The field next door has fully been harvested and will set naked until spring. Wonder if we'll get corn or ASNns next year. Insofar as an update on barndo reno progress... there's not a whole lot to share. I did get the upstairs bedroom put together with a bed -- but...
Sitting here at the barndo I ran across a couple photos of the Seymour house. Just looking at them I'm reminded of how totally different where I'm living now is from where I was before. I know the barndo will be different once I get everything fixed and "finished." It...
The 4th bedroom here in the barndo isn't REALLY a bedroom -- not in the standard sense anyway. Sure, there's room for a bed... but barely. What it has is a loft bedroom for little people with a closet and a smaller area at the bottom. Colette thinks it's grand. It's...
I've only finished two rooms and I've been here in the barndo a month or so. 1. bedroom that's now the tanning bed/treadmill room BEFORE AFTER 2. Bedroom one (or two... if you prefer to count it that way): BEFORE AFTER I'll be moving upstairs next. Colette's area to...
Closing happened this morning after all. YIPPEE! I had my doubts. I don't know what kind of deal the seller's struck with good ole' Dad, but whatever it was it worked. Papers signed and filed -- the purchase is in the history books. Whew! I read an article today, "3...
Many moons ago I knew more about mortgage loans than the average ASNr. I closed my fair share when I worked at a bank. We didn't wire money when paying off other loans - we cut bank checks for the amounts plus the per diem to allow for mailing. I've also bought and...
Two full months later than expected, we're all set to close this Thursday, October 13th. Yippee! We closed the house in Seymour on August 12th and were originally supposed to have a closing here on August 15th. Little did I know at the time all the challenges that...
I think I'll commit to sharing one sunset photo every week. Fifty-two sky photos from the same (or about the same) spot over the next year. Of course, I'm picking sunset photos over sunrise ones because I'm a night owl. Choosing sunrise would feel more like a job and...
I'm not changing the countertops even though I'm a white or black quartz girl and I've got brown/orange laminate. (Again... it's a barndo, Shelley.) The other challenge insofar as paint colors on walls is because the floors downstairs are acid stained concrete -- and...