The Framing Actually Begins!
On Friday we were working on the property again. Picking up sticks, dozer work, mowing, weedeating, all the really fun stuff! Ha! Actually it was all the usual stuff we got behind on over the summer. However, it was helping to pass the time until the framing started on Monday. So, work we did. By […]
The Framing begins…almost..
The concrete was poured on a Monday and we had to wait at least 3 days before we could start building. Sure, no problem….Well, our builder, Scott, was on vacation and not due back until Saturday, so we really had to wait 7 days to start building! AHHH!! Somehow we made it through the week! […]
Pouring the Concrete Slab
Normally weekends fly by for us. Normally weekends are just way to short. Until the weekend you are waiting to start your house. Then the weekend is 9 trillion minutes long! And you feel every 9 trillion seconds of it! That’s normal though right? Finally, FINALLY, Monday morning came. We were expecting the plumbing guy […]
Starting the Foundation
In the middle of July, we were expecting the concrete guys to start work any day. Really now, they could start at any minute. Yesterday would have been just peachy actually. But obviously I don’t control the inner workings of the concrete company so I must wait like everyone else. OK, fine. So, I […]
Starting to build!
In late June, we had saved enough to start the building process!!! Well, enough to start anyway. We called our builder Scott and met with him to lay out the house site and discuss some of the details. He seemed excited for us and we were definitely excited enough for the both of us! We were […]
Downsizing
In spring 2017, we really felt that the Lord was leading us to trust him. Boy, can that be hard! Sometimes the road the Lord wants you to take isn’t perfect-or smooth-and sometimes the end isn’t always visible from your starting point. So you rely on your faith. You trust God to lead you, regardless […]
Adventure Memories
I have so many memories of different things that happened the first year or so after we bought the farm and started working on it. This is sort of a collection of short stories that have happened out there that I wanted to make sure we didn’t forget. Okay, that I wanted to make sure […]
To mow or not to mow?
Just a quick recap: We had grass and I was so excited!!! I won’t bore you with more pictures of grass yet, but I was over the moon excited to have grass. The grass grew BEAUTIFULLY in the spring for the most part. However, around the beginning of May we realized we needed to do something […]
The Farm Tour and Getting Behind
In June 2017 we went on the farm tour. Maleah had wanted to go as part of her birthday present. Well, who am I to deny such a simple request from a perfectly pleasant soon to be 17 year old???? I could never do such a horrible thing to my sweetheart! So, off we went […]
Picking Up More Sticks
Well, it turns out when you have any part of your property logged you wind up with sticks everywhere. When you knock over a tree with a dozer the same thing happens. You wind up with sticks everywhere. Big sticks. Little sticks. Sticks that seem never ending. This is not exactly award worthy information, I […]
