More than one year ago, my wife and I began moving from The City to a piece of rural family land near our hometowns. My entirely inadequate documentation of this process is titled The Road Home.
That brown colored building in the far back of this pic is the only thing not part of our project.
We began the spring of 2019 with the shell of the cabin in the center of this complex. That building is now half finished inside. All other buildings, and most of the flower garden and landscaping were added throughout the year.
The final pic of the season: the first Minnesota snow.
We buy the building shells (finished outside) and I have been/will be finishing the interiors. Except for that garden shed. We bought that on a pallet because we got a hell of a deal through Costco. However, after the labor of putting it together and the cheapness of its quality, we'd probably just spend a bit more to have it delivered like the others. Anyway, that garden shed is the only finished building thus far. So, no further complaints.
From Spring 2019
For the first time in my life, because of this project, I have developed a repetitive stress injury. It is in my left forearm, my old curve ball pitching arm, and it is the result of ramming 3 or 4 thousand shots out of a stapler gun (among many other gripping and carrying episodes.) For awhile now, I wake in the night with a burning pins and needles in my fingers. I generally have to get up and walk it off. But it is improving with the past three weeks of rest.
The place is not heated, so I have to give it up for a few months. However, I am looking forward to writing about my experience in the meantime. If you have questions, please ask. I will probably use your question as a prompt for further posts. It would help me out.
Thank you.
And it is good to be back Steeming once again.