Category Archives: Cruising

Year 3 Day 55 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 6/26/2023. Today was a day of decorating and cleaning up. Justin came by and power washed our house and deck. Then he spruced up the shed with white trim paint. Steve moved all the stuff from behind the shed over to the new lot and plantedContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 55 – Decorating and cleaning up”

Year 3 Day 54 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 6/25/2023. Interior punch list day 3! We are done inside. There is a little more decorating to do. We are located 3.3 miles to the Lake Cumberland entrance on Beach Grove Road. There you can fish or launch a small boat like a Little Johnny BoatContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 54 – Completed inside, found lake Cumberland”

Year 3 Day 52/53 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 6/24/2023. Interior punch list day 2! One more day till finish. Outside the yellow sunflowers and the American Goldfinch’s are flourishing. Did you know that the American Goldfinch is the state bird of New Jersey. They are abundant in our yard. They know we are fellowContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 52/53 – Interior punch list day 2”

Year 3 Day 51 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 6/23/2023. Interior punch list day! The quote from this article just really bothered me today. https://www.scientificamerican.com/…/the-world…/…. It says and I quote ” We often ignore people’s pain to release ourselves from feeling responsible.” WOW that is a powerful statement. Today’s product recommendations are for keeping yourContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 51 – Interior punch list day”

Year 3 Day 50 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 6/22/2023. The upper-level doors and trim are finished. Today’s product recommendations are for keeping your skin looking its best at sea and in the sun. My favorite skin care products are made by Elemis. Although I do sometimes try a new product here and there. IContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 50 – Upper-level doors/trim finished”

Year 3 Day 49 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 6/21/2023. The front foyer is completely painted, and the hummingbirds are playing king of the feeder. There is always one sitting on top. The lower level has become Steve’s cozy relaxing space. Your thought for the day! Today’s product recommendations are for keeping your skin lookingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 49 – Front foyer completely painted”

Year 3 Day 48 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 6/20/2023. Today I read that USA today readers voted for their favorite lakes to visit, and the results were that Lake Cumberland was voted the best lake in the United States. That is in addition to being the number five lake in the USA for bestContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 48 – One inch of rain in one hour”

Year 3 Day 47 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 6/19/2023. 3. Clifty Hill 2 – The water meter was installed on Clifty Hill 2 and new electric service requested. A little bit of progress. Today’s product recommendations are for keeping your skin looking its best at sea and in the sun. My favorite skin careContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 47 – Clifty Hill 2 – Water Meter installed”

Year 3 Day 46 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 6/18/2023. Happy Father’s Day. We left PA at 4am and we were home by 6pm. I even drove some. Smooth sailing, except I forgot a few things. A pair of sneakers and my phone wall charger. Joshua thought it was funny. He found the sneakers inContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 46 – Happy Father’s Day, Drove PA to KY”

Year 3 Day 45 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 6/17/2023. The morning was spent getting ready for the recital. I loved watching the mother daughter love and wandered around taking pictures. Then she was ready to go and more pictures of us all ready and excited. The afternoon Studios on Main 2023 Dance Recital wasContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 45 – Studios on Main 2023 Dance Recital”

Year 3 Day 44 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 6/16/2023. We are back in Pennsylvania. Hanging out at Jenna’s with the Grandkids while all the adults work. FUN! FUN! FUN! Love the warmth in Jenna’s house! Today’s product recommendations are for keeping your skin looking its best at sea and in the sun. My favoriteContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 44 – Hanging with the Grandkids in PA”

Year 3 Day 43 part 2 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 6/15/2023. We are back in Pennsylvania. We had a fun afternoon enjoying family and nature at Green Lane Park. It was amazing how many turtles were just hanging out enjoying the day. Then out to have a yummy dinner. We ended the day withContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 43 part 2 – Back in PA, Green Lane Park”

Year 3 Day 43a – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 6/14/2023. We only see deer occasionally in our yard. We put our tomatoes, bean, cucumber, sunflower, and pepper plants in the garden yesterday and last night here come the deer. Hopefully they won’t chow down in the new garden. I know those baby plants are hidingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 43 part 1 – Traveling day”

Year 3 Day 42 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 6/13/2023. Steve rototilled the garden in 15 minutes. Lol. I have never seen anyone do that before. We planted the 72 peat pots. Everything seems to be growing. We are hoping we don’t need a fence to keep rabbits and deer out. It doesn’t appear mostContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 42 – Garden rototilled with mini excavator, plants planted”

Year 3 Day 41 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 6/12/2023. First coat of interior of front door has been painted. We are set up to watch TV downstairs. But first the doorway to the utility room carpet had to be finished and cleaned up. As they say in show biz – IT’S A WRAP FORContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 41 – Front door interior painting, Lower lever set up for relaxing”

Year 3 Day 40 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 6/11/2023. Lower-level carpet is installed. Miss Piggy the new Roomba is ready to be set up. Ended the day in the shelter with a Tornado warning. On the way down to the lower-level shelter I ran out on the deck and porch and took pictures. IContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 40 – Lower lever carpeting installed, storm shelter”

Year 3 Day 39 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 6/10/2023. I had to share what a friend posted on Facebook today. It’s amazing what one can accomplish with hard work, grit and resiliency. Anyone can be that overachiever, however that is defined from within. Many looking for shortcuts or “entitlements”, in all likelihood, never reachContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 39 – Lower lever carpeting mostly down”

Year 3 Day 38 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 6/09/2023. The hummingbirds are back. I think they came to our house to get out of the northeast smoke. It is so nice to see them fluttering around. Hummingbird sightings can mean three different things. That challenging times are over, and healing can begin. To others,Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 38 – Hummingbirds back, lunch with Marley, driveway culverts”

Year 3 Day 37 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 6/08/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – We have a septic permit, and a plumbing permit now. The Septic permit ended up costing $498.00 ($271.00 for the site evaluation and $227.00 for the permit). The plumbing permit cost $246.00. The county road department is installing the culvert pipeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 37 – Clifty Hill 2 – Septic and Plumbing permits, culvert pipes”

Year 3 Day 36 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 6/07/2023. All the tile work in the house is completely finished. Still needing to be done to say inside is complete is to install carpet in the lower level, paint front door inside, paint foyer closet door, paint two interior doors in the upper level, andContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 36 – All tile work completed”

Year 3 Day 35 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 6/06/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Staked out the house, driveway, and septic system for house next door. Dug two test holes for soil logs. The Environmental specialist came out and we are good to go for a conventional septic system consisting of two distribution boxes andContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 35 – Clifty Hill 2 – staked out, septic test holes”

Year 3 Day 34 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 6/05/2023. We worked on cutting the last finishing pieces of tile. Pieces were cut by the saddles in the upper-level bathroom and the lower-level windowsill pieces were cut. The hardware is back on the lower-level doors now that they are painted. We were looking at aContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 34 – Windowsill tile cut”

Year 3 Day 33 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 6/04/2023. I hate exercising every morning. I drag myself up at 5am to get on that treadmill, lift weights, and do floor exercises. Getting old stinks. It gets harder to keep in shape and stay healthy. The neighbor came over and brought me a flippable plantContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 33 – 5am exercising and neighbor plant stand”

Year 3 Day 32 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 6/03/2023. The lower-level trim work is all painted. Just need to put the doorknobs back on, tile the windowsills, and install the carpet. First, we have to get the area and rug nice and warm. You can’t install cold carpet. Today’s product recommendations are for keepingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 32 – Lower-level trim all painted, warming up carpet”

Year 3 Day 31 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 6/02/2023. We decided it would be nice to have a few vegetables growing. Went out and bought a little Jiffy greenhouse kit and planted 72 peat pots of five different seeds. We planted green beans, sunflowers, peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers. The seeds were from our 2014Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 31 – Planted 72 seeds in Jiffy greenhouse”

Year 3 Day 30 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 6/01/2023. In the morning the Lower-level trim was almost completely painted. Only the two doors need another coat. I headed to do errands while Steve worked on the painting. We picked up carpet and padding from Lowe’s in the afternoon. Of course, it hasn’t rained atContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 30 – lower-level carpet picked up and it rains”

Year 3 Day 29 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 5/31/2023. Last night and into the morning we had lots of company. Must have been a full moon. First, we have a spider checking out one camera. Hey, you in there look at me I can walk all over you. In this one I am notContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 29 – Clifty Hill animal videos”

Year 3 Day 28 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 5/30/2023. We cleaned up the Lower level so painting can start on the doors and trim, the windowsills can be tiled, and the carpet can be put down. The utility room is huge and is getting pretty packed with stuff. And outside, the fields behind andContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 28 – Lower level cleaned up and ready for finishing work”

Year 3 Day 27 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 5/29/2023. Happy Memorial Day! Today was a fun day. I never really cook for people, so it was really exciting and fun. Amazingly enough it came out good. Made pulled pork for the second time ever. The homemade Barbecue sauce was tangy. We took the pulledContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 27 – Happy Memorial Day, Pulled Pork & Blueberry pie”

Year 3 Day 26 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 5/28/2023. It is a cold rainy day. So I made a fresh Blueberry pie to warm up the house. Everything is from scratch even the lattice crust. It looks pretty good for a first time. We will have it for tomorrow’s dessert. Should we eat plain,Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 26 – Baked fresh Blueberry pie”