Sign, Sign, everywhere a Sign ... and a dog

When I was digging my many mailbox holes, Bob found a place to rest and tucked himself in between the signs on our property. There have been others, but Wes, Rock-On Excavation and the Strid Brothers still seem OK with associated themselves with our house. We certainly feel good associating with them and the many others that have helped.

Getting ready to put in the mailbox

I went to dig a hole to put the mail box in. Nothing below the surface is easy on our land. I dug about 20 test holes and hit ledge at six inches on every one. Finally, I moved to the other side of the driveway and crafted a hole between rocks. I'm not sure this is going to work as I think the mailbox post will need to navigate a few twists and turns to get two feet below the surface. Well, here I am, the simple man again, this time with his mailbox. I figure it may be easier to just come out here and hold it every afternoon and wait for the mailman (actual mail woman) than trying to dig a proper hole without blasting.

Septic System

Kim, Wes and Lee don't agree with me, but I'm still thinking we over-engineered the Septic System.

We have stairs

We're really starting to move along now. Jack Kinney came by Sunday and installed the stairs.

They are White Oak and we can now go up and down floors without a ladder.

Actually, Kim told me not to use them, and then when I turned around, you know who was staring down laughing at me.  Leave it to Bob to be the first one up the stairs to the loft.

Kim is up at the crack of dawn

Kim bounced out of bed in the morning and took a picture of the sunrise. Much better than the one I took a few week back.

First night in the new house

Well we slept in the house on Saturday instead of the barn. After all, we had heat and light. Still outdoor plumbing, but we're moving up in the world. Bob seems to be first to bed. Sorry about the eyes, I only have 'Red Eye' correction, not 'Yellow Eye'.

OMG ... Lights!

Well, simple things please simple people. At least six weeks ago, the power company came to hook us up. You remember the story ... new lines pulled, tapping into 'street power' ... a transformer big enough to support all of South Kent ... etc. Well, the day finally came to connect this engineering masterpiece and we had a sleet storm. That was a few weeks and more than one phone call to CL&P ago, but this last week, we finally got power. It's the simple things in life I guess, but Kim and I actually danced with delight. Bob and Brie did as well ... and that was weird ... I never really pictured them as a couple.

Here's a shot of the second floor attic in the barn all lit up.

Here we see the barn at night. We left the lights so we could see them when we got back from Suzi and Ed's house where we went for dinner.