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”
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Living the Dream Year 6 Day 19 – Clifty Hill 3 – Foundation Day 1, Setting the corners
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 18 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home Excavation Day 12, Footings Day 4, Concrete footing pour
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 17 – Clifty Hill 3 – Relaxing day before the 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”
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 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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 15 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home excavation Day 10 with video, Footings Day 2, rebar added
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 14 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home excavation Day 9 with video, Footer day 1
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 13 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home excavation Day 8 with video, Footing concrete ordered
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 12 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home excavation Day 7 with video, Stone delivered
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 11 – Clifty Hill 3 – Home excavation Day 6 with video
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 10 – Clifty Hill 3 – Mother’s day and Lowes
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 9 – Clifty Hill 3 – House Excavation Day 5 with video, Wellington open house
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 8 – Clifty Hill 3 – House Excavation Day 4 with video
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 7 – Clifty Hill 3 – House Excavation Day 3 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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 6 – Clifty Hill 3 – Rained out
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 5 – Clifty Hill 3 – House excavation day 2 with video, Wellington Realtor pictures
Year 6, Day 5 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 5/05/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Day 2 house excavation with video. Also look at these great pictures the realtor took of The Wellington. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4udecXU Cordless Leaf Blower Best tool ever. I think we use it almost every single day!Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 5 – Clifty Hill 3 – House excavation day 2 with video, Wellington Realtor pictures”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 4 – Clifty Hill 3 – Ground breaking Day
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 3 – Clifty Hill 3 – Mowing for excavation
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”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 2 – The Wellington – For Sale sign is up
Year 6, Day 2 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 5/02/2026, The Wellington. Good Morning Moon and Happy Kentucky Derby Day!! Today is the 152nd “Run for the Roses” at Churchhill Downs in Louisville. KY. Here in Kentucky it is a very big event. It is nice that it is a cooler weekend for the big race.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 2 – The Wellington – For Sale sign is up”
Living the Dream Year 6 Day 1 – The Wellington – Drone work, Mulching trees on Clifty Hill3
Year 6, Day 1 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 5/01/2026, The Wellington. Think it is time to sell The Wellington? And move on to working fully on Clifty Hill 3. Mulching the trees along that driveway is a good start. Drone photos of the Wellington going on. But that drone was hovering looking in the slider.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 6 Day 1 – The Wellington – Drone work, Mulching trees on Clifty Hill3”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 365 – The Wellington – Job complete
Year 5, Day 365 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/30/2026, The Wellington. Job complete. Everything else is maintenance. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4udecXU Cordless Leaf Blower Best tool ever. I think we use it almost every single day! So handy and easy to blow off deck, porch, patio, sidewalk, and garageContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 365 – The Wellington – Job complete”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 364 – The Wellington – Kitchen Cabinet molding complete
Year 5, Day 364 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/29/2026, The Wellington. Kitchen cabinet molding looks great. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4udecXU Cordless Leaf Blower Best tool ever. I think we use it almost every single day! So handy and easy to blow off deck, porch, patio, sidewalk, and garage floor.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 364 – The Wellington – Kitchen Cabinet molding complete”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 363 – The Wellington – Finally rain
Year 5, Day 363 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/28/2026, The Wellington. Finally some rain. Two inches last night. Do you know the hardest part of not traveling isn’t the lack of money or time it is overthinking. You don’t need the perfect trip. Don’t delay that travel. You just need to start. Daily reflection: Here’sContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 363 – The Wellington – Finally rain”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 362 – The Wellington – Kitchen cabinet molding
Year 5, Day 362 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 4/27/2026, The Wellington. Kitchen cabinet crown molding day. Finishing the last little decorative touches. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4ehzsqO RESCUE! Outdoor Disposable Fly Trap Nothing to say except: These work for that fly time of the year. As an Amazon Associate, IContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 362 – The Wellington – Kitchen cabinet molding”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 361 – The Wellington – Attic cleaning
Year 5, Day 361 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/26/2026, The Wellington. Clean the attic day. It is amazing how large the right side attic is with out all the junk spread around. We moved a lot into the smaller left side attic space, gave away a lot, trying to sell some on marketplace, and threwContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 361 – The Wellington – Attic cleaning”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 360 – The Wellington – Garage Day 15 – Garage complete, Koral and Boone Trace Trail
Year 5, Day 360 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/25/2026, , The Wellington. Spent a little time with Koral today. Visited her at Berea College. Koral gave me a tour of her dorm. Really lovely old building. The staircase and moldings everywhere were awesome. After our tour we proceeded to Just Love Coffee cafe for breakfast.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 360 – The Wellington – Garage Day 15 – Garage complete, Koral and Boone Trace Trail”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 359 – The Wellington – Garage Day 14 – Window trim painting
Year 5, Day 359 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/24/2026, The Wellington. Garage floor complete. Now finishing up the window trim painting. Another school play, but this time Jacob and Joshua are performing. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4ehzsqO RESCUE! Outdoor Disposable Fly Trap Nothing to say except: These work for thatContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 359 – The Wellington – Garage Day 14 – Window trim painting”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 358 – The Wellington – Outside finishing touches
Year 5, Day 358 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/23/2026, The Wellington. We have one strange Alexa. Steve told her to add something to our shopping list for herself while she was adding items for us. Well I am in the store later using that shopping list and she had added AI maintenance oil. What aContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 358 – The Wellington – Outside finishing touches”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 357 – The Wellington – Garage Day 13 floor epoxy
Year 5, Day 357 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/22/2026, The Wellington. Garage floor epoxy is looking GREAT. The home is coming together quickly now. Hanging some welcome plants on the back walkway. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4ehzsqO RESCUE! Outdoor Disposable Fly Trap Nothing to say except: These work for thatContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 357 – The Wellington – Garage Day 13 floor epoxy”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 356 – The Wellington – Garage Day 12 floor primed
Year 5, Day 356 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/21/2026, The Wellington. Spring is here, time to dispose of all your Hazardous waste from your home site. Front gardens are mulched. Primer painted on garage floor. First hummingbird at feeder this season. Daily reflection: Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4ehzsqO RESCUE! Outdoor Disposable FlyContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 356 – The Wellington – Garage Day 12 floor primed”