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Year 3 Day 324 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/21/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – The mailbox is up. You can now call “The Wellington” a home. We moved the drainage pipe from the rear of the Williamsburg to the rear of the Wellington. The access from the Williamsburg is no longer needed to the five acresContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 324 – Clifty Hill 2 – Mailbox up, access drainage pipe moved to back of Wellington”

Year 3 Day 323 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/20/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – The push is on with a lot of things needing to be done before heading to Europe. The plastic and wire are down in the garage. Remember the cement truck is coming on Monday. Two ground bars were beat into the ground.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 323 – Clifty Hill 2 – Garage floor plastic and wire down, Ground bars beat into the ground, Lunch out and start of Physical Therapy”

Year 3 Day 322 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/19/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Hello glorious Spring. Sunny, but very cold on this first day of spring. Garage is coming along, and gravel is leveled out. Picked up 150 feet of wire to place on top of that gravel. As the cement is poured into theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 322 – Clifty Hill 2 – First day of Spring, Leveling garage floor gravel”

Year 3 Day 321 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/18/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Hope you all enjoyed your Corned Beef and Cabbage and had a great St Patrick’s Day. We are cleaning up the garage and getting ready for concrete to be delivered in a week. Need that area to store our possessions when weContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 321 – Clifty Hill 2 – Cleaning up garage for concrete pouring next week”

Year 3 Day 320 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/17/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Happy St Patrick’s Day. We are trying to finish quickly now. Hopefully we can get the rough in plumbing inspection soon. The pressure is on. Where to move our stuff, where to live, and heading to Europe. Things to ponder today! Have toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 320 – Clifty Hill 2 – Open House cancelled, we have a contract, rough in plumbing work”

Year 3 Day 319 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 3/16/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – The Bradford Pear white trees are blooming. The Bradford pear, also known as the “Callery” pear, is a popular ornamental tree native to Asia. The trees were introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture as ornamental landscape trees in the mid-1960s. They are beautiful butContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 319 – Clifty Hill 2 – Bradford Pear trees abound, Spring is here”

Year 3 Day 318 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/15/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – The outside electrical service box is up. The ground wires and rods have to be put in still. The DWV pipes in the home are completed. Pressure testing and sealing leaks is taking place. The installation of the copper water lines isContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 318 – Clifty Hill 2 – Outside electrical box is installed, DWV pipes completed, scrap lumber hauled away”

Year 3 Day 317 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/14/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Pressure testing, fixing the waste line links, and a pedicure. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. 29 piece cobalt drill bit set –Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4979zDU A drill bit set that any carpenter/mechanic will love. ThisContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 317 – Clifty Hill 2 – Testing and fixing waste line leaks”

Year 3 Day 316 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/13/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – It was a great day for lunch out with Marley. We met at the Happy Cow Cafe in Columbia, KY. This cafe was okay with the food being fairly good and the service lacking in friendliness. Things to ponder today! Have to leaveContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 316 – Clifty Hill 2 – Happy Cow Cafe lunch”

Year 3 Day 315 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/12/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – The Kentucky flies are swarming again. The house is fully sided, and the metal is all bent and up. The seamless gutter installers will not be able to be here until the end of next week. Things to ponder today! Have to leaveContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 315 – Clifty Hill 2 – KY flies are swarming, House is ready for gutters”

Year 3 Day 314 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/11/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Copper water lines being installed. It was my spring yearly road clean-up Day. Picked up two white kitchen bags of garbage. It was mostly beer cans. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. 29 piece cobalt drill bit set –Here’s aContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 314 – Clifty Hill 2 – Copper water lines started, Road garbage cleanup”

Year 3 Day 313 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/10/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – The first pressure test was performed on the PVC waste lines. There were a few leaks, so we headed to Lowes for some more PVC pipe and fittings. We took the afternoon off for some rest and relaxation. Things to ponder today! HaveContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 313 – Clifty Hill 2 – First PVC waste line pressure test”

Year 3 Day 312 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 3/09/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – It is a rainy Lowes day picking up more DWV pipe and pressure test plugs. The Somerset, KY Lowes has separated out the area where you pick up online orders from the customer service return counter. These employees and the new pick-upContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 312 – Clifty Hill 2 – Lowes shopping online and picking up pvc pressure test plugs”

Year 3 Day 311 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/08/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Another plumbing day. It is amazing how much white pipe there are in the walls of this home. When you walk into a house, we don’t even think about the waste materials and where they go when you use your showers, sinks,Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 311 – Clifty Hill 2 – Waste lines work continues”

Year 3 Day 310 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 3/07/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – The highway from the house to the septic tank was installed. This is a highly traveled road. Some electrical work was done. The veins and nerves of this home are coming along nicely. Before you know it, we will be calling forContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 310 – Clifty Hill 2 – Waste lines connected to the Septic tank, electrical box work, walking in the morning”

Year 3 Day 309 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 3/06/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Worked on installing the lower-level/third bathroom waste lines. This is the hardest of the bathrooms because the waste lines run under the cement slab. Steve had to do a lot of digging and crawling around on the ground to install it. TheContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 309 – Clifty Hill 2 – Lower-level waste line work, Jack hammer used”

Year 3 Day 308 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 3/05/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Vinyl siding is completed. Some more white aluminum needs to be bent and put up. The seamless gutters are being installed next week. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Comfortable light weight inexpensive zip up hoodie – Here’s a linkContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 308 – Clifty Hill 2 – Vinyl siding is completed”

Year 3 Day 307 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 3/04/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – We have a day of no rain with the mud drying up. Therefore, today is a day to continue with the front siding work. We are so close to the outside being closed in and buttoned up. Things to ponder today! Have toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 307 – Clifty Hill 2 – Front siding work continues”

Year 3 Day 306 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 3/03/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – It was a relaxing beautiful spring feeling day. If you call shopping at Lowes, planning kitchen lighting, and detailing the car relaxing. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Comfortable light weight inexpensive zip up hoodie – Here’s a link toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 306 – Clifty Hill 2 – Lowes planning kitchen lighting”

Year 3 Day 305 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 3/02/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Overcast day. More DWV pipe being installed. We are Open House ready. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Comfortable light weight inexpensive zip up hoodie – Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4aa21Bh A nice light weight inexpensive zipContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 305 – Clifty Hill 2 – DWV pipe installation continues, Williamsburg Open House Day”

Year 3 Day 304 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 3/01/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Woke up to the best pictures of the Northern lights in a message from Koral. What an awesome experience. Today was a cleaning day for me. Preparing for another open house tomorrow. https://www.zillow.com/…/1511-Clifty…/115445587_zpid/ We currently don’t have a pet, but I amContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 304 – Clifty Hill 2 – DWV pipe installation continues, Koral Northern Light pictures, preparing for tomorrow’s open house”

Year 3 Day 303 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 2/29/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Happy leap year day. Today occurs only once every four years. This is our first leap year in Kentucky. Leap year adds an extra day to the end of February to align our calendar with Earth’s orbit. Without Leap Days, in 100Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 303 – Clifty Hill 2 – Happy Leap Year, an extra day of DWV installing for us”

Year 3 Day 302 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 2/28/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Another day of installing DWV pipe. I can’t wait until the siding is completed and this home is all closed in. Look at the bat poop in the pictures below. OMG, I want them out of my house. We need the weatherContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 302 – Clifty Hill 2 – Installing more DWV pipe, bat poop on the stairs”

Year 3 Day 301 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 2/27/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Rainy days bring inside work. Steve worked on plumbing. I went shopping for DWV pipe. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. ClosetMaid cube organizers – Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4cbkPC6 We buy these ClosetMaid cube organizers inContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 301 – Clifty Hill 2 – Rainy day inside plumbing work”