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Year 3 Day 210 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 11/28/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – The ridge vent is complete except we are short about one foot. I need to pick up another piece in the morning. The plastic is down, the rebar in place, and the storey pole built. We are ready for the nine yardsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 210 – Ridge vent almost complete, rebar in, plastic down, ready for tomorrow’s concrete delivery”

Year 3 Day 209 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 11/27/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Steve dug the pier holes for the rear deck today and did the excavating under where the deck will sit. He also moved stone around and started laying the 6-mil plastic that is placed under the concrete. This keeps the cement floorContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 209 – Deck pier holes excavated, and plastic put down for under concrete”

Year 3 Day 208 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 11/26/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – It’s Steve’s birthday and the first thing in the morning we find ourselves at Lowes. Happy Birthday Steve. He loves LOWES! He then worked on the lower level of the house getting it ready for the cement pouring. In the afternoon, believeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 208 – Happy Birthday Steve Lowes, Rouladen, and cupcakes”

Year 3 Day 207 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 11/25/2023. Traveled from Pennsylvania to Kentucky today. Arrived in Kentucky to beautiful sunny 50-degree weather. We are happy for the warm weather since we are pouring concrete on Wednesday. We don’t want the ground frozen.  Today’s product recommendation is for the Blink cameras. We have about 45 of theseContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 207 – Traveling from PA to KY”

Year 3 Day 206 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 11/24/2023. Black Friday. In the morning it was decorating ugly sweater cookies time. Actually, they came out beautiful. What artists these three are. The afternoon and evening were spent enjoying Hersheypark Christmas Candylane. We had so much fun. Steve’s hands are so sore he doesn’t want to touch anything, including me.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 206 – Black Friday, cookies, and Hersheypark”

Year 3 Day 205 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 11/23/2023. Happy Thanksgiving. What a great day and the food was bussin. Can you tell I spent a lot of time with a twelve-year-old. That is the word I heard come out of her mouth constantly. But I have to agree the food was bussin. Lol. TheContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 205 – Happy Thanksgiving from PA”

Year 3 Day 203 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 11/21/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – It poured and poured and poured today while we drove and drove and drove some more. In Clarksburg, WV tonight. Steve’s hands are so sore he doesn’t want to touch anything, including me. Lol. He is looking forward to this timeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 203 – Clifty Hill 2 – Traveling to PA for Thanksgiving staying in Clarksburg, WV tonight”

Year 3 Day 202 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 11/20/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Loading up the car and heading out tomorrow. Steve worked a long hard day. Just a tiny bit of roof left to do. There are four bundles too many on the roof that have to be put back in the atticContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 202 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 6 front of the home shingling, packing for traveling”

Year 3 Day 201 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 11/19/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Last night and every night for the past week I have woken up in the middle of the night. I look at my watch and it is 3:33am. How strange is that? Today was a wrapping day. Heading to Pennsylvania forContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 201 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 5 front of the home shingling, sliding glass door installed”

Year 3 Day 200 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 11/18/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – This is not an easy roof for one person or even multiple persons to shingle. It is really steep – 10 on 12. We are down to less than a quarter to go. We had to get more roof brackets todayContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 200 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 4 front of the home shingling”

Year 3 Day 199 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 11/17/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Last night was a warm gorgeous night. We attended Koral’s high school musical called “OUT OF OUR MINDS”. It was an excellent performance and so nice to be out and about in the evening. Being home every night like a moleContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 199 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 3 front of the home shingling, Koral play”

Year 3 Day 198 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 11/16/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Front roof is going slow. Valleys take a long time. I had a little lunch time date with a friend at Mellow Mushroom in Somerset. It was some yummy salad and pizza. Day 3 product recommendation is for Advanced Clinicals DarkContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 198 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 2 front of the home shingling”

Year 3 Day 197 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 11/15/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Windows and doors are in except for the kitchen dining area slider. Tomorrow back to roofing. I am going to promote an Amazon product every day. Here’s today product. Steve and I use a mini-Maglite in the car, in our travelingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 197 – Clifty Hill 2 – Windows and doors are installed, except slider”

Year 3 Day 196 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 11/14/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – The windows are almost all in and the siding was delivered today. Making huge strides closing this baby up. I am getting us ready to head North for Thanksgiving and getting early Christmas presents. We will be away a lot inContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 196 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 1 windows being installed, siding delivered”

Year 3 Day 195 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 11/13/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Late start today with the front shingling. Work had to be done on the old truck first. When you drive a truck 18 years old it is a constant revive it from death. Have you seen the price of 3/4 tonContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 195 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 1 front of home shingling”

Year 3 Day 194 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 11/12/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Steve worked alone this weekend. He finished shingling the back of the house yesterday and today worked on dismantling the scaffolding in the back of the house and setting it up in the front. Our Blink cameras always are on guardContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 194 – Clifty Hill 2 – Rear of home is shingled”

Year 3 Day 193 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 11/11/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Since today is Veterans Day. I wanted to put my post out early and make it represent this special day. Make sure you thank all Veterans today for their service to the United States. Be sure and give a special thankContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 193 – Veterans Day flag folding”

Year 3 Day 192 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 11/10/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – The garage doors are installed, and the family room patio doors are delivered. Steve actually didn’t install the garage doors himself. He is starting to realize he can’t do everything. He has to let some things go. Also here are picturesContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 192 – Clifty Hill 2 – Garage doors installed”

Year 3 Day 191 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 11/9/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – The high side aka the back of the house is 3/4’s shingled. While Steve and Justin are busy doing hard labor. I have been crafting and made these cute little containers that fit little plants perfectly. They came out so cute.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 191 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 2 shingling”

Year 3 Day 190 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 11/8/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – It was really hot and very windy for the first shingling day. Today’s pondering thoughts. Today’s product recommendations are cruising essentials (paid links): 1) It is so nice not to have to worry about stapling your luggage tags to your luggageContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 190 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 1 shingling”

Year 3 Day 189 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 11/7/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – The house is ready for shingles. There are 72 bundles on the roof. Hopefully it is enough. I think we have a new little helper here today. No pondering thoughts today. Today’s product recommendations are cruising essentials (paid links): 1) ItContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 189 – Clifty Hill 2 – Ready to shingle”

Year 3 Day 188 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 11/6/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – The back of the house roof is ready to shingle. Thank you, Justin, for all the hard work assisting Dad. I hate you guys doing that work so high. Check out these pictures. We are a huge advertising billboard for LowesContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 188 – Clifty Hill 2 – Back of home ready to shingle”

Year 3 Day 187 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 11/5/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Today was a Lowes, then a Lowes, and then another Lowes trip day. I guess I was so excited to be going to Lowes so many times and spending money I forgot to take pictures. Happy sunny warm long day toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 187 – Clifty Hill 2 – Lowes, then Lowes, then another Lowes trip”

Year 3 Day 186 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 11/4/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Slowly the house is getting closed in. While they work on the house, my brain is filled with holiday planning. Have you guys started that hectic mind thought process. What do I cook, how do I decorate, what do I needContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 186 – Clifty Hill 2 – Sheathing the attic day 5, names of groups”

Year 3 Day 185 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 11/3/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – A little shopping and then back to the Attic sheathing. High work goes slow. The corn fields are even getting bored with the progress. Today’s pondering thoughts. Today’s product recommendations are cruising essentials (paid links): 1) It is so nice notContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 185 – Clifty Hill 2 – Sheathing the attic day 4”

Year 3 Day 184 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 11/2/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Cold morning so work didn’t start till 10:30am. It was 23 degrees in the morning. We had to wait for the sun to melt the ice off of everything. Today’s pondering thoughts. Today’s product recommendations are cruising essentials (paid links): 1)Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 184 – Clifty Hill 2 – Sheathing the attic day 3”

Year 3 Day 183 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 11/1/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – I had lunch with a neighbor at a little quaint country luncheonette called Mom and Pops Mt Zion Diner. This little place is out in the middle of farmland, but apparently is very busy for lunch. The meat loaf was excellent.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 183 – Clifty Hill 2 – Lunch at Mom and Pops Mt Zion Diner”

Year 3 Day 182 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 10/31/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Happy Halloween!! Hope all the little ghosts, goblins, witches, and fairies have a great day celebrating. Today we started the final sheathing of the attic area. It is a cold morning. What a drastic change in temperature from yesterday. Low 30’sContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 182 – Clifty Hill 2 – Happy Halloween, Final sheathing of top level started”

Year 3 Day 181 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 10/30/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Another rainy short workday. We have had two days now of getting plenty of rest and relaxation. The garage doors are framed and we are ready for Somerset Burnside Garage Doors & Glass Co., Inc. to come and install the doors.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 181 – Clifty Hill 2 – Rainy relaxing day framing the garage doors”