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Year 3 Day 120 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 8/30/2023. Picked up another sixteen-foot Werner walk plank today. We had sold the twenty-four foot one that we used on the Williamsburg. It was just way too heavy for one person to manage. We now have two sixteen footers which will work for the high work.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 120 – Window decision, Paris planning, and new plank”

Year 3 Day 119 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 8/29/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Framing day 12 – This is what third, fifth and seventh grade first day excitement looks like. First day of school for Joshua was yesterday. Today was the first day for Jacob and Julianna. Kids grow way too fast. Look atContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 119 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing day 12 – First level windows and doors framed, first day of school in PA”

Year 3 Day 118 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 8/28/2023. It was a rainy Monday morning, so we took the day off. Here’s something to ponder as you go about your day today. Today’s product recommendations are for the upcoming Halloween season. I know I am already starting to buy for Halloween. Look at thisContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 118 – Rainy Monday off day”

Year 3 Day 117 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 8/27/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 11 – Look here, Somerset is on the list of 12 Small Towns in Kentucky ranked among US favorites: 12 Small Towns in Kentucky Were Ranked Among US Favorites – WorldAtlas Framing continued until 1pm. It has been clearContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 117 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 11 – 1/2-day framing, open house, pouring rain”

Year 3 Day 116 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 8/26/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 10 – The floor joists are all in and they are mostly boxed in. Ready for the open house tomorrow. This is an original custom-built modern-day farmhouse. Welcome home to the Williamsburg. Today’s product recommendations are for the upcomingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 116 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 10 – Floor joist completed and almost boxed in”

Year 3 Day 115 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 8/25/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 9 – Busy day here on Clifty Hill. The sweat bees are very busy licking and biting. The male licks sweat and the female bites. Steve is busy with floor joists, Justin fixed the truck brakes, Lowes delivered plywood,Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 115 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 9 – Floor joist work, exterior plywood delivered”

Year 3 Day 114 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 8/24/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 8 – All I can say is sweat bees, sweat bees, and more sweat bees. If I go back and read last year and the prior year’s blog from this time frame. The sweat bees are always horrendous thisContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 114 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 8 – Floor joist completed on half the house”

Year 3 Day 113 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 8/23/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 7 – First I forgot to wish Koral a big Happy, Happy Birthday yesterday. She is now 18 and has grown from the cutest kid into the most beautiful adult granddaughter. It is so cool Koral, you can nowContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 113 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 7 – Floor joist started”

Year 3 Day 112 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 8/22/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 6 – At 9am it is like pea soup walking out the door. Only 79 with no sun but the humidity has you drenching wet in no time. I am met as I open the door with a wallContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 112 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 6 – Garage door Cripple Studs installed, 118 degrees on deck”

Year 3 Day 111 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 8/21/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Today was an off day with lots of errands. We placed some solar lights in the job site. Let’s see how the site looks tonight. It is unbelievable how many cucumbers you get from a few plants that were not evenContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 111 – Clifty Hill 2 – Off day and solar lights”

Year 3 Day 110 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 8/20/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 5 – The plywood was ordered today from Lowe’s. I ordered 150 sheets of 15/32 plywood. When we did the Williamsburg, we paid about $73.00 a sheet. This order we paid around $22.00 a sheet for the same plywood.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 110 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing day 5 – Downstairs four walls are up”

Year 3 Day 109 – “Living the Dream”. Saaturday, 8/19/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Framing Day 4 – We have found through the years when you build people come. The same people will stop consistently and talk to you. We have made a lot of friends through the years because of building projects. Okay thatContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 109 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing day 4 – Downstairs Garage girder installed”

Year 3 Day 108 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 8/18/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – It is amazing that Steve is putting these walls up himself. The sun is relentless in the afternoon. Today’s product recommendations are for the upcoming Halloween season. I know I am already starting to buy for Halloween. Look at this greatContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 108 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing day 3 – Downstairs walls continue”

Year 3 Day 107 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 8/17/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – It is a foggy cooler day. I love the smell of freshly cut wood and the new homesite smells heavenly. Steve worked on framing, and I worked on doors and windows. Big decisions. The prices have really increased on everything. TheContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 107 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing day 2 – Downstairs walls started”

Year 3 Day 106 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 8/16/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – The sill is down. Working on window and door order. Looks like we will have seventeen windows, three exterior doors and two overhead 9×7 garage doors. Something to really think about. Today’s product recommendations are for the upcoming Halloween season. IContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 106 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing day 1 – Sill is down, thinking of windows and doors”

Year 3 Day 105 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 8/15/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Today I realized why we are building another house for us. You know your house is to big when your husband calls you on his cell phone from upstairs to ask where something is. I am always looking for places toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 105 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing lumber arrives”

Year 3 Day 104 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 8/14/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – First things first and the most important. Happy Happy Birthday to our Granddaughter Marley. Hope you have a great day today. Can’t wait to celebrate this great occasion. Today was spent filling Lake Tremper up. It was pouring this morning, soContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 104 – Clifty Hill 2 – Foundation drainage and stone, Marley birthday”

Year 3 Day 103 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 8/13/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – The rest of the plastering has been completed making the foundation officially complete. Tomorrow drainage will be put around and more stone will be put inside. The first lumber comes tomorrow, and framing will start on Tuesday. There needs to beContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 103 – Clifty Hill 2 – Foundation complete, remembering Lahaina”

Year 3 Day 102 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 8/12/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Stone was moved into the foundation. More stone is being delivered on Monday. Then the foundation tarring was started. In the middle of tarring the monsoons came in. The winds knocked down most of the sun flowers. Actually, ripped them outContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 102 – Clifty Hill 2 – Foundation tarring and monsoons”

Year 3 Day 101 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 8/11/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Things just keep changing and time is flying. Julianna now has braces – She looks beautiful with them on. And Jacob has glasses. He looks so handsome and scholarly. They both look great with the changes. We on the other handContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 101 – Clifty Hill 2 – Foundation plastering, braces and glasses”

Year 3 Day 100 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 8/10/2023. Another down day. This week has been doctor city for Steve and I have been the driver or hero support. First, he had a routine colonoscopy on my birthday. Hey – happy birthday to me. He was clean as a whistle no polyps at all.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 100 – Another off day visiting hand doctor”

Year 3 Day 99 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 8/09/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Today is the last first day of High School for Koral. She is a Senior! It is truly amazing how time passes by so swiftly. Justin’s youngest has grown into a beautiful young woman. Yesterday the most bags of cement wereContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 99 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 10 Foundation Block Laying, Last day of block laying”

Year 3 Day 98 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 8/08/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Happy Anniversary to my daughter and son-in-law. It is amazing it has been fifteen years! Wow what a beautiful family they have made. Steve headed out at 5:30am to work on laying block. I headed to the lumber company at 7:30amContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 98 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 9 Foundation Block Laying”

Year 3 Day 97 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 8/07/2023. Off day today! It’s my birthday! A little work in the garden was done. We weeded and planted the green bean plants we had inside. The tomatoes are growing, and more cucumbers are ready to pick. Look at the corn fields around our house. TheContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 97 – Off day with some garden work”

Year 3 Day 96 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 8/06/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Today was a clean up the extra blocks day and straighten the ground up. We are preparing the site for the first lumber delivery. The number of birds sitting on our house and flying around it are incredible. I really don’tContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 96 – Clifty Hill 2 – Cleaning up extra blocks, preparing for first lumber delivery, birds circling”

Year 3 Day 95 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 8/05/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Day 8 Foundation Block laying. Anchor bolts and cap blocks are being set. It takes a lot of cement to secure the anchor bolts. Today’s product recommendations are for keeping your skin looking its best at sea and in the sun.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 95 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 8 Foundation Black Laying, anchor bolts and cap blocks being set”

Year 3 Day 94 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 8/04/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Clifty Hill 2 – Working on setting the surface in the lower level. On this floor will be a two-car garage, family room with bar, full bath, office, and utility room. The exterior wall blocks are set to the correct heightContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 94 – Clifty Hill 2 – Ground surface being set inside foundation”

Year 3 Day 93 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 8/03/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – It was a rainy morning, so the first framing lumber list was created. Then eight inches of stone that was placed inside the foundation was removed. The floor needs to be eight inches lower. Picked more green beans. They grew whileContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 93 – Clifty Hill 2 – First lumber list created for framing”

Year 3 Day 92 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 8/02/2023. We were away for five days. It is amazing how the flowers bloomed in that time. Today’s product recommendations are for keeping your skin looking its best at sea and in the sun. My favorite skin care products are made by Elemis. Although I doContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 92 – Home from 3rd Annual Ortega Family Reunion flowers blooming”

Year 3 Day 91 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 8/01/2023. Third Annual Ortega Family Reunion Day 2 Hershey Park and homeward bound. Today is the last day of the Family Reunion. It is sad to say goodbye. We left the park at the same time as Jenna and her kids at 1:20pm. Normally we stayContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 91 – 3rd Annual Ortega Family Reunion Day 2 Hershey Park and heading home.”