Category Archives: Clifty Hill 3

Year 6, Day 20 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 5/20/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Foundation Day 2. First things first, Always the gym. Love their little jokes!! That bucking bronco John Deere is working today assisting the John Deere Mini Excavator. By the end of the day the stone is placed in the main foundation and theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 20 – Clifty Hill 3 – Foundation Day 2, Ready for block delivery”

Year 6, Day 19 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 5/19/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Foundation Day 1. Setting the Corners. Happy Birthday Joshua. Love you. Corners were marked and nails put in the corners by 9:30am. Yes I did help today!!! The house is all squared up and ready for the corner blocks to be set. TheContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 19 – Clifty Hill 3 – Foundation Day 1, Setting the corners”

Year 6, Day 18 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 5/18/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Home Excavation Day 12, ,Footings Day 4. Justin and Bobi spent last night here. First things first. Happy Happy Birthday to Jenna. Here’s a concrete pour for you. We love you. We are up and out by 6:30am. The first load of concreteContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 18 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home Excavation Day 12, Footings Day 4, Concrete footing pour”

Year 6, Day 17 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 5/17/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Got the boots so we are ready for the concrete footing pour tomorrow morning. Justin and Bobi took a stroll through the excavation site and found some fossilized brachiopod shells, and Calamites fossils. Kentucky is world-renowned for its fossil-rich sedimentary rock. Fossilized brachiopodsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 17 – Clifty Hill 3 – Relaxing day before the footing pour”

Year 6, Day 16 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 5/16/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Home excavation Day 11. Footings Day 3. Justin assisted today. The pier holes are dug, all rebar is in place, forms are built for stepdowns, and piles of stone and dirt moved around for Monday’s concrete delivery trucks. Without Justin assisting, Steve wouldContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 16 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home excavation Day 11 with video, Footings Day 3, ready for concrete”

Year 6, Day 15 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 5/15/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Home excavation Day 10. Footings Day 2. Cut rebar and pounded in ground in trenches. Open house on the Wellington tomorrow from 11am – 1pm. Day 10 home excavation video tour. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4tWftmp BOSCH GRLContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 15 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home excavation Day 10 with video, Footings Day 2, rebar added”

Year 6, Day 14 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 5/14/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Home excavation day 9, Footer day 1. Our footers will be twelve inches deep and 24 inches wide. House footings are the lowest part of a foundation. They are extremely important and support the home’s entire weight. Before the machine starts digging lines.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 14 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home excavation Day 9 with video, Footer day 1”

Year 6, Day 13 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 5/13/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Home excavation day 8. It is a cool breezy day heading to exercise. Grumpy when I start but oh how that physical activity releases those endorphins to improve your mood. Have you noticed that regular consistant movement and stretching besides improving your moodContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 13 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home excavation Day 8 with video, Footing concrete ordered”

Year 6, Day 12 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 5/12/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Home excavation day 7. Stone delivered this morning. Excavation done enabling the concrete truck access to pull into the foundation. Farmer behind us has been working on creating round wheat bales. Feed-grade wheat is a palatable, digestible source of nutrients that can beContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 12 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home excavation Day 7 with video, Stone delivered”

Year 6, Day 11 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 5/11/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Home excavation day 6. Tomorrow the entrance into the basement needs to be made wider. The cement truck needs to be able to pull in. This is going to be the corner for the storm shelter area. Day 6 home excavation video tour.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 11 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home excavation Day 6 with video”

Year 6, Day 10 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 5/10/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Happy Mother’s day to all mothers. But especially to Jenna, Bobi, and Reina. You guys deserve the best Mother’s Day. Love you. Our Mother’s Day consisted of a Lowes trip. Traffic in Somerset was really light, but Lowes parking lot was full. SteveContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 10 – Clifty Hill 3 – Mother’s day and Lowes”

Year 6, Day 9 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 5/09/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Day 5 house excavation and Open house for the Wellington from 11am – 1pm. Happy Mother’s day weekend everyone. Feeling loved today. First thing in the morning a delivery of a basket of beautiful flowers, candy, and a balloon arrived. The flower basketContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 9 – Clifty Hill 3 – House Excavation Day 5 with video, Wellington open house”

Year 6, Day 8 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 5/08/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Day 4 house excavation. After lunch ride back to the house! Leveling the Floor base Ordered #57 gravel for under the basement cement floor. This stone is a clean dust free crushed stone, typically 1/2 to 1 inch in size. Often referred toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 8 – Clifty Hill 3 – House Excavation Day 4 with video”

Year 6, Day 7 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 5/07/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Day 3 house excavation. Today’s gas price. A little bit lower than it has been, but look at that diesel. We use a lot of that everyday to run the excavator. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4tSXWMa ZHRUNS DigitalContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 7 – Clifty Hill 3 – House Excavation Day 3 with video”

Year 6, Day 6 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 5/06/2026, Clifty Hill 3. I read this saying this morning and it is so true of me. “Just because I give advice, doesn’t mean I’m smarter than you. It means I’ve done more stupid stuff than you.” Today was a rainy day off. We decided if youContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 6 – Clifty Hill 3 – Rained out”

Year 6, Day 4 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 5/04/2026, Clifty Hill 3. May the 4th be with you. Here we go, time for another show! Home excavation is starting. Prior to today, the homesite had been prepared (surveyed, driveway installed, water run to homesite, and septic installed). Lines painted and footings are now being dug.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 4 – Clifty Hill 3 – Ground breaking Day”

Year 6, Day 3 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 5/03/2026, The Wellington. What a gorgeous early morning. Best time of the day is 5am. Mowed the grass in preparation for excavation work tomorrow. Much nicer to work in a mowed area. At least there won’t be so many ticks and snakes around. Then out for aContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 3 – Clifty Hill 3 – Mowing for excavation”

Year 5, Day 355 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 4/20/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Leveled the top soil around the trees lining Clifty Hill3’s driveway. We still really need rain. That rain dancing last week may have been beautiful. But it did not produce much rain. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4d8NAS8 HeavyContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 355 – Clifty Hill 3 – Driveway trees”

Year 5, Day 343 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/08/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Steve was up and out before sunrise to jackhammer the rock. By noon time the water line, tracer, and hydrant had been installed by Dick’s Plumbing. Inspector will be here on Friday. We were able to backfill the ditch in the afternoon .Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 343 – Clifty Hill 3 – Water line installed”

Year 5, Day 342 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/07/2026, Clifty Hill 3. The plumber is coming tomorrow to install the water line back to the new build site.. We picked up the supplies needed to run the water line back 450 feet and put in a frost free water hydrant. Then Steve worked really lateContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 342 – Clifty Hill 3 – Water line excavated”

Year 5, Day 329 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/25/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Happy Birthday Bobi. Can’t wait to celebrate with you on Saturday. Registered our new construction project address with the post office. Time to put up a mailbox Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4cyi8vf Superfeet All-Purpose Support High ArchContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 329 – Clifty Hill 3 – Address registered with post office”

Year 5, Day 324 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/20/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Driveway ruts filled in for 225 feet of the driveway. Wonder how much more stone we will need to purchase in order to fill in ruts every time a large truck delivers something. We are thinking of having someone Chip-and-oil it. It willContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 324 – Clifty Hill 3 – Driveway work”

Year 5, Day 323 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/19/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Lexington in the morning. Driveway rut fixing in the afternoon. Found a plumber for Clifty Hill 3. OMG – yesterday the Roombas were watching. Well – today it’s the flies. Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/3OaYMUR Aspercreme LidocaineContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 323 – Clifty Hill 3 – Driveway Rut fixing”

Year 5, Day 322 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/18/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Woke up this morning smiling. Remembering dreams of the MSC Ocean Cay lighthouse makes the day bright. Must be time for another cruise. On a cruise ship you don’t care about the reality of rising gas prices. These Roombas always want to beContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 322 – Clifty Hill 3 – Septic changes”

Year 5, Day 321 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/17/2026, The Wellington. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day. How cool is this? Justin’s family got to participate in the human shamrock. Over 1,050 people gathered in Dublin, Ohio, to form an unofficial world record for the largest human shamrock, surpassing the previous 2013 record of 815 people setContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 321 – Clifty Hill 3 – New electrical pole, St Patrick’s Day”

Year 5, Day 316 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/12/2026, The Wellington. We made it to PA and are entertained by some rising artists. Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/3Q1huPc All Season High Energy Suet Cakes We have so many birds eating now. They love these suet cakes. As an AmazonContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 316 – The Wellington – Rising artists in PA”

Year 5, Day 315 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/11/2026, The Wellington. A road trip with an adult child will bring tears to a mother’s eyes. We are driving for two days and visiting with one of the most beautiful and precious part of our life our daughter Jenna. It will be hard to leave herContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 315 – The Wellington – Road Trip with Jenna”

Year 5, Day 314 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/10/2026, The Wellington. My Heart is full today!!! Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/3Q1huPc All Season High Energy Suet Cakes We have so many birds eating now. They love these suet cakes. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. #CommissionsEarned FollowContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 314 – The Wellington – Family day”

Year 5, Day 313 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/09/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Septic System final inspection completed. Inspector says cover her up. We are so excited. Even flowers are blooming waiting for Jenna to arrive. Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/3Q1huPc All Season High Energy Suet Cakes We have soContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 313 – Clifty Hill 3 – Septic final, Jenna arriving”