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Year 6, Day 155. “Living the Dream”. Friday, 10/02/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 51. Cooler nice day. The mason came by to check out the garage. He will be bringing four guys on Wednesday to work on the garage concrete floor. Working on the front of the garage into the master bedroom valley roofContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 155 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 51, Garage roof front valley”

Year 6, Day 154. “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 10/01/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 50. It was a nice cool breezy day. The garage roof rafters are completed. The garage walls are all sheathed and covered with Tyvek. We are framed in and ready for the garage doors to be installed on Monday. Wednesday theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 154 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 50, Garage walls are sheathed and covered with Tyvek”

Year 6, Day 153. “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 9/30/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 49. Nice morning for a beautiful country drive and then a nice town walk. In town there were lots of Halloween decorations around. Another discovery was the many magnolia trees with their huge seed pods. As these pods mature, I understandContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 153 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 49, Walking, shopping, last roof rafters installed”

Year 6, Day 152. “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 9/29/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 48. Garage ceiling rafters going up. Today’s videos: None today. Daily Reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://link.amazon/B0aABYx7t Insulated Reusable Grocery Bags with Zippered Top We have two of these bags in our car and one in the truck.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 152 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 48, Garage ceiling rafters”

Year 6, Day 151. “Living the Dream”. Monday, 9/28/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 47. It has been a long hard day. This is a difficult ridge with the way it connects to the main house. The rafters are individually cut to different lengths at the cut in spot. The garage ridge is up, andContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 151 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 47, Garage ridge up”

Year 6, Day 150. “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 9/27/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 46. Counting yesterday’s half day of garage to basement stair building and today’s half day of garage door framing as one day of framing. Tomorrow the garage ridge goes up Lots of time was spent cleaning the inside up. It isContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 150 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 46, Garage door framing and clean up, KY bird migration”

Year 6, Day 149. “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 9/26/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Basement stairs from the garage are usable. It is exciting news. Walking stairs in flip flops is a lot safer than climbing a ladder. Flip flops and ladders are not a good combination. Yesterday was National Daughters Day. Today I want to expressContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 149 – Clifty Hill 3 – Basement stairs from garage are usable”

Year 6, Day 148. “Living the Dream”. Friday, 9/25/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing Day 45. Halloween around here is motorcycle skeletons and pigs in the field. I am told they are wild. They look tame to me. Not the skeleton – he looks wild. Master bedroom side of the home is all closed in. Today’sContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 148 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 45, Master Bedroom side is closed in, Wild pigs in the field”

Year 6, Day 147. “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 9/24/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing Day 44. A high of 80 degrees on my deck and I am wishing I had pants on. After it being 120 on the deck the last few weeks this is cold. We have lost our lunch time view. The front cornerContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 147 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 44, All sides closed in”

Year 6, Day 146. “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 9/23/2026, Clifty Hill 3. A little walking, a little lumber pick up, and then afternoon company. This was an unusual day for us. Not the Somerset morning walk. (Actually, the walk was a little different we walked over route 80). Not the Lowes, and Lumber King shopping.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 146 – Clifty Hill 3 – Off Day with the Wang’s visiting”

Year 6, Day 145. “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 9/22/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing Day 43. We had some appointments. We found the Somerset Hollywood style sign on our way back into town. It is located at the interchange of US Route 80 and Kentucky Route 461 in the Shopville area. It was exciting as IContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 145 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 43, frog whisperer, Somerset sign”

Year 6, Day 144. “Living the Dream”. Monday, 9/21/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Concrete floor work is hard sweaty back breaking work. Up at 5am and out by 6am. Justin and Bobi came last night and spent the night. SRM Concrete arrived at 7:30am with the first truck. It was thicker than Steve expected which madeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 144 – Clifty Hill 3 – Basement pour day”

Year 6, Day 143. “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 9/20/2026, Clifty Hill 3. The 16×24 Back deck was measured, and the pier holes were marked for digging. The mini excavator was used for most of the digging. The final digging had to be done by hand. Any overage from the 15 yards fo concrete coming onContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 143 – Clifty Hill 3 – Back deck piers holes dug”

Year 6, Day 142. “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 9/19/2026, Clifty Hill 3. A quick little trip to Lowes. Then back home for a final check to ensure we are ready for the concrete basement pour. Yup the winch is ready to bring the machine down for floor finishing. Can’t wait till Tuesday. Concrete pouring daysContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 142 – Clifty Hill 3 – Lowes and final pour readiness”

Year 6, Day 141. “Living the Dream”. Friday, 9/18/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 42. Another brutally hot day. Started the day with coffee at the Beanstalk coffee shop located in the Old City Hall in Somerset, KY. Great coffee with some lovely friends and a black cat. The cool decorating starts before you evenContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 141 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 42 – Beanstalk coffee,Three garage walls sheathed”

Year 6, Day 140. “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 9/17/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 41. The synthetic underlayment is on the front roof of the master bedroom area. The front seven windows are all in. We are short a window nail fin kit. All the house windows can not be installed until we get anotherContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 140 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 41 – Prepared for main basement concrete pour”

Year 6, Day 139. “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 9/16/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 40. Up early and walking in Somerset trying to beat the heat. 110 on our deck in the afternoon. Worked on ordering vinyl siding. Going with Sandstone Beige on this home. Master bedroom area front roof is now sheathed. Todays videos:Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 139 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 40 – Master bedroom front roof sheathed”

Year 6, Day 138. “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 9/15/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 39. We had the one day of nicer warm weather yesterday. Today it is up over 100 again. I am ready for this hot weather to be gone. Looking forward to some crisp fall weather. Ooh almost forgot HAPPY BIRTHDAY REINA!Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 138 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 39 – Front door installed”

Year 6, Day 137. “Living the Dream”. Monday, 9/14/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 38. Wonderful 70 degrees this morning. The four front porch windows are in. The structure is starting to look like a real home. Todays videos: Daily Reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://link.amazon/B0apXUCU0 26″ Fall Wreath for Front Door,OutdoorContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 137 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 38 – Front porch windows installed”

Year 6, Day 136. “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 9/13/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Just a lazy off day. Spent the day enjoying the outside air and soaking up the quiet atmosphere. Had a little neighborhood friend for company. It made the afternoon complete. Todays videos: Daily Reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://link.amazon/B03hvhpHX LeeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 136 – Clifty Hill 3 – Lazy off day”

Year 6, Day 135. “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 9/12/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 37. Another open house for the Wellington in the pouring rain. Clifty Hill 3 was pretty wet inside, but the Wellington was dry and welcoming for potential new owners. Started pouring as soon as the open house started and stopped atContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 135 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 37, Main house front roof shingle ready, Wellington open house”

Year 6, Day 134. “Living the Dream”. Friday, 9/11/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing day 36. Today is September 11th. REMEMBER how many people were affected on that day twenty-five years ago. It is a hot hot HOT day. We are into getting rain now. Rained last night, this morning, and sun showers in the afternoon.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 134 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 36, windows and front roofing”

Year 6, Day 133. “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 9/10/2026, Clifty Hill 3.. Half day work today. Appointments in the morning. While we were out it rained fairly hard. In the afternoon we had to use the wet/dry vacuum to suck up the water in the home where it is not sheathed in yet. There wasContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 133 – Clifty Hill 3 – 1/2 day work, backfilled rear and left side”

Year 6, Day 132. “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 9/09/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing Day 35. The back of the house main roof sheathing is up and covered with synthetic roof underlayment. Amazing, the rear inside of the main house will stay dry. Unused lumber and scrap lumber were moved away from the back and theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 132 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 35 – Back of home waterproof”

Year 6, Day 131. “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 9/08/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing Day 34. Always a good day when you start with a little exercising. Roof sheathing started on the back of the main section of the house. About two thirds of that section has sheathing by the end of the day. Work isContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 131 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 34 – Roof sheathing started”

Year 6, Day 130. “Living the Dream”. Monday, 9/07/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing Day 33. Happy Labor Day. Fall is here even if the temperatures don’t reflect it. We are trying to get this house under roof. Focus has shifted away from garage framing now. Trying to protect it from the rain that we knowContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 130 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 33 – Fly rafters up”

Year 6, Day 129. “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 9/06/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Off Day enjoying the beautiful day. Also trying to not get bird poop bombed. Sitting outside can be really nice until the birds use you as a target. Todays videos: Off day – No video – Can I use the Sunday is aContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 129 – Clifty Hill 3 – Off day sitting outside trying not to get targeted by bird poop”

Year 6, Day 128. “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 9/05/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Both sides of the house are now plastered. Since this new home is moving along. We figured it was time to get a little more serious about selling the one we are in. OPEN HOUSE NEXT SATURDAY!! Oh my does our grass andContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 128 – Clifty Hill 3 – Both sides of foundation plastered now”

Year 6, Day 127. “Living the Dream”. Friday, 9/04/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing Day 32. Fifteen rafters were put up on the mbr suite area. Winch was used to bring sheathing up into the attic. That sheathing will be used next week to close in the roof. Once the fly rafters are on we won’tContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 127 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 32, MBR rafter installing”

Year 6, Day 126. “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 9/03/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Framing Day 31. Cut all the remaining rafters for the master bedroom area. It ended up being a short day due to the heat. We did manage to pick up more lumber, more foundation tar, and all the exterior door knobs. Also, threwContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 126 – Clifty Hill 3 – Framing Day 31, MBR rafter cutting”