Category Archives: Radiance of the Seas

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”

Year 3 Day 180 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 10/29/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – We really did try to downsize. I don’t think Steve knows what downsizing means. It rained in the morning so we headed out to visit at Justin’s farm. Today’s pondering thought. Today’s product recommendations are cruising essentials (paid links): 1) ItContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 180 – Clifty Hill 2 – Rain and visiting Justin’s farm”

Year 3 Day 179 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 10/28/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – It was a beautiful sunny warm day. Do you ever feel that you have taken the wrong moves in life? Are you asking yourself these questions. Have I been taking the wrong move or is this where I am supposed toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 179 – Clifty Hill 2 – Up the ladder and pictures of the views from the top floor”

Year 3 Day 178 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 10/27/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – The shingles and deck materials were delivered in the morning. Bobi loaded scrap lumber into her truck and Justin and Steve put up the fascia board. I love this sign as you go into the town of Somerset, Kentucky. Then theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 178 – Clifty Hill 2 – Shingles and deck material delivered, scaffolding welded, fascia board going up”

Year 3 Day 177 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 10/26/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Backyard grading work is completed, and new scaffolding is set up and ready to use. One of the corners of one scaffolding frame has a broken weld. Steve will be borrowing Justin’s welder and fixing. Home Depot gave us a $65.00Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 177 – Clifty Hill 2 – Scaffolding set up”

Year 3 Day 176 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 10/25/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Up at 4:30am and at Home Depot picking up more scaffolding in Lexington at 6:30am. Lexington Home Depot is a 1 1/2 hour drive. Steve worked on putting in the 42 rafter ties. I worked on getting material estimates for roofingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 176 – Clifty Hill 2 – Rafter ties, Lexington for more scaffolding”

Year 3 Day 175 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 10/24/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – We live four miles from the town of Somerset. In the country but close to a great town and lake. We are so lucky. https://lake1023.iheart.com/…/2023-10-19-kentucky…/ The 75 sheets of plywood are up on the main level ready to close in theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 175 – Clifty Hill 2 – Winched up plywood to close in roof, farmer video”

Year 3 Day 174 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 10/23/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – It is a cold 36 degrees in the morning. It is back to scraping the windshield in the mornings before going anywhere. It will be so nice to park in a garage again. Heading to Lowes early is actually an adventureContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 174 – Clifty Hill 2 – Front gable framed, Lowes early racing forklifts, ladybug invasion, busy purchasing agent day”

Year 3 Day 173 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 10/22/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Another rafter day. Two more fly rafters to go and then the front gable has to be completed. Work was also done on closing up the right side of the house. Shingles are being delivered on Wednesday. All three of theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 173 – Clifty Hill 2 – Rafter Day 7, Devoted altar servers”

Year 3 Day 172 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 10/21/2023. We got our flu vaccines yesterday. The number of vaccines they say to get now are like crazy. We still need the Covid, and second Pneumonia vaccines. Just call my arm a pin cushion. Has anyone gotten the RSV vaccine? Yikes, another new one!! ThisContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 172 – Clifty Hill 2 – Rafter Day 6, civilization story”

Year 3 Day 171 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 10/20/2023. Only about 14 rafters to go and the drop off pile is growing. Cute local store. Sisterly love. 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 yourContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 171 – Clifty Hill 2 – Rafter Day 5, Hillside Pantry, sisterly love”

Year 3 Day 170 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 10/19/2023. Justin helped put up the rafters over the cathedral ceiling. That was one area Steve could not do himself. Well, I know he would have found a way. The rafters are more than halfway done. Due to the high wind in this area, they screwedContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 170 – Clifty Hill 2 – Rafter Day 4 cathedral ceiling, black snake”

Year 3 Day 169 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 10/18/2023. Lovely sunny day. The rafters are moving along. Yikes this house looks so big. I think it is because of the garage. This will be the largest two car garage we have ever had. I think the views from the kitchen/dining area are going toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 169 – Clifty Hill 2 – Rafter Day 3”

Year 3 Day 168 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 10/17/2023. Another cold cloudy day. The rafters continue to go up. Steve has figured out how to put them up himself. He says using clamps he can do anything. He loves clamps. I think a backhoe and clamps are on his Christmas list. Today’s thoughts toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 168 – Clifty Hill 2 – Rafters continue to go up”

Year 3 Day 167 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 10/16/2023. Cold rainy day and my turn for a Colonoscopy. I hate Gatorade. It will be a long time before I drink it again. The American Cancer Society recommends that women (and men) who are at an average risk for colon cancer begin screening at ageContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 167 – Colonoscopy day”

Year 3 Day 166 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 10/15/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – The ridge is going up. Two more pieces to go. I brought lunch over and I heard the phrase “Is it in the birdsmouth?”. Do you know what a birdsmouth is in home construction? A birdsmouth is a triangular right-angled notchContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 166 – Clifty Hill 2 – Ridge is going up”

Year 3 Day 165 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 10/14/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Framing continues with Justin assisting this weekend. Do you ever feel intimidated by other women. Yup, today was a normal nail salon visit day. I just don’t understand why people always want to try and impress you with what they own.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 165 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing continues, nail salon intimidation day”

Year 3 Day 164 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 10/13/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Windows and doors were delivered today. They are stored in the basement and covered with tarps for future use. Reina and Spencer came by today. They had lunch with us and spent the afternoon. I was so excited to have themContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 164 – Clifty Hill 2 – Windows and doors delivered, Reina and Spencer visited”

Year 3 Day 163 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 10/12/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Bought mason scaffolding from home Depot again. The first set we bought was never delivered but freight company says it was. Had to call and dispute it with our credit card company. They temporarily refunded our money. Not sure what HomeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 163 – Clifty Hill 2 – Picked up Masons scaffolding at Home Depot in Lexington, KY, Sparta, NJ pencil drawings”

Year 3 Day 162 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 10/11/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – It was an early early cold dark morning Lowes run. We were at the store when it opened. Bought more Lumber and nails. The Equinox was treated to a nice oil change and a child restraint recall fix. We moved 28Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 162 – Clifty Hill 2 – Moved Advantech with harbor Freight winch video, Haircut day”

Year 3 Day 161 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 10/10/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Framing continues. The winch is up and ready to pull up the Advantech. Tomorrow, I have to work with Steve to get those boards up on the attic floor. I hate pumping my own gas, NJ girl here. So, I cameContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 161 – Clifty Hill 2 – Making Granola, winch is ready to pull up Advantech”

Year 3 Day 158 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 10/07/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Back to Framing today. 2 x 10 Ceiling joists aka attic floor joists are being installed. I am back to Lowes shopping. Every Lowes shopping experience is at least an hour. Things are way up on the overstock shelf a lotContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 158 – Clifty Hill 2 – Framing continues with 2×10 ceiling joists aka attic floor joists, Sussette is the best Walgreen employee”

Year 3 Day 157 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 10/06/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – Last night we were at the Tennessee welcome center on interstate 81 south at 5:30pm. Justin said we were going to go through the mountains on the way home. Well, we literally took a tunnel through the mountain to get intoContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 157 – Clifty Hill 2 – Home late last night, off day, electric pole with light installed”

Year 3 Day 156 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 10/05/2023. Day 5 O’Sun ocean front Avon, NC vacation. Heading home. The winds have finally died down and the ocean waves are gentle this morning. We headed home today at 8:45am. Steve wanted to get home and get moving on closing Clifty Hill 2 up. JustinContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 156 – Day 5 of Avon North Carolina Beach Vacation – Heading Home (Big Pinnacle of Pilot Mountain in North Carolina)”

Year 3 Day 155 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 10/04/2023. Day 4 O’Sun ocean front Avon, NC vacation. Nags Head Outlets. These lazy days are driving me crazy. We took a ride to the Outlets in Nags Head. What a waste of time. The stores had nothing I would want and were very expensive forContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 155 – Day 4 of Avon North Carolina Beach Vacation – Nags Head Outlets”

Year 3 Day 154 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 10/03/2023. Day 3 O’Sun ocean front Avon, NC vacation. A Frisco beach day. Fishing and shelling. Then home to crafting. Look at this!! Thought to ponder! Today’s product recommendations are cruising essentials (paid links): 1) It is so nice not to have to worry about staplingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 154 – Day 3 of Avon North Carolina Beach Vacation – Frisco Beach”

Year 3 Day 153 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 10/02/2023. Day 2 O’Sun ocean front Avon, NC vacation. No sunrise this morning to see. We actually washed the sliding glass door so we would have a nice clear view of the ocean. The neighbor’s wife saw Steve cleaning our door and a few minutes laterContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 153 – Day 2 of Avon North Carolina Beach Vacation – Mancala”