What I've been doing the past couple months

[turd]

Looking good, but no basement? Do you have plans for a storm shelter of some sort? The weather seems to be more and more of an issue these days.....

 

[kentucky yeti]

Thanks for the update. It’s pretty impressive.

How long will it take to sell a tractor just sitting there beside the road with a sign on it? Is there much demand around your area for tractors?

When the weather turns good, I think (hope!) it sells pretty fast. It is nice and very low hours.

 

[kentucky yeti]

Looking good, but no basement? Do you have plans for a storm shelter of some sort? The weather seems to be more and more of an issue these days.....

The big December tornado barely missed us. We are doing an underground storm shelter/ food cellar, once the house is finished. Adding a basement was going to add another $36-40 thousand to the build. I’d love to have done it but that meant no shop.

 

[Rook]

Looks great. I wish you a lot of luck.

My wife and I had everything squared away and was enjoying retirement for about 5 years but we never counted on either one of us getting sick. She was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer almost 2 years ago and died 4 months ago in October of 2021. Now nothing matters.

 

[Colonialgirl]

Looks great. I wish you a lot of luck.

My wife and I had everything squared away and was enjoying retirement for about 5 years but we never counted on either one of us getting sick. She was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer almost 2 years ago and died 4 months ago in October of 2021. Now nothing matters.

Sorry to hear that about your wife; It does take time to recover and for many years memories will pop up in your life of various places and activities.
January 30, 2019 I got up and asked my Ashley, "Eggs or Oatmeal" knowing Ashley would pick eggs. Ashley was lying in bed listening to a pod cast while I went fixed our breakfast; When I came back in 10-15 minutes, Ashley was gone. They said Ashley's heart died and that a pacemaker was useless in that circumstance. I could tell there had been no pain and that Ashley drifted off asleep.
Now 3 years later, I still miss my Ashley and often pass by a bike park, store or other place and it pops into my mind, "Ashley and I use to go there or do that" and I feel a deep sadness in my heart. I hope the memory never fades.

 

[kentucky yeti]

Looks great. I wish you a lot of luck.

My wife and I had everything squared away and was enjoying retirement for about 5 years but we never counted on either one of us getting sick. She was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer almost 2 years ago and died 4 months ago in October of 2021. Now nothing matters.

I sincerely hate to read that. The main reason we started this was because we have lost so many of our family at way too early an age. I doubt that we will be able to keep the place up for a long time. We are just hoping the Good Lord will let us have a few years to slow down and look around. Then there will be a FOR SALE sign on the land, and maybe it will be someone else's dream...

First load of lumber arrived. Walls start Monday.

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[Kevin]

Kentuckyyeti: Please post some pictures of the process!

 

[kentucky yeti]

From the road this morning using my iPhone zoomed in as much as possible.

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[Ride1949]

Thar's coming along nicely. Looks like you know what you're doing.

 

[WendyZXZ]

Looks to be coming along very nicely!

 

[kentucky yeti]

Thar's coming along nicely. Looks like you know what you're doing.

I built our original home, and the one we are at now. This is number 3, and all I do is watch and pay. My wife said she wasn't waiting two years for me to build again (that's the time I spent on both our other homes, and I was a lot younger). She said if I wanted one more house- to hire it done. It's not easy watching someone else do it instead of me, but she is right. Age and health are no longer on my side...

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[Blazenet]

I built one, that was enough... took two years.

 

[Ride1949]

[I built our original home, and the one we are at now. This is number 3, and all I do is watch and pay. My wife said she wasn't waiting two years for me to build again (that's the time I spent on both our other homes, and I was a lot younger). She said if I wanted one more house- to hire it done. It's not easy watching someone else do it instead of me, but she is right. Age and health are no longer on my side...]

I hear that. I spent most of my life in construction. (Many different fields) I destroyed my shoulder on the last job and I'm now in the process of selling off most of my tools. At 73, I guess it's time to hang it up. I shut down my business and retired 11years ago, but got so bored I started taking on side jobs. Looks like I'm done for real this time.

 

[kentucky yeti]

This thread should be moved to the "Watching investments disappear" thread LOL

Interior walls are nearly up. A sudden rain shower stopped the progress this afternoon.

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[kentucky yeti]

Framing is done.

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[Rook]

Looking good. Looks like you're having some nice weather too.

 

[kentucky yeti]

Looking good. Looks like you're having some nice weather too.

Thank you. LOL It actually snowed last Friday, but it is 71 today. Sheathing is almost all up now.

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[kentucky yeti]

I haven't posted in this thread for awhile. Thought I'd update.

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[kentucky yeti]

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Standing at the garage door looking at the garage closet

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Master bath roughed in

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Second bath

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Master bath looking to the master bedroom, trying to figure out how I'm gonna pack the shower unit upstairs to the mancave without help

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kitchen to great room view

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Stairs that I need to get up with the shower unit :lol:

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200 amp

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Couple of wires

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A little vinyl going up

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Fireplace roughed in

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Back porch ready for vinyl

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[kentucky yeti]

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They shorted me one window. I have a projected date of November 2 for it. So the siding had to stop at the window hole :shock:

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Septic system installed

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Bought a storage building for the holiday stuff my wife has.

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Insulation is in

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Unit installed in the attic

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Fireplace box roughed in

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We need our siding LOL We are 7 squares short on the order, and it is backordered too...

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Sheetrock delivered Friday

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I decided to go ahead and put the subfloor down and run the plumbing to the mancave. Originally, I wasn't gpoing to do anything to it, but... So I worked all day yesterday and after starting this morning at 6:30 am, I just came home for the day.

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They still have some wrapping to do on the duct. It is hot in the attic!