Day 200 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 11/16/2021. Steve and Justin worked on the front porch today. We are going to have steps to get in the front of the house soon. Today’s product recommendations are for keeping aware of your surroundings: 1) Love this indoor-outdoor thermometer, and 2) We own and love this fiveContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 200”
Category Archives: Home Building
Living the Dream Day 199
Day 199 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 11/15/2021. We have started to work after dinner. We are not getting this house done fast enough. Steve is working diligently on the main level electrical. The upstairs bathroom vanity arrived today. The kick plate was broken and one of the cabinets had a large scratch on it.Continue reading “Living the Dream Day 199”
Living the Dream Day 198
Day 198 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 11/14/2021. It is cold today but look at these roses. It is amazing they are surviving. Not only surviving, but actually blooming. I am having a hard time surviving in this cold – lol. We are working on the kitchen lighting. Currently, putting the ceiling boxes in forContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 198”
Living the Dream Day 197
11/13 – Day 197 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 11/13/2021 – The electrical rough in is complete on upper level. Steve is working on the middle level now. I picked up line and tracer wire for connecting the new house to the public water from Midway Supply. Tomorrow is another clean-up day and Steve willContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 197”
Living the Dream Day 196
Day 196 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 11/12/2021. It is cold, wet, and dark walking the planks in the morning going to get coffee. But yippee we passed our plumbing rough in inspection. Next up is rough in electrical inspection. We bought our columns for the front porch and the pier holes have been dugContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 196”
Living the Dream Day 195
Day 195 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 11/11/2021. My larger stainless-steel pot fell apart while cooking. It was an inexpensive one we had picked up at the start of this journey. Who knew that cooking on a high open flame would ruin the pot. Today, we were at Lowes at 6am to pick up 16Continue reading “Living the Dream Day 195”
Living the Dream Day 194
Day 194 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 11/10/2021. I figured it was time for another tour. Enjoy this Video tour. Next week Steve says he will be doing a video tour that the men will be interested in. Lol. Here are a few random pictures from today, but the video says it all. Except –Continue reading “Living the Dream Day 194”
Living the Dream Day 193
Day 193 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 11/09/2021. The pipes to the septic tank were covered with soil today. Then work was started on creating a cement pad to put the outside HVAC units on. Forms were set up and the gravel was placed inside and leveled. Plumbing inspector came and we failed the roughContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 193”
Living the Dream Day 192
Day 192 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 11/08/2021. It was a great exciting day today. I am amazed at how many pictures I took. Steve started up the excavator and dug a 65-foot-long trench from the new house to the existing septic tank. The drop was twenty-five inches from the house to the septic tank.Continue reading “Living the Dream Day 192”
Living the Dream Day 191
Day 191 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 11/07/2021. It was cold this morning again but turned into a very nice warm sunny day. The lady bugs were all over the side of the house. The leaves are now falling and have covered our front yard. Tomorrow is going to be even warmer. On the wayContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 191”
Living the Dream Day 190
Day 190 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 11/06/2021. The wiring work continues upstairs. It was a very cold bright gorgeous sunny morning, Very cold inside the house working, but the work lights give off a lot of heat. Steve is doing a great job; I know because I did a lot of supervising. Tomorrow isContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 190”
Living the Dream Day 189
Day 189 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 11/05/2021. The wiring work continues. Steve is hoping the upstairs will be totally roughed in by Monday. So far, he has used about 1,000 feet of wire, and 500 staples. There are 18 recessed lights upstairs and multiple three-way switches. He wants to know why we have toContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 189”
Living the Dream Day 188
Day 188 – “Living the Dream” Thursday, 11/04/2021. It is a very cold morning. It was 32 degrees heading to Lowes this morning. The grass was covered in frost. Steve never sits in the old house, but he had his coffee inside where it was 47. Send company home with a cup of hot coffee,Continue reading “Living the Dream Day 188”
Living the Dream Day 187
Day 187 – “Living the Dream”, Wesnesday, 11/03/2021. The water in our cabin is “Liquid Ice” now. Using a small electric tea pot to heat water to use water pic. Bought some nice fur lined boots to keep my feet warm. Wiring is started, gutters are done, and more work is being done on theContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 187”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 174
Living the Dream” – Day 31 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 174, Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Last night we walked on the 15th deck. There were two super yachts parked next to our ship. The SURI and the Lonian. The 208-foot SURI is a charter yacht built in 1978 and refurbishedContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 174”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 173
Living the Dream” – Day 30 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 173, Monday, October 17, 2022. Opened the curtains today to a totally different view. We are at a port with many oil/gasoline holding tanks. Quite a difference than the last two days in Moorea. We are in Papeete on theContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 173”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 172
Living the Dream” – Day 29 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 172, Sunday, October 16, 2022. We went to the public beach today in Moorea. It was not what I expected.It was about 3 miles from where the tender brought us in. We shared a taxi with a couple from AustralianContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 172”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 171
Living the Dream” – Day 28 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 171, Saturday, October 15, 2022. I was so excited to open my curtain at 6am and see land after five days at sea. We are in Moorea, French Polynesia till tomorrow night. This is the farthest we have ever beenContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 171”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 170
Living the Dream” – Day 27 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 170, Friday October 15, 2022. Last Sea day before we get to Moorea, French Polynesia. It was a slow day. Went to the spa and had a mani-pedi. Then just hung around. Today’s product recommendations are traveling essentials. 1) LuggageContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 170”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 169
Living the Dream” – Day 26 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 169, Thursday, October 13, 2022. Another sea day. It is very windy and the Northstar was cancelled for us again. A Princess ship was cruising out in the water this morning when I opened our curtains. That is the firstContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 169”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 168
Living the Dream” – Day 25 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 168, Wednesday, October 12, 2022. Our shower is fixed. Yea, they took the gasket from an empty stateroom. We found two cruisin ducks today. We rehid both of them. One had a name and came from Taylorsville, Utah one hadContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 168”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 167
Living the Dream” – Day 24 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 167, Tuesday, October 11, 2022. We walked the track this morning on the 15th deck. Here’s a video of our new Balcony stateroom 13540 on Ovation of the Seas. We have Captain Ron as our captain. I am so gladContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 167”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 166
Living the Dream” – Day 23 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 166, Monday, October 10, 2022. Last night was not a good night. The room air-conditioning did not work. It was hot. 7am this morning I reported a few issues with our stateroom to msintenance. We are in stateroom 13540. WeContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 166”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 165
Living the Dream” – Day 22 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 165, Sunday, October 9 2022. We were off the ship before 8am. After 10 minutes of being off the ship I decided I like Honolulu much better than Maui. We took the trolley transportation to the Waikiki shopping plaza. ThisContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 165”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 164
Living the Dream – Day 21 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 164, Saturday, October 8, 2022. Getting off the ship onto the tender was challenging this morning They were going to stop the tenders and wait for the seas to calm down. Then the supervisor came by and said that weContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 164”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 163
Living the Dream” – Day 20 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 163, Friday, October 7, 2022. We are in Maui today. It is nice here in Hawaii weather wise. The ship is using the lifeboats for tendering. The tender was really rocking on the 15-minute tender into the town. I haveContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 163”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 162
Living the Dream” – Day 19 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 162, Thursday, October 6, 2022. Drink, eat, gamble, and karaoke. No more overeating for me. It is really warm now. Not hot just great gorgeous weather. This is the first shorts we have worn since we left home nineteen daysContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 162”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 161
Living the Dream” – Day 18 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 161, Wednesday, October 5, 2022. Day four at sea on Ovation of the Seas. Jamie’s Italian food restaurant has definitely changed. It was not as good as we remembered it prior to covid. We will not be going back there.Continue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 161”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 160
Living the Dream” – Day 17 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 160, Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Another freaking sea day. This is day three. There is 2,645 miles of water between Seattle and Maui. We left warmer weather to this cool breezy weather. I wore a sweater dress to dinner lastContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 160”
Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 159
Living the Dream” – Day 16 of our 1/2 world trip aka Year 2, Day 159, Monday, October 3, 2022. Another cloudy rainy cold rolling sea day this morning on Ovation of the Seas. I guess I expected a cruise to Hawaii would be filled with sun. I walked around and did a video ofContinue reading “Living the Dream – Year 2, Day 159”