In this week's episode of "Follow Your Feet..." you'll witness highs...and lows. Progress. Roadblocks to overcome...I did say I'd share the ugly stuff, too.Our week went fairly smoothly after the wonderful blessings of last weekend: friends' help with our demo, and catching up with several others at a graduation party. A delightful motorcycle ride.
I cleaned up many of the kitchen gadgets we found.
Don did a bit more demo work on his own.
Unfortunately, nothing has moved forward for our financing, so we are exploring other alternatives in the meantime.
Seems like no one moves very quickly in that department, which is beginning to cause me some anxiety given that November is just...18 weeks away! Yikes!
This weekend, Father's Day weekend, began joyously with a visit from both our sons! Will drove down from New York and Nate, up from Parkesburg, we enjoyed a delicious grilled meal together, then Will and Nate did their "twin thing", staying at Nate's place and returning in the morning.
I enticed them to come back early with the promise of thick-sliced, smoked bacon and fresh eggs from the local farmers' market.
It worked! They got here at 8:30am and everyone was ready to dig into the house by 9am!
It was going really well for the first two hours.
I am always so impressed at how much Don, Will and Nate can get accomplished, quickly - even more so now that the girls can pitch in. This family is quite a force to be reckoned with!
Then...
A roadblock. Darn it! Not a tiny one, either.
As Don got closer to the power pole holding our electric meter...the one that was in a bad spot anyway, but since it'd been there since the 1950's we were gonna work around it for the time being...the vibrations and movement of hammers and pry bars and falling debris caused the old, worn-out connection to break loose. Now, no power on the whole farm! (Thank God, it didn't affect any of our neighbors!) And, a dangerous live wire dangling...
The "on-call" tech from the electric company disconnected everything for our safety, of course. He said once we have an electrician re-wire things, we can set-up an appointment for the electric company to revisit us and get us going again...but, "...That could take three weeks." Three weeks,sir? You do realize that 4 people LIVE here? Oye!
Praying and hoping that everything falls into place THIS WEEK!
Praise the Lord that William was here! He's quite knowledgeable about electrical things, and together, Don and he were able to work out the kinks on Sunday morning.
A generator (something we planned to purchase, eventually, but not this weekend!) will keep us somewhat functional for now, but I've come to greatly appreciate the AC in our camper, my hair dryer, our washing machine! Thankfully, we can keep the important things going: our well pump, the fridge and freezer, and the lights. No luxuries, though.
For Father's Day, we grilled, again (we grill about 5 or 6 days a week!), then enjoyed Rita's gelati before sending Will on his way back to NY.
Don, Grace, Rosie and I opted to do some exploring, rather than hang around our now "sauna-like" campers.
With our dogs in tow, we took the 25-minute cruise over to Blue Marsh Lake on a little "re-con mission", of sorts.
We found some hiking trail heads, but with the heat and humidity today, we chose to settle into a breezy spot, under some trees, right on the lake, where the dogs could swim - Penny's first time! A delightful afternoon! We'll definitely be spending more time here!
Not sure what this week will bring...tomorrow we head to Linglestown, PA...my sweet friend for nearly 30 years, cousin by marriage, and her husband, lost a special loved one to cancer, and we want to be there for the memorial service in love and support...
...But I am really hoping we can wrap up the demo and move into the construction, or as Don likes to call it, "the resurrection" phase of this journey!
This evening, I sit at my picnic table, sipping iced tea, gazing over our horse pasture, listening to a visiting peacock (yes, our neighbor down the hill has peacocks that occasionally wander up to our property!) and the melodies of Frank Sinatra floating across the hill from another neighbor's garage, enjoying the soft, cool breeze...welcome relief from the day's oppressive heat.
Don't know if this peacock has a name, but have you seen the Disney movie, UP?... We call her "Kevin", lol!
It was going really well for the first two hours.
I am always so impressed at how much Don, Will and Nate can get accomplished, quickly - even more so now that the girls can pitch in. This family is quite a force to be reckoned with!
Then...
A roadblock. Darn it! Not a tiny one, either.
As Don got closer to the power pole holding our electric meter...the one that was in a bad spot anyway, but since it'd been there since the 1950's we were gonna work around it for the time being...the vibrations and movement of hammers and pry bars and falling debris caused the old, worn-out connection to break loose. Now, no power on the whole farm! (Thank God, it didn't affect any of our neighbors!) And, a dangerous live wire dangling...
The "on-call" tech from the electric company disconnected everything for our safety, of course. He said once we have an electrician re-wire things, we can set-up an appointment for the electric company to revisit us and get us going again...but, "...That could take three weeks." Three weeks,sir? You do realize that 4 people LIVE here? Oye!
Praying and hoping that everything falls into place THIS WEEK!
Praise the Lord that William was here! He's quite knowledgeable about electrical things, and together, Don and he were able to work out the kinks on Sunday morning.
A generator (something we planned to purchase, eventually, but not this weekend!) will keep us somewhat functional for now, but I've come to greatly appreciate the AC in our camper, my hair dryer, our washing machine! Thankfully, we can keep the important things going: our well pump, the fridge and freezer, and the lights. No luxuries, though.
For Father's Day, we grilled, again (we grill about 5 or 6 days a week!), then enjoyed Rita's gelati before sending Will on his way back to NY.
Don, Grace, Rosie and I opted to do some exploring, rather than hang around our now "sauna-like" campers.
With our dogs in tow, we took the 25-minute cruise over to Blue Marsh Lake on a little "re-con mission", of sorts.
We found some hiking trail heads, but with the heat and humidity today, we chose to settle into a breezy spot, under some trees, right on the lake, where the dogs could swim - Penny's first time! A delightful afternoon! We'll definitely be spending more time here!
Not sure what this week will bring...tomorrow we head to Linglestown, PA...my sweet friend for nearly 30 years, cousin by marriage, and her husband, lost a special loved one to cancer, and we want to be there for the memorial service in love and support...
...But I am really hoping we can wrap up the demo and move into the construction, or as Don likes to call it, "the resurrection" phase of this journey!
This evening, I sit at my picnic table, sipping iced tea, gazing over our horse pasture, listening to a visiting peacock (yes, our neighbor down the hill has peacocks that occasionally wander up to our property!) and the melodies of Frank Sinatra floating across the hill from another neighbor's garage, enjoying the soft, cool breeze...welcome relief from the day's oppressive heat.
Don't know if this peacock has a name, but have you seen the Disney movie, UP?... We call her "Kevin", lol!
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