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Year 5, Day 354 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/19/2026, The Wellington. Cleared the garage, scrubbed the floor, and purchased materials needed to epoxy the floor. Next week we will be doing the floor. This is a first for us. We have painted garage floors, but never put down epoxy. Daily reflection: Here’s a link toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 354 – The Wellington – Garage Day 11, ready for Epoxy”

Year 5, Day 353 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/18/2026, The Wellington. More front garden mulch work. Jacob confirmation. Isn’t modern technology wonderful 700 miles away and it is like we are right there in the church. We couldn’t be more proud of him. White flowers in our gardens are blooming just for him as heContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 353 – The Wellington – Mulching, Jacob confirmation”

Year 5, Day 352 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/17/2026, The Wellington. Garage is fully painted except for the small part of the front wall that is block. Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4d8NAS8 Heavy Duty Floor Scraper with 44.5” long handle, 4” Scraper Tool with 10 Replacement Metal Razor BladesContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 352 – The Wellington – Garage Day 10”

Year 5, Day 351 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/16/2026, The Wellington. Mulching Painting Rain dancing By the afternoon it seems the rain dance may be working! The Year-to-Date (YTD) Rainfall here is about 8.27 inches right now This is significantly lower than typical levels for Science Hill, KY. The average YTD is 15.10 inches. WeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 351 – The Wellington – Mulching, painting, and rain dancing”

Year 5, Day 350 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/15/2026, The Wellington. Mulching day! Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4d8NAS8 Heavy Duty Floor Scraper with 44.5” long handle, 4” Scraper Tool with 10 Replacement Metal Razor Blades This isn’t the exact one we have, but a scraper like this is fantasticContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 350 – The Wellington – Mulching Day”

Year 5, Day 349 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/14/2026, The Wellington. Finished the last of the spackling on the other side of the garage this morning. It is ready to be sanded, primed and painted. That will be tomorrow’s project. While waiting for the spackle to drive we worked on some of the back patioContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 349 – The Wellington – Garage day 9, back patio mulching”

Year 5, Day 348 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 4/13/2026, The Wellington. Assembling new outside bar table. Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4tuk8Mi Concrete Knee Boards 30×8 Inch Just bought these for new home cement floor work. Making things easier. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. #CommissionsEarned Follow TheContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 348 – The Wellington – Assembling bar table”

Year 5, Day 347 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/12/2026, The Wellington. Sunday/Funday. Purchased new small high top patio table Cleaned up half of the garage Enjoyed the Berea College Bel Canto Treble Singers. Very awesome performance. Koral loves this group. Berea College Bel Canto Treble Singers is an inclusive ensemble of approximately 30 singers, openContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 347 – The Wellington – Garage day 8, Bel Canto Treble Singers”

Year 5, Day 346 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/11/2026, The Wellington. Yard work, lunch out, and Lowes. Look at the maple tree grow. You can see new growth everyday. Justin dug up a twig baby maple last year from under a tree at his house and brought to us. No way did we think itContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 346 – The Wellington – Yard work, Renos, Maple tree”

Year 5, Day 345 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/10/2026, The Wellington. One side of the garage is almost finished being painted. A little gym time then a lot of time organizing and cleaning up the shed to make room for stuff from the garage. Market placing Large items. In other news the The Artemis IIContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 345 – The Wellington – Garage day 7, Artemis II splashed down”

Year 5, Day 344 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/09/2026, The Wellington. Getting the back side of the house landscaping done. Mulching is going to be a full days project. We have taken care of the flies. No more on the back deck. They have been flocking to this fly trap. Thoughts to ponder. Here’s aContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 344 – The Wellington – Patio landscaping”

Year 5, Day 341 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 4/06/2026, The Wellington. Another day of spackling the garage. Almost ready to paint. After work we headed to Lowes for more spackle and landscaping plants. Look at the Vanderhall three-wheeled motorcycle we saw in the Lowes parking lot. It operates more like a car but is registeredContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 341 – The Wellington – Garage Day 6, water meter installed”

Year 5, Day 340 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/05/2026, The Wellington. Happy Easter. Easter is celebrated by Catholic and Protestant churches worldwide. Easter is a movable holiday that changes annually, falling on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25. It is calculated as the first Sunday after the full Moon that occurs on orContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 340 – The Wellington – Happy Easter, Lily planting”

Year 5, Day 339 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/04/2026, The Wellington. More mowing and garage spackling. Then out for an early Mexican Easter fiesta with Justin and Family. We had such a good time that I forgot to take pictures. Boohoo, but Happy Easter Weekend! Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation:Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 339 – The Wellington – Garage Day 5, Mexican Easter”

Year 5, Day 338 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/03/2026, The Wellington. Makeover day 2 – nails. The woodpeckers must have decided they don’t like our suet. They are pulling it out of the hanger and throwing it all over the deck and railing. It looks like I destroyed the Spiderman watch. I tried to replaceContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 338 – The Wellington – Nails and watch destroying”

Year 5, Day 337 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/02/2026, The Wellington. Makeover day. It must be a spring thing or Jenna and I have a strong ESP connection. In the evening, Justin and Bobi met up in Somerset to be part of the filming of the movie Christmas at Moose Lake which is being filmedContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 337 – The Wellington – Hair and movie”

Year 5, Day 336 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/01/2026, The Wellington. It is Red Bud blooming season. It is also Dandelion season. Mowed the lawn yesterday and this morning those dandelions are huge again. They are standing tall in the freshly mowed grass. I have read that mowing often stimulates faster growth. We have beenContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 336 – The Wellington – April Fools Day – The Garage is Finished HA HA”

Year 5, Day 335 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/31/2026, The Wellington. The cruise ships just keep getting bigger. BUT is bigger better??? Royal Caribbean named its fourth Icon-class ship Hero of the Seas. It is scheduled to arrive in Miami in August 2027. This ship will have nine pools, twenty eight dining venues, and beContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 335 – The Wellington – Flowering Cherry Tree”

Year 5, Day 334 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/30/2026, The Wellington. What can I say except – Turn on the music and work on Finishing the garage. Moving things around as we work. Marketplace is getting a lot of stuff. It is a great place to sell good used things. Afternoon breathing break. You haveContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 334 – The Wellington – Garage Day 4 turn on the music”

Year 5, Day 333 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/29/2026, The Wellington. Sunday Funday!! Spent a lot of time watching a live feed of Julianna’s Dance Competition. Might have snuck a little going out for lunch though. That live feed goes everywhere with you. Awesome modern technology. Thoughts to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s AmazonContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 333 – The Wellington – Dance Competition”

Year 5, Day 332 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 3/28/2026, The Wellington. A little morning garage spackling. Then Bobi’s Birthday celebration was underway. Birthday dinner menu included Focaccia Bread, White bean dip, Cream cheese stuffed celery, Carrot sticks, Zucchini Parmesan Crisps, Lasagne, and cheesecake. This was my first time making Focaccia Bread. I used the coldContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 332 – The Wellington – Garage finishing Day 3, Bobi BD, Julianna Cotillion”

Year 5, Day 331 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/27/2026, The Wellington. 7am and the 8 yards of mulch is here. Garage spackling is going good. Lots of corner bead being installed. Inside of front door has been painted. Not black like I wanted, but you can’t always get your way. Steve wanted white. It looksContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 331 – The Wellington – Garage Finishing Day 2, Inside front door painted”

Year 5, Day 330 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/26/2026, The Wellington. The largest job to complete the Wellington is underway. Garage is being taped, corner bead put up, and spackled. Not a lot left to do to complete this home. Although we are feeling like the finishing touches are taking forever. Mulch is being deliveredContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 330 – The Wellington – Garage Finishing Day 1, Asia planning”

Year 5, Day 328 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/24/2026, The Wellington. Little snippets of my morning exercise group at Rocky Hollow Recreation Center in Somerset, Kentucky. Love this routine and instructor. Just enough to get you moving on three mornings a week. The other two days is a little bit more at Somerset Aquatics. YouContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 328 – The Wellington – Water company reviewed new home site, exercise videos”

Year 5, Day 327 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/23/2026, The Wellington. Going to try to make cheesecake again. Remember the last time making cheesecake the glass blender was broken. So I bought a new blender today. Steve gets his work toys and I get mine. Exciting life here. Is it time for another Epic Journey.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 327 – The Wellington – New blender, Asia research”

Year 5, Day 326 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/22/2026, The Wellington. It is is only two days into spring and it is 84 at 5pm. We have gone right into summer weather. The septic bed area is all graded. We are planning on making the cement floor work in the garage and basement easier. Therefore,Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 326 – Clifty Hill 3 – Septic graded, planning cement floor work”