Walls are up, yeah!!

 

First wall going up!! Woohoo!!

 

 

Love seeing this go up!! 

 

Won't be long...

Michael's last day of school is tomorrow and then he doesn't know it, but he will be helping too!!

 

Rolling along...

 

Our load of wood arrived yesterday....

 

 Framing started today...

We are having a utility/bathroom built so we can have a little more room in the barn.

In the barn we are just having the bedrooms and a small bathroom framed and then we are leaving the rest open...It's so nice to see things moving along...Not long and we will be living there, yeah!!

This evening in photos...

 

I've been ignoring my camera as I have so much to do...I've had the camera bag with me as I am hoping to get a photo of a fawn. I've been seeing them but just haven't been able to get a decent photo...so I just ignore the camera and I miss it. Tonight I had a few photo ops and couldn't resist...

 

 

Momma Bluebird watching over her kids...

 

I normally help the boys put posts in but tonight I didn't...I wish I would have. I went out and looked when they got done and all 5 posts they put in were crooked!! Honestly!!

The mosquitoes were awful and the boys forgot the off. I went back to the house and got the off after I took this photo. Silly boys! It was hot and it was muggy, not much fun!

 

There was a rainbow in the clouds but by the time I got to the camera it was almost gone due to the sun setting...

 

My little turtle in the pool...A good way to cool off after putting in fence posts!

 

We got a lot done today but have so much more to do...it's gonna be a rough summer!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posing for photos...red-eared slider

 

We found a little red-eared slider turtle in the driveway tonight. I took him down to the property and did a photo shoot with him, he was very photogenic...

 

 

Love his eyes...

 

Definitely a red-eared slider...

 

He's giving me the stink eye, guess he's had enough of me and my camera!

 

Beautiful markings...

 

When I finished with him I took him out back near the creek...

 

 

 

 

 

Me....

This is Me right now....Hot, tired and stinky!! This will be me for the next 2 months as I shift from packing, cleaning and sorting to building, sweating and becoming frustrated!

At this time I am attempting to build a utility room, I try to laugh a lot because if I don't I might cry  but hopefully everything will come out square by the time I am done...

A squared + B squared = C squared, Argh!!!

Just a little rain...

 

We received 4 and 3/10ths inches of rain today, Wow!! I knew when I saw our dry creek bed flowing that Coleto Creek would be flowing...it had to be...

 

WooHOO!! Coleto Creek has water in it and it's flowing, actually flooding a bit too!!

It's been 2 years since we've seen the creek flow, this is awesome!!

 

 

I took one photo after another and did a little dance too!!!

 

 

Bring on the fish!!

 

 

Thank you Lord for this beautiful rain...

 

 

The sunset was gorgeous but I had obstacles in the way, a truck and electric lines. So I looked East and the sky was pretty too....

What a glorious day!!

 

Time to tell....

 

It's time to tell y'all what we've been up too.

Last year our landlord died. It came as a shock as it was sudden and I was a bit upset. We've been renting our house at that time for 8 years. I was nervous but his kids promised we could stay as long as we needed, they weren't going to kick us out. Well then they started fighting amongst themselves. We stayed out of it and kept quiet. We weren't ready to move out, we had no place to go. We attempted to get a house built once again but the cost is exorbitant. We just didn't want to go that far in to debt. This spring due to some urging from a friend we decided to have a steel framed barn/shop built and good thing too. Right before it was finished the Landlords son called and after 9 years told us we had 90 days to get out of rental house, ugh! So sad. We love the rental house. But it is falling apart and they are doing nothing to it. Roof leaks, electrical problems, septic problems, slab cracking, eaves rotting, etc...It is time to move on and start living on our land. We decided to fit the barn out to live in it...I am so glad the landlords son has given us 90 days as I will need every day!

 

 

The building itself is done but now it's time to get it fitted out to live in...It is small but it will help us save up money to have the house we want built. We have learned a few things and I've been going stir crazy trying to get everything done. It is amazing how many businesses don't answer their phones, or that don't return calls. Oh the headaches I've had and then coming up with a way to pay for everything has been tough! Now you know why I've been absent and will be absent a lot. I have a to do list a mile long...I can't wait until we get into it and I can chill for a bit! Not only have I been working on the barn/home project, I've also been packing, cleaning, sorting and working on moving 9 years of a accumulation, ekk!! I will post when I can but it's getting busier and busier around here....

 

Michael's school had their end of the year awards assembly this past week. This is Michael's class.

 

 

Oh so proud of my boy!! He got an award in Social Studies. Which amazed both of us as he struggled in Social Studies at the beginning of the year but turned that grade around and started getting really good grades! He is awesome!! He also made the A/B honor roll!! Yeah Michael!

 

We got a brief rain shower Saturday morning. It was really brief about 10 minutes but boy was it load on the metal roof of the barn, wow!! Lop ear came up and wanted fed. I tried to explain to her I was not walking out into the rain to feed her...I don't think she understood me! She is really pregnant too, can't wait for her to have her fawn.

 

I love the over hang on the barn and being able to sit/stand out there when it rains and stay dry!! It was really coming down!

 

Not only do we have to move ourselves we have to move the animals too!!

 

Today we worked on the pen for the chickens. We didn't finish but got the majority of the posts in. I think when we get done with it, it will be pretty nice. I've had a game camera set up down there, well several of them. We have coyotes, fox, hogs and everything else and the chickens can't roam. We need a critter proof pen and I hope when we get done it will be pretty darn critter proof. I say that but I know they'll prove me wrong.

 

 

Our chairs were in the shade under a near by tree and too close to the bluebird nest box obviously...Mother bluebird is NOT Happy with us!

 

Daddy Bluebird was watching us too...

 

Still checking to make sure we are staying away...We did take a peek inside and there are 5 eggs. Their first nest this year only had 4 eggs and 3 babies hatched. So nice to watch them.

 

I hope y'all have a great week and a good Memorial Day!!