Mums and Pumpkins are planted…

The mums and pumpkins are planted and growing like crazy with all this rain. And of course the grass is growing at a record rate and it is impossible to mow right now with all the rain and soft ground. We’ve planted more varieties of pumpkins than in the past … Continue reading

Sheetrock Update

See pictures below for Sheetrock update and the mess it makes. However, it gets us one step closer to prime and paint. Cabinets are being made and carpet is being installed in a few weeks. Even with the brutal cold weather, we are still moving forward rather quickly. More pictures … Continue reading

Today’s Project

In the rain all day long, today’s project was setting up the electrical panel I built for our barn and mum fields. Check out the pictures below for recent updates and today’s project… Projects like these are fun and rewarding, even if I have to do them in crappy weather. … Continue reading

More Progress…

We’ve made much more progress since the last post to our website/blog. See pictures below to see some of our progress… Above is digging down through the tub box and redoing what the rough in plumber did and didn’t do. Of course this was just one of many rough in … Continue reading

Aspen Tongue and Groove Wood for our Cathedral Ceilings…

We chose aspen tongue and groove wood for our cathedral ceilings. All of our other ceilings are finished with 5/8 Sheetrock, we felt like the aspen wood would be perfect for the cathedral ceiling areas, which is living room, dining room and kitchen. Every 8′ which is where all the … Continue reading

Building Gravel Roads…

The last few days I’ve been building gravel roads over to our new home. Going across the pasture, I first cut down 10″ to 1′ where I got down to solid hard clay. Then I drove over that to really pack it down. Next, I had a rock truck bring … Continue reading