Category Archives: Kentucky

Day 272 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 1/27/2022. We kept blowing the circuit breakers with everything we are trying to run off the old house. So, we bought new led work lights. There are pros and cons to them. They use a lot less power and they are really bright, but the halogen lights giveContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 272”

Day 271 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 1/26/2022. Every other day we have to fill up the propane cylinders at Tractor supply. Tractor supply charges $3.89 a gallon for propane. It is the only place we know that they actually measure the gallons they put in the tanks, and you actually pay for what youContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 271”

Day 270 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 1/25/2022. First floor bedroom is insulated and sheetrocked. The closet will be worked on tomorrow. We are hoping that the big fat Robin on the wire is a sign of fast approaching spring. Today’s product recommendation is for the Rev-A-Shelf. I love this for my pots, pans andContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 270”

Day 269 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 1/24/2022. The middle level bathroom is fully sheet rocked. I love the shelf/seat around the tub. That is a signature feature in all of Steve’s bathrooms. The sheetrock garbage pile is certainly growing. We moved the furniture and kitchen cabinets from the middle level bedroom to the kitchenContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 269”

Day 268 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 1/23/2022. Look at the below pictures of the three houses. The size of the cabin we are living in, the old house we are cooking in, and the new house we are building. Wow, what a difference. Pantry and middle level linen closet are looking great. Time forContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 268”

Day 267 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 1/22/2022. Today, is a bright sunny much warmer new day. It is 60 in the house with the heater on. So warm. Last night I had a breakdown lol at 5pm. I started crying like a big baby. ” I am going to the cabin and going toContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 267”

Day 266 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 1/21/2022. Sheetrocking continues. Worked on the middle level closets and bathroom. It is getting warmer in the house. The middle level bathroom is now insulated and partially sheetrocked. Steve replaced the bathroom fan vent duct that the HVAC contractor had installed. He said in NJ the duct workContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 266”

Day 265 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 1/20/2022. A very cold day today in Kentucky. It was a high of 25 and mostly cloudy with snow showers. I broke down and sat under an electric blanket to keep warm. Yesterday it rained so hard it drove the mice back up into the old house. SittingContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 265”

Day 264 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 1/19/2022. Middle level kitchen and living area ceiling is almost sheet rocked. I helped for a little bit and then headed to get a mani-pedi at Somerset Nails. Poor Steve just kept working putting up fourteen-foot sheets of drywall. I keep telling him you need to come getContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 264”

Day 263 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 1/18/2022. All day I was doing the sun dance. Needing that sun to come out to get in the shower. Yea it finally did, and the shower was wonderful. It didn’t even matter that I had to walk through snow and mud to the shower. Once the sunContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 263”

Day 262 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 1/17/2022. I knew that having a tv would make us lazy or is it the snowy cold day. We binge watched the Squid Game in two nights. Now we are having difficulty getting up and motivated in the morning. Getting up out of the warm covers in ourContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 262”

Day 261 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 1/16/2022. Last night we watched the first four episodes of the Squid Games on Netflix. I’m not sure if we were better off without a TV. The show is really good, but so much killing. Is it good for our minds? Today was supposed to be snow, butContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 261”

Day 260 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 1/15/2022. The drywall lift is useless when Sheetrocking the bathroom. So, Dolores to the rescue – lol. I really did hold up that rock on the ceiling. Also, we now have a refrigerator. I couldn’t get enough pictures of it. I know you guys will be thinking “OkayContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 260”

Day 259 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 1/14/2022. I can’t believe we didn’t get a TV sooner for the cabin. I guess we just didn’t want to get really comfortable and lose our drive. It is easy to go hide in the warm cabin and watch TV. We bought primer and ceiling paint today. WeContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 259”

Day 258 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 1/13/2022. We decided to finish the upper level of the home first. We will then be able to move our bedroom furniture out of the lower-level bedroom. Steve used 250 feet of paper tape in the upper-level master bedroom and a whole can of spackle for the firstContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 258”

Day 257 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 1/12/2022. Upper level is sheetrocked except for the bathroom. The refrigerator is being delivered on Friday and there were 19 sheets of 14-foot sheetrock blocking the front door stairs. Steve and I had to move them across the room to clear a path for the refrigerator to beContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 257”

Day 256 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 1/11/2022. Upper level sheetrocking continues. Master bedroom: Master bedroom closet: Upper-level hallway: Stairwell: Thinking of Carol and Jeff as I follow the little pig down the road. That was the excitement for the day. Today’s product recommendation is for the Rev-A-Shelf. I love this for my pots, pansContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 256”

Day 255 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 1/10/2022. We are not happy campers today. We have had it with being cold and working nonstop. Steve worked on more drywall in the upper level. He should have the upper level all sheet rocked by the end of the week. Today’s product recommendation is for the Rev-A-Shelf.Continue reading “Living the Dream Day 255”

Day 254 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 1/9/2022. Rainy warm day today. It went up to 50 degrees. It is amazing the wild swings in temperature. Everything is flooded and tonight it will be 18 degrees. Black ice tomorrow for sure. No work done today. Ordered a 40-inch smart TV for the cabin. Decided onContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 254”

Day 253 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 1/8/2022. It was a balmy 11 degrees this morning. The old house was a warm 32 degrees. It was warmer in the refrigerator than in the old house. My Keurig froze up, the water in the cabin froze, and the shower is frozen. Just a warm southern dayContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 253”

Day 252 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 1/7/2022. Just a cold day with lots of upper-level bedroom Sheetrocking work. Master bedroom and second upper-level bedroom. Today’s product recommendation is for the Rev-A-Shelf. I love this for my pots, pans and lids. The one we recently installed is the 21 inches with a spot on theContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 252”

Day 251 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 1/6/2022. Foundation Building Materials called at 7:15am. They were on the way with our sheetrock. Yeah, they are getting in and out before the snow. It is a forty-five-minute drive from their store. We caught another skunk. He/she is so cute. She ate the whole can of tunaContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 251”

Day 250 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 1/5/2022. I walked into the old house to a mess of torn apart garbage. Hmm, then Steve says he thinks he saw another skunk run into the side of the house. Whatever it was dug a hole around the plywood that Steve used to board up the holeContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 250”

Day 249 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 1/4/2022. It’s starting to look like a house. Insulation is completed on the upper level and mostly done on the middle level. Today’s product recommendation is for the Rev-A-Shelf. I love this for my pots, pans and lids. The one we recently installed is the 21 inches withContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 249”

Day 248 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 1/3/2022. It is a cold snowy dreary morning. Steve does not want to come out of our warm cozy cabin. I waited to use the outside shower till afternoon. It was 34 in the afternoon with still no sun. The upper level of the new house is almostContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 248”

Day 247 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 1/2/2022. Took a shower early this morning in the dark. It is supposed to get colder as the day progresses and it will be cloudy all day. Tonight, they are calling for about an inch or more of snow between 8pm and 2am. Can’t believe we are goingContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 247”

Day 246 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 1/1/2022.  The first day of 2022 started off with a bang. We were woken by multiple storm warnings. First one was a severe thunderstorm warning at 6:52am and then five minutes later a tornado warning. We are always up and out of the cabin by 7am. Not thisContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 246”

Day 245 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 12/31/2021.  Happy New Year to all our Facebook and DeesTimes friends. May your coming year be filled with love, and good health. Thank you for following our journey “Living the Dream”. Cheers to the Williamsburg. This morning we made three trips to Lowes to pick up the insulation.Continue reading “Living the Dream Day 245”

Day 244 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 12/30/2021. I woke up in the middle of the night thinking, omg I am afraid to go. Steve says, “Stop looking at the news”. Royal Caribbean blog says “Royal Caribbean has carried 1.1 million guests since 6/2021 and 1,745 have tested positive with no severe cases or hospitalizations. So,Continue reading “Living the Dream Day 244”

Day 243 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 12/29/2021. Well, our bags are packed, luggage tags printed, and six covid tests arranged. We spent the day getting the compound set to go away for two months. We are having mixed feelings about leaving and spending eight weeks on cruise ships. The Omicron is really starting to impactContinue reading “Living the Dream Day 243”