Overall: What else can we say ? We are living in our new home ! ! So-SO many things yet to be completed to actually finish the home, but we are good with that. I’m a couple days late publishing this week’s post – we have no internet at the new house, and was super busy moving and getting out of the leased home. I forgot about the blog until Monday evening.
Monday: all day moving prep at the Arlington Rd rental. Moving wonky things ourselves rather than spend a lot of time, carefully packing a difficult piece – that only needs to travel 14 miles.
Tuesday: Happy Anniversary to us ! Married on this day in 1981. This is one to remember for sure. Our activities today ? same as yesterday. Movers will be here at 8AM on Wednesday.
Wednesday: The company: 2 men and a truck – brought five men and two trucks. The entire crew were really hustling, taking them over 4 hours to load, and just over 3 hours to unload. Got a basic furniture layout in the great room and the bed setup in our bedroom. First night on Howard Ridge !
Thursday: 2 men and a truck arrived at dad’s house at 1PM as scheduled. We completely filled dad’s finished basement to look like a warehouse last year when we had to move. Could barely squeeze between rows and stacks of boxes and other household belongings. Took the guys a couple hours to load and about the same to unload. Still have my entire shop of tools and materials in dad’s garage, but there is still room to park one car in an oversize 2 car garage. Asked dad to be patient, as I won’t have the shop building in a condition to accept the stuff in his garage until the shop is put away and organized. The weather today was horribly hot and extremely humid today – had to close windows and turn on the AC. Thunderstorms here overnight.
Friday: spent the morning trying to make sense of the mountain in cardboard boxes in the shop. Went to Arlington Rd to begin moving the rest of the household goods we didn’t want the movers to try and load up. Nice weather has returned. 82 degrees, low humidity, and cool temps in the house with ceiling fans running and windows wide open.
Saturday: spent the moring in town buying towel racks, and other essential stuff. Another truck load of belongings taken from Arlington Rd to Howard Ridge. Mowed dad’s lawn, and worked on a detailed plan for the walk-in pantry. Another day with windows open and ceiling fans keeping it cool and comfortable in the house and shop.
Sunday: Moving boxes in the shop to open up a space for wood working tools and a workbench to begin making the shelves for the pantry. Installed handles on the kitchen cabinet doors. Went into town to pick up dad for Sunday dinner. The rental on Arlington Rd was only 3-4 miles from his home in Blue Ridge, compared to the new house which is a 12 mile trip. The extra miles are trivial, compared to the joy of great food and conversation with dad, so the Sunday evenings at our house will continue !
Howard Ridge Blog summary:
Mission accomplished. We completed the construction of a new custom home and work shop to our specifications. After spending the past 4 nights and 5 days here; we both absolutely love it. While this would seem to be an appropriate end of the blog, I’m have decided to keep it going for now. I have benefitted in a number of ways (primarily recalling specific events w/o relying on memory). Starting next week, the Sunday posting will be a single paragraph, briefly listing the specific tasks accomplished toward completing the house and shop.
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