Category Archives: Living Fully
Quite a Year
As we’ve said, this has been quite a year for us here: What about you? Has your life changed much in the past year? Thanks to Evan, Mike, bikehikebabe, tammy, Kaitlin, Cathy, Rummuser, tikno and Kate for … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Living Fully
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Christmas Trees
1977. 2006. For the past 35 years our tradition was to go up to our land and cut down our tree shortly before Christmas. We clearly couldn’t do that this year, so I bought some lights, garlands and … Continue reading
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Not Quite Yet
It pays to be paranoid. We thought we had the final approval for the shed so Joe could start insulating it and hook up the propane heater. Andy checked just in case. I’ll spare you the details, but it … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Living Fully
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Planning
They uncovered the house slab Friday and it had only one small crack. Steve hasn’t looked at it yet, but he already warned us that hairline cracks are almost possible to avoid and they’re no problem. He says … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning, Living Fully
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Winter Has Struck!
Our shed. For higher resolution click on picture. Our well-covered house pad. For higher resolution click on picture. Joe was originally going up tomorrow to do more work, but they’re predicting more snow with highs around 20° F. … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning, Living Fully, Taking Risks
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Moving Ahead
Ready to pour footings for the house. For larger image click on picture. Smoothing concrete pad for shed. For larger image click on picture. We were lucky this week. Thursday the inspectors gave us the go ahead to … Continue reading
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Busy Week
This past week was a productive one. Andy filled the back of the truck with wood to give it more traction in the snow when he plows: The well driller installed the new lid for our well house … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Living Fully
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We Have an Address!
The site of the new shed is to the right of the driveway. The weather has been “slightly less than perfect” the past couple of days, so construction has been briefly halted. We’re expecting more good weather before winter … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning, Living Fully
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We’ll Just Have to See
Site of proposed new shed (leveled spot on left of photo.) We were hoping to get work on our water system started this past week. The well driller was ready to go and the contractor planned to come up … Continue reading
Posted in Living Fully
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