Questions

People are always curious about what I'm doing so if you read this and are nosy, the only way to know is ask. You want to know something about me? You gotta ask!!! LOL. Ask away and the ones I can I'll answer.

Otherwise hold on to your hat and get ready for the ride.

Next post I'm going to post pics of the beginning of the sheet rocking and insulating.

See you soon.

Heat... LOL

So yeah, I sort of life a Little House on the Prairie existence I guess. LOL. I thankfully have a tad of electric but no running water yet, no potty and no a/c or heat of any major sort. Since the house isn't totally insulated it gets really cold inside when it's really cold outside. LOL. If it's 25 outside it's at least 27 inside. Haha, I really don't know that but it's how it feels. Everyone wants to know do I really sleep in my house when it's that cold and the answer is Yes I DO!!! It took a couple cold nights to learn the secret but I stay snug as a bug in a rug... literally.

I have a window unit I can use when it's not too awfully hot. This summer it did get hot enough that I couldn't stay out there and had to sleep on Mom and Dad's couch and right now I've been very sick, with fever and such so I have chosen to stay at Mom and Dads until I'm well and then back out I will go.

I love it, don't regret it. Actually it aggravates me that I'm sick. LOL.

Here is my little source of heat. If you wrap a blanket around you and leave a little place at the bottom open the heat will get in the blanket and keep you plenty warm. LOL. At least until you move around. Haha. So here's my little heater, thanks Pam for finding it for me, I need about 3 more this size or smaller that are very nice looking.

It has been brought to my attention...

I've not posted recent pictures of my house. It lacks alot to be finished, It'll be a year I'm sure before it gets close to totally finished but it's mine and everything in it has been decided by me!!! I wish I could snap my fingers and it would just be done but it's alright...

Here are just a few of the blocks waiting for my house to arrive. LOL. I was sore for days!!!

Here she is, FINALLY!!! My most longed for dream... LOL. My OWN house!!! It's small but perfect for me.

Here the guy is that delivered my house. Very fascinating to watch him at work. I want that Mule!!!

Here we are celebrating my new house. My niece and nephews LOVED it!!!

I just love this young man!!! He is so serious and wanted to help, he was ready to start building the day it arrived. LOL. Said he just needed a tape measure, a pencil and a little wood. LOL.

I now own some pretty cool equipment. LOL. Who'da thunk it???

My brother and sister in law have helped me make my decisions and come up with ideas. My brother is awesome!!!! He has done a great job helping make everything perfect, or almost. HAHA

Landon wanted to help too. :-)

Rowdy was ready to help too. Problem was he was taking stuff out of the house. LOL.

Here is my brother and nephew hard at work on the wall for my bedroom & closet.

Allyson & Landon had the hard job of eating the ice cream.

Gavin is so strong, he was moving boards and taking in all the building. Miss my Papaw Rent, he built so many things for us as kids. Boy he could give us tips I'm sure. I think he would be proud of the work Chantry & Gavin did.

Bedroom wall almost ready to go up!!!!

Bedroom & Bathroom walls are up and now to wait for electric!!

The most beautiful site ever!!! My framed walls.

My very own electric meter. I could have just cried!!! Next run electric in the house!!!

The electric is ran inside my house now. Next is getting the ditch dug for the lines from the meter to my breaker box. Then I'll be serious about getting moved in. 

Looking at flooring. These samples are sitting on my dining room table. Starting to looking into decisions on flooring and paint.

That is about it for now. Next thing is the main line from the meter to the breaker box and that is the "pricey" part for now. LOL. Hopefully I can get that finished up by the end of the month... I'm hoping to have the bedroom/closet insulated & for the most part finished. 

I'm trying to move in on my birthday July 28th. I'm hoping but we shall see...

So much to do guess it's why we have 5 year plans??? So much to do and decide still. Cabinets, colors, toilet, LOL, bathtub, fixtures, lights, oh dear me... I'll never get it all done.

Well, night to all. Gomer Pyle is about to humor me to sleep.

Waiting Game!!!

Well, I'm patiently waiting for my cabin to arrive. I think I'm much closer to finalizing the inside layout. Getting excited and a little scared. LOL. Shouldn't be much longer before it's ready to deliver. I'm getting excited. It has been many a moon since I felt like I had something to dream for or something worth dreaming. I feel content inside like, I'm OK. Regardless of what else happens, I'm all good now. LOL.

So here are a few pics of my place. I have so many ideas rolling around in my head.

 This will soon be my home!!! Can't wait, I'm so excited. I had a moment where I really struggled and hard. I have prayed and planned and dreamed about this very moment and the week I went out and started looking another family member did also. I shan't lie, it was HARD because everything I say or do has to be one up'd. I can't dream or think out loud because it's always gonna be overtaken. I hate competition and don't understand why people have to do that. You've had your many chances give me my 1 chance. Oh well.

 The above pic the middle part of the cabin. The middle space is 12x20 and has a front porch you can see in the first pic that is 4x20. I can just imagine my little window boxes with flowers in them. :-)

 Above is the "kitchen" or at least a little bit of it. There is a space on each end that is 16x10 and 1 end is the kitchen/dining and the other is bedroom/bathroom.

The rafters are in and it's ready for a ceiling!!! It is really a great building. Built with hurricane clips so it will stand up better in high winds. I chose to have a green metal roof (come on rainstorm!!!) in their metal roofs they have circulation vents in the peak (you can see above) and then around the building where the eaves/walls meet. It helps keep the building cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. The floors are built with 2x6's instead of 2x4's. That is awesome. So now it's just waiting and planning. Sigh, someday soon I'll have my own little place to call mine!!! That will be a great day.

So Dreams DO Come True!!!

So within the next month I should have my little cabin sitting on my land. As long as it doesn't rain between now and delivery day. I'm already working on pricing and getting everything ready to complete the bedroom area. That is the first step in the inside is the electric wiring and then complete the bedroom so I can MOVE IN!!! I can not tell you how excited I am. I know it's going to take a long time to get it all completed because my savings and tax refund are getting the cabin here and the bedroom finished.

You know just under a year ago I prayed with a few ladies at church that God would lead and guide me and give me a place of my own. :-) Yes, God answers prayers. Shows that He cares about even the little things in our lives but He does things in His time!!!

I think back over the last couple years and I'm amazed that God has over time given me so many things that I now need and I can mark those costs off my list. Someday some of it will be replaced but that is OK and God will make a way. Funny to think back 3 years and realize how unhappy and miserable I was single and then God led me right to a church where my singleness is celebrated, they don't care! Gives you the feeling that someone does care. I don't have to have a family to be important to God and to be used of God. Amazing!!!

It's been a loooooooooong time since I sat down at a computer and dreamed knowing it's going to slowly unfold and plan out what I want. Sigh!!!

So follow me the next few months, maybe years. HAHA. As I begin to build my dream and live out a part of life I never thought would happen.