded in Mattoon, Illinois, in 1960 byContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 207 – The Wellington – Rural King, Rhapsody in Blue”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 206 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 estimating day
Year 5, Day 206 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 11/22/2025 – The Wellington. Estimating day. Everything costs a fortune. A little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4bqUCRJ Wilson NBA Authentic Indoor Competition Basketball: Excellent indoor basket ball. This basketball is awesome! Great to scrimmage and indoor practicing. As an Amazon Associate,Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 206 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 estimating day”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 205 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway work day 2
Year 5, Day 205 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 11/21/2025 – The Wellington. The driveway is going good. The culvert pipe is installed. It started to rain so it came to a sudden halt. What a muddy mess? Dense Pack will be ordered the first week of December. The drive way will be over 400 feetContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 205 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway work day 2”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 204 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway started
Year 5, Day 204 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 11/20/2025 – The Wellington. Started work on Clifty Hill 3 driveway. The top soil being removed will go around the back patio A little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/3N20oiO HP 14″ touchscreen laptop: Traveling with a 17 inch laptop had becomeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 204 – The Wellington – Clifty Hill 3 driveway started”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 203 – The Wellington – Patio pavers compacted, Clifty Hill 3 culvert pipe delivered
Year 5, Day 203 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 11/19/2025 – The Wellington. The back patio pavers are compacted. Sand needs to dry before we can add and sweep it into the paver joints. The Pulaski county road department delivered 30 feet of culvert pipe for Clifty Hill 3 driveway. They provided and delivered the pipeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 203 – The Wellington – Patio pavers compacted, Clifty Hill 3 culvert pipe delivered”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 202 – The Wellington – Day five paver laying, cat prints
Year 5, Day 202 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 11/18/2025 – The Wellington. Day five of back patio block laying. The blocks are all down even with Steve taking time to chase the cat out of the sand. A little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/3N20oiO HP 14″ touchscreen laptop: TravelingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 202 – The Wellington – Day five paver laying, cat prints”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 201 – The Wellington – Day four paver laying, Clifty Hill 3 prepration with address
Year 5, Day 201 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 11/17/2025 – The Wellington. This is day four of laying pavers for the back deck and sidewalk. The pavers should all be down tomorrow. We are also working on setting up the ground work for building Clifty Hill 3. I called 911 to get an address created.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 201 – The Wellington – Day four paver laying, Clifty Hill 3 prepration with address”