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While I dig holes for concrete, help the contractor with floor and the wireless internet guy install my dish, I stumbled upon this woman just sitting around relaxing in the sun. And that’s fine.

If you buy land and then find these great raspberries on your property, are they wild berries or not? My friend says these are not raspberries but rather “thimble berries”. No matter, they taste great!

This post is dedicated to the hard work of Rob English who has been orphaned by the contractor to live (well almost) on the property and fix every last detail on the punch list, baby sit subcontractors, and assure Jenny and I that this job will get finished some day. I threatened him that I’d put his picture on the internet. Rob, here it is! And as you can see I kept my promise not to show what usually shows when one is working in that position. It’s a family rated web site.

Here Rob is finishing the concrete floor in our basement as part of a repair.

This is not just a picture of a mountain.

This IS just a propane tank and a generator…

Now what do these have in common? If you look closely at the top image, you’ll see a not so concealed wireless internet dish on the bottom of the deck. Many have asked how Jenny and I will be doing our jobs and that is the answer. That dish is pointing to radio towers on top of Baldy Mountain across the valley. This will enable us high speed internet access to pay for this house. During a power outage (which up here, 4 days without electricity is not that uncommon), the propane will power the generator, the generator powers the house. In case you were wondering, the tower on Baldy also has a generator to keep it up and running during an outage. Life (and work) goes on.

Well, the exterior is getting pretty close to finished. The deck still won’t pass OSHA standards without a railing or stairs, and you can’t see much at night without lights but you can finally see our house as it nears completion…. at least on the outside. There’s still much to before you come and visit.

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We’re just dying to move in. Trouble is, progress has just seemed slow. Some highlights though. We have a pump in our well and water is flowing into our 2000 gallon cistern. Lookie, here’s a picture!

Yes, it does look like a big hole with a spigot in it doesn’t it. And the drywall is going up. Here’s a shot of our living room that gives some perspective on how tall the ceiling is.

Once the drywall is taped upstairs (probably another week) we can start painting while they drywall downstairs. We’ve picked out our floor coverings. The deck is done but the railing is waiting for materials (special order custom stuff). That’s the current status.

Oh, one dream did come true. We were able to watch fireworks on the lake from our deck. We’ve been dreaming of that since November of last year.