Last week’s rain gave way to sun as we hoped and prayed for a few dry days to complete the footers for inspection.  This is  the mucky mess last Saturday morning (just 4 days ago).  But we pumped the water out and began working.   While Jack and hearty neighbor, Steve, started framing the footers, […]

It has rained five straight days since we dug the foundation.  Since the dig, we haven’t been able to do much more on the house. We sure are enjoying our porch as we watch the evening showers, wondering when our mud hole will dry up!  Check out this one-minute video of our view! But we […]

Bedford County approved the Building Permit so we just had to celebrate (again)! As soon as we walked out of the county office building, we called Jared Jones, the excavator.  So now we are really committed to this project; and I must say, it is exciting!  We couldn’t wait, so Jack and I started digging […]

Last week was the longest 4th of July week in history!  It was a great week, but with the 4th falling mid-week the public celebrated from June 29-July 8th!  It seemed someone grabbed the fireworks opportunity every night! Since our building permit is still under review, we took the opportunity to take a mini-cation and […]

So this week, indeed I got the shed painted and straightened up for my sister’s visit.  It still needs trim and to be finished out along the top but you can get an idea from the photo of what it will look like.  It already is enjoyable to sit there and feel the cool air […]