We have just about gotten everything into the house out of the motor home. Things are settling into place.
We have moved things around as we have found better uses for the space and more convenient to our uses.
The parking lot for the barn is going in today. Just road gravel, but it will alleviate the mud when it rains. the guy that did our concrete work is doing the parking lot. We have 2 horse trailers in the way of the work and we will be pulling them out of the way this morning.
After the parking lot is in we will move the coach over to the house. I winterized it and closed up the slides, now all I have to do is disconnect the electricity and back it out of where it has been for the last 11 months.
I cannot back it out without Mikes direction and stay on the concrete. The slab was designed for an RV, ours wasn't here when the pad was designed so there are some curves in the approach that require a spotter on the outside to help navigate it back onto the driveway.
Also, there is not enough room to turn the coach around so I have to back it all the way out to the road. The driveway has 3 curves in it and backing it out isn't easy. I have done it before and with the help of a spotter it can be done much more easily.
Brenda's hours have increased to just under 20 hours per week. This is very helpful at this time of year. She enjoys her job and is glad for the increase in hours. Unfortunately she had to work Thanksgiving, so she missed dinner at our niece's home. It was a nice gathering although 2 of the nephews were not there. We missed them.
We have been working on the barn. Adding 6 pallets of shavings for the stalls, the former green house is filling up.
We are also parking the tractor and lawn mower in there, too.
Along with the work shop area it is getting pretty crowded.
We are taking one or two bales of hay out everyday so that is helping.
We are preparing for boarders. We have posted signs in conspicuous places around the property. Like "absolutely no smoking in the stable area" and the signs pertaining to the inherent danger of Equine Activities and the limited liability to the owners of the stable.
These are important and necessary. The insurance companies require the posting of these signs of limiting liability.
The stalls are nearly complete. They only need to have the rubber pads placed and the shavings added when the stall is rented. We have the water buckets and the feeders, but they will need to be installed prior to renting the space. We intend to start boarding other horses in the Spring.
Ta ta for now.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Moving In
Last week things all came together as a best case scenario.
Tuesday, MLGW placed the meter. Wednesday, Ellendale Electric came out & tested their work. Thursday, Electrical inspection. Friday, final inspection.
Friday I polished all of the floors and let it dry overnight. Saturday we started moving things into the house. We put in the new things that we needed for the house and did not have since we lived in a RV. Brenda's cousin Diane and her daughter came over and helped move things out of the garage and into the house. They also helped washing and sorting the dishes and tableware and trying to help Brenda decide where to place them. There is so much more cabinet space and we haven't begun to occupy that space.
We started moving things from the coach and we had forgotten just how much stuff that you can put in that space (less than 400 sq feet). We haven't begun on the basement compartments and there is still lots of things left to take out of the coach and bring to the house. We have gotten the food and clothes over here and we will decide what stays and what is moved as we clean out places. We plan to keep the RV so many things that were collected for that particular lifestyle will remain with the RV. I expect we will find things that were put in a place where we could find it and really misplaced them. I have found a few things already.
Mike decided that because the garage faces north, that he could not wait to put the garage door on. He was planning to wail until next year, but the weather is cooler now and the wind is out of the north so that the fallen leaves have blown into the garage. We even had some snow on Monday (flurries at best....you really had to look hard to see it).
The Farmers Almanac predicts a cold winter here this year.
Since we have moved out of the RV, I now have to winterize it for the first time. I have read how to do it and I expect it won't be too difficult. This is our 7th winter and we have always been where the weather wasn't that cold, and while it is occupied there is no need to winterize it.
There are many things that you don't realize that are needed for a home. Trash cans, wall decorations, window treatments, etc. Just the many little things that we will collect those as time passes.
Brenda likes working at Big Lots, but still is only getting 10-11 hours hours per week. We are hoping as it gets closer to Christmas her hours will pick up.
Cleo is adjusting to her new digs. She wanders all over the house and hasn't found a place to hide yet. She still walks on us at night and she is spending more time with us at night. She does settle down, but still walks on us and around us while we are trying to sleep.
More later.
Ta ta for now.
Tuesday, MLGW placed the meter. Wednesday, Ellendale Electric came out & tested their work. Thursday, Electrical inspection. Friday, final inspection.
Friday I polished all of the floors and let it dry overnight. Saturday we started moving things into the house. We put in the new things that we needed for the house and did not have since we lived in a RV. Brenda's cousin Diane and her daughter came over and helped move things out of the garage and into the house. They also helped washing and sorting the dishes and tableware and trying to help Brenda decide where to place them. There is so much more cabinet space and we haven't begun to occupy that space.
We started moving things from the coach and we had forgotten just how much stuff that you can put in that space (less than 400 sq feet). We haven't begun on the basement compartments and there is still lots of things left to take out of the coach and bring to the house. We have gotten the food and clothes over here and we will decide what stays and what is moved as we clean out places. We plan to keep the RV so many things that were collected for that particular lifestyle will remain with the RV. I expect we will find things that were put in a place where we could find it and really misplaced them. I have found a few things already.
Mike decided that because the garage faces north, that he could not wait to put the garage door on. He was planning to wail until next year, but the weather is cooler now and the wind is out of the north so that the fallen leaves have blown into the garage. We even had some snow on Monday (flurries at best....you really had to look hard to see it).
The Farmers Almanac predicts a cold winter here this year.
Since we have moved out of the RV, I now have to winterize it for the first time. I have read how to do it and I expect it won't be too difficult. This is our 7th winter and we have always been where the weather wasn't that cold, and while it is occupied there is no need to winterize it.
There are many things that you don't realize that are needed for a home. Trash cans, wall decorations, window treatments, etc. Just the many little things that we will collect those as time passes.
Brenda likes working at Big Lots, but still is only getting 10-11 hours hours per week. We are hoping as it gets closer to Christmas her hours will pick up.
Cleo is adjusting to her new digs. She wanders all over the house and hasn't found a place to hide yet. She still walks on us at night and she is spending more time with us at night. She does settle down, but still walks on us and around us while we are trying to sleep.
More later.
Ta ta for now.
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