New Pool Location

Suzy wanted to pool moved and buried. I did not. So far, it has been a nightmare. Rain is not our friend for this project.

Round One:

We actually had pool up and started to fill it. Then Suzy said the hole was not deep enough. Ugh, I just got all the roots cleaned up and burned. Off to the next round.

Round Two:

The hole is deep now. However, before we could finish, a storm came in and flooded the hole. Yesterday, I pump out the rainwater so it could dry faster. It has been out in the sun for hours now. 

Back to digging :)

Round Three:

Foam leveled, pool up (and filling), and a moisture barrier for the metal posts. Still more to do.

The Pretty Bathroom

We have not been able to work on the kids bathroom yet and it NEEDS work. However, my 6-year old daughter had enough. She told her mom it needed to look better. Now it is the 'Pretty Bathroom.' Surprisingly, they boys like it.


BEFORE:

This is way before, we added some thing afterwards but it apparently was worth photographing :)

AFTER: (Art work provided by Leah. Mom spruced it up a bit )

Stairs

Well, we FINALLY got steps put in to get to the attic. They still need to be trimmed but we'll get to all that soon. The dormer needs to be framed to meet modern day code and then dry walled.


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Chandelier

We had a chandelier stored in the barn for most of the year. Finally got hung. It looks great!

I broke a globe but think it is fixed now.

The Stove Restoration

In the Winter 2017, we finally got our wood burning stove installed. That was a project!!

We had two old stoves in the barn. Suzy picked one and I got busy restoring it.

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We love the "new" stove! Burned lots of wood so far :)

2017

Well, no updates in forever now. Sorry. We've been pretty busy working on the house/property. I'd love to go out and take pics but it is cold, wet, and we still have snow on the ground. So here are some older pics

Back in April, Suzy got busy landscaping.

We had a bunch of bricks out in the woods. Suzy hauled all up and started on the new patio. It's not done yet but coming along nicely.

Then we got part of the carriage door hung up to use as a sliding door.

At that time we finally got our backsplash installed in the kitchen.

We sold the green 'farm truck' and got a red one. Suzy and I got new(used) cars. I got rid of the broken down tractors and bought a brand new one. We finally got the frieze board wrapped in vinyl. I think that takes us up to the Fall. Halloween here looks like this:

2016

Not too much happened this year :)

We got some new furniture for the family room

The old is now upstairs

Made a big sand lot for the swimming pool (temp)

I cleaned up the West Woods a lot! Then started on the North Woods. Suzy cleaned up the existing landscaping. Suzy re-decorated the house a little and organized the barn. I sent a lot of time working on lawn tractors and the go-kart.
We got an old green 'farm truck.' Best of all, we got a new dog, Benny!