Progress

 Busy, Busy, Busy.  Getting the House(s) ready for putting on the market.  Our current house is 5 years old,  our previous house (on the property) is 25 years old and the two guest cottages are 8 years old.  I'm sure there's an old Chinese proverb that describes this situation quite well.

"Stuff expands to fill available space and given enough time (see above) this will continue until every cubic inch of space is filled."

I believe this quote was stolen and adapted from Sun Tzu.  That having been said, evidence shows it to be it to be astonishingly true.

Mostly!

As I've discussed earlier, we're getting ready to move to College Station, to be closer to our Daughter and Family.  Lot's of good reasons, Grand Kids and Family support as we get older are two key ones.  Aggie Football might also be on the list somewhere.

No Beans, I did not go to that School.  My money did and I'd like to get some return on the investment.

So back to the situation at hand,  the guest cottages are in pretty good shape as they're cleaned every time a guest checks out.  So, pretty much just replacing anything that's a bit worn/shabby.  

 

Our old house had been mostly resuscitated at this point,  Mrs J has done a really good job at doing the interior redesigning the inside.  Looks very eye catching, but simple also.  So, easy to maintain.  A lot of Stuff has been resigned to the dump or Good Will.  A lot of Stuff.

 

This dumpster was totally full when it was hauled off to the dump!  As I said...

In any case, my big mission was redoing the front porch. 

 

That's the original porch fencing.  The decking required a few replacements, but other than some weather fading, the wood's in pretty good shape.

 

 

Got the inside framing done and things were starting to come together. 

 

A couple of days later, AKA last Saturday, it was pretty much finished.  Still need to reface the upper supports between the porch fence and the overhang, but that shouldn't be too hard.

 

Famous last words. 

Our current house, 5 years old, is in pretty good shape, just a bit of deep cleaning and decluttering.  Easier said than done, I know!

 

 

 

 

And finally, the Horse Barn.  Doing my best to keep it clean, but between you know what and the hay in the barn, it's a full time job.  As I said, doing the best I can. 

 

Problem for this week is the water source to the horse's water tank, stopped working.  Hard water, finally froze the float valve, so water was watering the grass instead of the tank.  The horses still had water, just a bit more of it around the barn.  

 

I've already disconnected it so it wouldn't leak any more

So, gonna let you go and make a trip to Tractor Supply to pick up the requisite parts and go and fix that issue.  I'm replacing all you see except the hose.  We're having a contractor come in in the next week or so to install pipe from the water source to the barn.  That should take failed PVC links our of the picture.

 

Progress, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes unexpected, but....Progress!

 

Peace out y'all!