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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 24 – The Wellington - Laundry center complete

Year 5, Day 24, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 5/24/2025. The Wellington – The dryer was stacked on the washer in the new Laundry center and hooked up. We over estimated how much hardwood flooring we needed by three boxes. Lowes is great to purchase through because they take almost everything back. A $399.69 credit at Lowe’s today. That’s enough to buy donuts!! Laundry center shelves were built…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 23 – The Wellington - Laundry center tile grouted and trimmed, Vultures

Year 5, Day 23, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 5/23/2025. The Wellington – Grouted the laundry center floor tile. Cut, painted, hung, puttied, sanded, and caulked the baseboard trim in that area. Painted, puttied, added knobs, and added casement around the laundry double doors. Moving the washing machine back in and adding the stacking hardware was easy. Lifting the dryer a little harder. Daily…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 22 – The Wellington - Laundry closet area tile, and doors

Year 5, Day 22, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 5/22/2025. The Wellington – Laundry area work day. Before work started we made sure all our laundry was done. We will be without a washer and dryer for a few days. Trying to avoid going to the the laundromat. Remembering those cabin days with fondness !! Ha HA https://deestimes.com/2021/05/22/living-the-dream-day-21/ Moved the washer and dryer out of…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 21 – The Wellington - Closet doors

Year 5, Day 21, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 5/21/2025. The Wellington – No tornado last night. Just lots of wind, and rain. But we were prepared with our under stair shelter. Next house a real shelter! Today it is a sunny gorgeous day. Steve mowed the back field and put up two closet doors. We are almost to punch list time. There is a lot of grass/weeds growing out in the back field. We are…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 20 – The Wellington - More yard work and another dirt pile smoothed out, tornado watch cleaned out under stairs

Year 5, Day 20, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 5/20/2025. The Wellington – This train is on the same schedule as my gym class. Another dirt pile is gone. We spread the dirt to fill in over the septic area. Yard is looking good. Tornado watches are up for this evening again. Everyone is really concerned and neighbors are coming over if the weather in fact does get bad. We cleaned the area in the…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 19 – The Wellington - Happy Birthday Joshua, The deck supports are painted

Year 5, Day 19, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 5/19/2025. The Wellington – Happy Birthday Joshua. Loved our video chat today. You are such a good host. The home tour both in and out was so much fun. Looks as though you are having an awesome birthday. Wish we could be there to hug you, but here’s a big virtual birthday hug from us. Do you feel it!! I am squeezing hard. The deck is fully stained and…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 18 – The Wellington - Happy Birthday Jenna, Bob Evans, Bourbon Brood, Hummingbirds, Balcony ready to use.

Year 5, Day 18, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 5/18/2025. The Wellington – Happy Birthday Jenna. Have a great day! We went out to Bob Evans for breakfast and celebrated you. It was a glorious day that you were born. Bob Evans is right where highway 27 in Somerset is closed due to Friday night’s tornado. The police were at the intersection stopping people. You could hear all conversations in the…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 17 – The Wellington - Picked up Plate Compactor, tornado set down ten miles away, father daughter dance, balcony floor stained, worms are back video

Year 5, Day 17, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 5/17/2025. The Wellington – Yesterday evening we picked up the Plate Compactor. It is really heavy and took three guys to load it into the truck. Getting it off the truck took the mini excavator and some chains. Look at this Steve needs a step ladder to get into the bed of the truck – haha In the evening Governor Beshear declared a state of…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 16 – The Wellington - Middle bedroom/office ready for paint

Year 5, Day 16, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 5/16/2025. The Wellington – Rainy day so it is back to working on the last bedroom/office across from the laundry area. The door is up and the room is spackled, sanded and primed. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/3HfnS0U Bag of white cotton rags: We always have a bag of…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 15 – The Wellington - Pavers delivered, balcony floor staining, Spencer Patriot of the month

Year 5, Day 15, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 5/15/2025. The Wellington – The pavers have been delivered. Look at the number of pavers. 3,730 of them!!! And Steve will pick up and lay all of them. Balcony floor staining started. Spencer is Patriot of the month in Preschool Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation:…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 14 – Middle bedroom spackling completed, mulched front, setup front walk, crop drone, Bore bee trap set

Year 5, Day 14, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 5/14/2025. The Wellington – The spackling is completed in the middle bedroom. There are a few closets that still need to be spackled and the garage. We are getting to the end of this job. In the afternoon we picked up some organic hardwood mulch and placed it around the front yard plants. It looks so nice. Lowes is delivering 3,730 charcoal colored…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 13 – Personal Fitness reset day

Year 5, Day 13, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 5/13/2025. The Wellington – Today is the day of personal rehab. My motivation is back and I started exercise classes. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/3ZqUJpK Stackable Under Sink Organizer with Sliding Basket: Want under your sink to be organized. This shelving unit…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 12 – Second bedroom spackling, Marley's graduation

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 11 – The Wellington - Mother's Day planting

Year 5, Day 11, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 5/11/2025. The Wellington – Happy Mothers Day everyone. And a special love filled mother’s day wish to my daughter Jenna, my daughter-in-law Bobi, and Grand daughter Reina. Without my children I would not be a mother today. No fur babies in this house. Woke up to the smell of flowers and a gorgeous sunrise. The sunlight just beamed beautifully over the…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 10 – The Wellington - Mother's Day Love, Japanese maple, making pizza with Justin and Bobi

Year 5, Day 10, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 5/10/2025. The Wellington – Feeling the love today. The freshest nicest Mother’s Day flowers were delivered today from Jenna and family. They came from Hillside Florist in Stanford. KY https://g.co/kgs/GLve2zJ They are so gorgeous and perfect they actually look fake. I have never seen such lovely flowers. Thank you Jenna, Jamie, Julianna, Jacob, and…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 9 – The Wellington - Leveled out one dirt mound in front yard, Labadee, Haiti port no longer being stopped at, truck side step added

Year 5, Day 9, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 5/09/2025. The Wellington – Well an apple a day keeps the doctor away. What do you think a muffin a day will do? Nice days are here and it means outside work. Another pile of dirt is moved around and leveled into our yard. Two more piles to work on. Had a step installed on the truck. Steve says he did it for me. But I know he was even having trouble…

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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 8 – The Wellington - Main bath saddle installed, hardwood flooring completed on main level except for one bedroom, yummy English muffins, sweet chicken salad

Year 5, Day 8, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 5/08/2025. The Wellington – Happy Birthday Mary!!! Main bath saddle installed. Hardwood flooring is completed on main level of home, except for one bedroom. Lunch out at the Serendipity and then flower shopping with a friend. The chicken salad was the sweetest I have ever had. The sweetness was overwhelming. It must have been a traditional Southern…