One year ago today we bought the land and started this wild adventure!! From this:To this:Thank you for joining along!It has been a such wild and blessed ride! Don't worry, a rambling, reflective post is coming. You didn't think I could leave it at this did ya??
Pipes and Wires – I got this
This running electric and plumbing is gonna be the thing that does me in, I’m here to tell ya. And with Mr. working 80+ hours a week (Thank you Lord!!), either I figure it out or I pay someone to do it. Knowing how much they charge per hour… yea, I’m going to figure it…
Power struggles
Power yall. Everyone keeps stressing about power. Grid electricity to be precise.Yup, it came up again.I understand their concern. I really, truly do.It would make life SOO much easier, no doubt!No generator needed. On demand lights, power for the phones, toaster oven. Not to mention drills and saws. And oh golly – heat and air!!! …
7 Quick Takes – 4/6/2013
- 1 -Apparently The Dog has decided that the denim insulationmakes for a great bed. Mighty expensive dog bedding but at least it’s safe to lay on I suppose.- 2 -We were recently told that coyotes are called Singing Dogs here in the south. Mr. Littlest has determined that coyotes say “arh arh arhhoooo bang…
When… Then… Thinking
With all this thinking about what I want in the house and around the homestead and planning the how’s the last few weeks, I realized I have fallen back into “when… then…” thinking. You know “When this happens, then I can…” For some its “When I get a raise, then I can get a new…
Head to explode in 3… 2…
1...I understand why people don’t build their own homes. Why they hire a contractor. And why that contractor subcontracts everything out.It is enough to completely rattle your brain! Options, costs, how to’s, codes (federal, state and local – cause they all gotta have their hand in it). Not that it isn’t possible to be done. Obviously, thousands…
A Typical Day
A typical day around here is chaotic from beginning to end. Shocked? No, it’s not for the reasons you are thinking. Ok, well maybe a little bit. It is said that the trials you are going through today, God uses to prepare you for later endeavors.I’m not sure it could be truer in our case.The day…
Driveway Fix Attempt 2
Just a refresher of what it looked like and what we went through last week:It rained... again... and we had a similar mess to deal with. With Mr.'s new job though we have access to materiel that is good for driveway base. Yay! So we had to prep it. After filling most of the ruts…
Oh Insulation
FINALLY YALL!!! We have finally reached this stage! Kinda (I’ll explain). The plan for insulation has evolved quite a bit during the planning and building process. We knew we absolutely did not was traditional fiberglass – it just doesn’t work real well compared to the other options. it stinks at stopping/slowing air exchange, 15 minute fire…
Clay + driveways = disasters
Let me just tell you what red clay soil and 2 inches of rain in a week does.Actually, they say a picture is worth 1000 words. Here ya go:It makes you spend all day messing with 10 feet of your 600 foot driveway. Because not being able to pass that 10 foot area is not…
Together Simply 