Category Archives: Home Building

Day 228 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 12/14/2021. Worked on pulling wire and setting up some Christmas decorations today. We have to buy more extension cords to light up the trees by the front door. How many extension cords can we have. It was a beautiful, sunny day in the 60’s. The car wash wasContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 228”

Day 227 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 12/13/2021. Justin came over and helped clean the lower level of the home and unload the truck. By early afternoon we were on our way to return the truck. Justin stayed at the house to clean up all the stuff the wind blew around outside during Saturday’s storms.Continue reading “Living the Dream Day 227”

Day 226 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 12/12/2021. After a great night of sleep, we were up early and at Cracker Barrel. We did our normal sunday laundry and Lowes shopping. The HVAC rough in was completed while we were away and the inspector is coming on Monday. Steve put in the dryer vent todayContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 226”

Day 225 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 12/11/2021. We were up and out on the road by 4 am. It was cold, dark, and rainy. It is amazing how many tractor trailers are on the highways that early in the morning. It was a long day. We left at 4am and 16 hours later weContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 225”

Day 224 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 12/10/2021. Today with the help of Jenna and Jamie, we emptied the storage unit and loaded up the truck as soon as the kids headed off to school. Well, I didn’t do a lot. I am so weak, and the boxes were really heavy. We barely made aContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 224”

Day 223 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 12/09/2021. It is colder the closer we get to Pennsylvania. We were supposed to pick up a 26-foot Penske moving truck tomorrow in Pottstown, PA, but we got a call this morning. They wanted to verify that we were picking up a truck tomorrow like we reserved. IContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 223”

Day 222 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 12/08/2021. It is cold and spitting snow this morning. Today was a driving day. The farther we headed northeast the colder and more snow we saw. In the mountains of West Virginia, it is cold. But I located a cool Nutcracker poster. Yes, I have an obsession withContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 222”

Day 221 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 12/07/2021. Bet you can’t guess what we worked on today. Yes, you got it. MORE WIRING. Steve says, three more days and then we can call the electrical inspector. It is getting cold here and I have changed to doing dishes in the old house. Yuk, I haveContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 221”

Day 220 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 12/06/2021. Day 220 – It was a rainy start to the day with lots of thunder and lightning. The temperature at 8am was 61 and at 7pm it is 31. What a drastic change in one day. It is going to be a cold one tonight. Our propaneContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 220”

Day 218 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 12/04/2021. A dreary day of wiring, wiring, and more wiring, mixed with a little cleaning. Went to town and followed the farmer home. Love seeing our house rising from the ground. Only entertainment is the clouds of birds that set off the cameras. The nutcrackers are keeping meContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 218”

Day 217 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 12/03/2021. The HVAC guys are almost ready to call for the rough in inspection. It took them a lot longer to do the job than we thought it would. One of the main workers had a mild heart attack the other day. Hopefully they will be ready nextContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 217”

Day 216 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 12/02/202102. Today we spent time cleaning up the lower level and stacking our boxes on the new storage shelves. Then we headed to Koral’s Christmas chorus performance. It was nice to be out and not working. Julianna also had her first violin performance in PA. We were ableContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 216”

Day 215 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 12/01/2021. We have some crazy farmers here. I guess they can’t sleep or something. The combine woke us up at 2am. The farmer across the street was out there working. Steve went back to rough in wiring today. He is working on the lower level now. It willContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 215”

Day 214 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 11/30/20211. It was a beautiful sunny 60-degree day here in KY and it snowed in Wantage, NJ. We are happy to not be in the snow. First thing in the morning we went to Lowes and bought wood for shelving. Steve took time off from electrical rough inContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 214”

Day 213 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 11/29/20211. It was 24 degrees this morning and we have water in the cabin. That 50-foot heated hose from Amazon works great. Went to take a shower around 11am and the propane heater was leaking like crazy. So, Steve aka Mr. fix it went to work to fixContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 213”

Day 212 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 11/28/2021. It was another long driving day. The clamps on the tarps kept coming loose. We left hotel early. At one of the rest areas, we saw this dog in the driver’s seat of a truck. It was so funny. That dog was so happy. We got homeContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 212”

Day 211 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 11/27/2021. Truck is packed and we met moving company at the storage unit. Well, we ended up telling them forget it. The price quoted over the phone was $2,100. In person they said it would be double that. Wow, there were only a few more boxes than weContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 211”

Day 210 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 11/26/2021 – Happy Birthday to Steve. In the morning we headed to storage unit to pack up some stuff to bring back to KY. Then spent the afternoon hanging with the grand kids. Evening found us at a local restaurant for dinner and then birthday cake at Jenna’s.Continue reading “Living the Dream Day 210”

Day 209 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 11/25/2021. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We are enjoying family in PA. Did some crafts with the kids, was treated to a private violin concert, ate a huge amount of food on a beautiful table set by our daughter Jenna, and went for a nice afternoon family walk, and thenContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 209”

Day 208 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 11/24/2021. Late afternoon we arrived in PA. Had pizza and cheese steaks for dinner while Jamie worked on getting the Turkey ready to cook tomorrow. We have not been able to find good pizza anywhere in KY. While we are away the animals are playing. Large buck passedContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 208”

Day 207 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 11/23/2021. Water lines are totally frozen. We are going away for the holiday, so we had to thaw the pipes and blow the water out. We turned the water off at the street, opened all faucets, disconnected the Hoses, loaded up the truck with Christmas presents, and armedContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 207”

Day 206 – “Living the Dream”, Monday, 11/22/2021. We had 20 tons of driveway stone delivered. It is called quarry processed up north and dense grade here. It is small stone with dust which packs down nicely. You use it over firm ground or stone. Steve used it to create a parking spot and filledContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 206”

Day 205 – “Living the Dream”, Sunday 11/21/2021. A neighbor stopped by and wanted to know if Steve would build him a house. He has been watching the process and loves the house. He said it is so unique and not like anything he has ever seen. Steve told him no I am not buildingContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 205”

Day 204 – “Living the Dream”, Saturday, 11/20/2021. Woke up to frozen water to cabin again this morning. Steve and Justin worked on roofing the front porch and fixing the broken cabin water faucet. Steve says every day we stay here in the cabin we are saving 140.00. That is what we would spend at theContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 204”

Day 203 – “Living the Dream”, Friday, 11/19/2021. Woke up this morning to frozen water to our cabin. It got really cold out last night. They worked on the front porch today. The house looks really different now. Today’s product recommendations are for keeping aware of your surroundings:  1) Love this indoor outdoor thermometer,  and Continue reading “Living the Dream Day 203”

Day 202 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 11/18/2021. It was a very rainy inside workday. The main floor wiring was worked on, and the stairs were reinforced. We also set up a few chairs to spend more time in the new house in the evenings. We now have a propane work heater, so, it isContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 202”