1 minute ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Thanks Gerald for the regular pics and updates. I certainly appreciate your commitment to share with us on a regular basis. Fully enjoy following the progress.

 

So, still curious when the shop expansion project starts.😆

I at least need to get some grass growing so it can be dug up for new construction.

Beautiful place, Gerald....I've enjoyed following along as well. You do realize that if you plant grass you'll have to mow it???? Artificial turf just seems more practical. (still no laughing emoji to insert here)

Edited September 17, 2025Sep 17 by Fred W. Hargis Jr

 

 

Not a lot going on, just a lot of words to tell. Got very little done yesterday as moved 24 totes full of son’s collection stuff. Power was connected but 5 breaker will not lock on. Electrician came out today and fixed a couple circuits. 

They are still working on floor. Seeded two sides of house in rye and ran out of seed. Then worked on getting last of turning wood on racks. Not quite thru. 
 

 

 

Where ya' keepin' the donuts?

13 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Where ya' keepin' the donuts?

What do you mean keepin"? da come in da gone.

More progress and getting closer to being done. Hardware is mostly installed.

 

 

toilets are installed 

 

 

They put shoe molding in. 
 

Painters are doing final paint and touch up.

 

Sod is stacked awaiting laying. Gravel is here for driveway. Moved porch furniture down today to stack at the woodpile. Then followed with packing and discarding. Almost discarded as much as I packed. Oh got practice backing tandem axle trailer. I may be getting better at that.

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

toilets are installed 

Most important piece to ruling the new kingdom...the throne😆

I have been doing busy getting moved I forgot to update this post. Grass was laid. It is Bermuda and contractor said it would green up next year. But we got a bit of rain and it turned a nice green. This is the before pic.

 

Furniture moving in Thursday last week. 
 

 

A bit of wildlife. 
 

the view from the front porch.

 

 

 

 

Time for the mailbox to go in . Digging next to a road ain’t no fun. It was dark when finished.

Glad you're finally moved at least...the "in" part will come soon no doubt.

 

Love that front porch view. WOW! Beats looking at field corn by a lot. 

Beautiful place for sure. At some point you get to relax...maybe not quite yet, but soon.

On 9/5/2025 at 8:04 AM, HandyDan said:

Filled up fast didn't it?  Love it!

corollary to Parkinson's Law 

 

Stuff expands to fill empty space

Have been busy and stopped posting on this thread but have a few minutes now. I keep forgetting to take pictures but I do have a few.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First fire in the fireplace. not cold but

cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just had to have these lockers from a auction. Plan to build shelves in them for more storage. All electric handheld tools will fit I hope.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Behind these bookcases sits all the lumber in one place except for a few scrapes of ply and short boards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally got around to turning curtian rods for the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The beginning of the dust collection system. Now to build a room around it. It is really loud.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To cap this off for today finally got a cabinet built for drills. Just need to do doors now. Really got tired of searching for drill bits. Will take some more pics of the other stuff done in the last couple months.

First fire looks relaxing Gerald. JIT for your first Thanksgiving and Christmas.

 

Shop organization is coming along. It all takes time but you'll get there.

 

Thanks for sharing the update.

I love fireplaces and yours is really nice....makes winter feel not-so-bad!

Looks great Gerald, a lot of work the last couple of months' time to sit and enjoy the fire.

Thanks y'all . I have enough of the shelves to make 4 more of these with doors. Plan to label cabinets with contents.