Progress Report #21

Saturday, March 21, 2009...One of our projects this day was to pick-up the slate we purchased for the kitchen/dining room, hallway, and bathroom on the second floor, and the ceramic tile for the third floor bath. Here is the approx 2500 lbs. of slate and mortar mix that Hubby, J-Bird and I off-loaded from the truck to our storage trailer. Each box contains 10, 12x12 slate tiles, and weighs approx. 50 lbs. If we end up crippled in our old age, it'll be no wonder. At least we'll have stories to tell.


Here's a peak into the storage trailer. On the right you can see the large brown boxes that contain our toilets, and the long skinny boxes behind them contain the laminate flooring we purchased last fall. The back half of the trailer is packed floor to ceiling, the front half isn't as tight. I do not look forward to moving all our stuff, AGAIN...but, Lord willing, it will be the last time. And we'll be moving it into OUR NEW HOME.


Once we unloaded the flooring, it was time to get the fire started and get to work (HA!). The area you see below was, when we started clearing last year, a tangled mess of brambles and overgrowth. We have spent A LOT of time cutting and moving wood, and much work still remains to be done, but we are making progress, and once we are actually LIVING on the property, tackling projects like these will be easier.


Another gratuitous fire photo for our friends Rob & Gina, who we understand have an unnatural affection for burning wood. We're looking forward to the day when we can relax around a campfire, joined by family, friends, and good food.


And speaking of food...we thought that roasting hot dogs might be a fun idea and something we hadn't done, yet...and the kids really enjoyed it. Only trouble was the fire was almost too hot, we had a hard time not roasting ourselves while cooking the dogs...needed longer sticks, I guess.



Sunday, March 21, 2009...Heading over to the land in the afternoon. Looking back towards State College from Ardery Hollow...the "dip" in the far mountain range (towards the right) is the cut out for I-99 at Skytop. This is a particularly pretty view on the way to our land. Gorgeous in the fall!


Back at the land...we decide to pull some logs out of this area and drag them up out of the way. Then we were going to move the cut wood. But...this is the only one we moved. Because...


we decided instead of moving the wood we had cut, we'd load it on the truck and deliver it to Hubby's dad, who installed an outdoor furnace last year, and was running short of wood.


Here's I-Bird on his make-shift teeter-totter. He is always looking for things to ride, climb on, or swing from. Just another great thing about living in the woods! There's always an adventure waiting to happen.


Stay tuned,
Kris