It's August already and the walls are all up on the exterior and we are ready to have the trusses set. We are anxiously awaiting the trusses as we will be able to get under roof and finally begin to see our barn take shape.  The windows are waiting on us as is the garage door.  Meanwhile I'm shopping for couches because you don't want a new house and no furniture to go in it right?!?  This is the couch I've been searching for.  I've decided I don't want this exact model, but will be ordering one a little shorter than this!  Oh I can't wait to start decorating!

Lots of progress made today.....few minor glitches, but overall a lot was accomplished at THE BARN! The garage door is perfect and HUGE! It’s a 14’x12’ door so the camper can fit. I love it. It’s hard to visualize how a door this large will look, but I think it turned out just right. The west wall of our barn is complete. The gable ends always take a bit, but it’s really starting to take shape! I can’t wait to see the front unfold. Now you can take a glimpse of the upstairs. We have STAIRS! The kids can now picture what their rooms will look like! I get my crafting loft too so I’m a tad excited about seeing that. We also have some interior walls upstairs and more exterior panels.  Meanwhile the real life of living on wheels and using every second of our spare time outside of work things like this happen. The tires are both flat and needed repaired on the lawn mower so we are true red necks now minus the bloc...

We had a night off and had supper brought in by our friends from WI......( Sallie Cunningham and Paul Deutsch ) and beer too! 🍺 We took a walk down into our woods and took a quick walk through the creek and down to my oasis and fire pit area. We haven’t had time to enjoy our property like we did last fall, but I tho kend and I’m heading out of town with a girlfriend so it will be fun to see the progress when I get back. My trip will take me to where my kitchen cabinets are too so I can take a sneak peek at the finished product. The vanities are starting to take shape too. Can’t wait to see it all. It’s exciting to see our barn unfold.  roughly enjoyed the view from the edge of the woods.  The porch goes on this wee Breaking news.....my island is almost complete!! It’s better than I expected.

Not sure you can be in love with windows, but if you can I am....Dave has been working hard all day and he has over half of them in! They turned out exactly how I wanted them. The view is perfect too! Oh I can’t wait to get into this place....even if it is “just a barn”!

Dave and the oldest two went to the cold Homecoming football game.  So Em and I decided to eat supper with my parents and make a trip to Hobby Lobby and look what jumped into my cart......stools!  Now all we need is our kitchen island which is coming along nicely.

We picked up our windows today and have high hopes to have them installed by the end of the weekend......and he did it.  All are in and the soffit has begun.  Tomorrow the porch pad will be poured!  One step closer!

We hired out the metal roof and after 2 days the panels are on.  We just need roof trim and we are well on our way to having a weather tight building. 

We are ready for the roof to start!  Dave and friends worked until dark to get the walls all sheathed and wrapped.  To say we are anxious to be water tight is an under statement.  It's all starting to come together now! This is our fancy sewer connection from our camper to our septic!  Living the high life!

This is a first when I drove up our drive tonight....lights in the barn. Dave was working late working on an interior wall since the exterior is so muddy. Looks kinda cool all lit up!

It’s days end...for daylight anyway. We are on the move again.....full steam ahead about 40 feet! Wondering how many are jealous of our current living situation?!? We “should” be parked behind the barn now until we move the rig into the barn!!! But I’m sure in true Weiman fashion things will be an adventure! We are planning to eat in tonight! Hamburgers and slaw are on the menu! I cook mostly in an electric skillet right now. Kale is my tricky one....he’s such a picky eater. He will have pasta after football practice. I can handle that!!! We should be hooked back up to a “full hookup” momentarily! Woohoo.....we get to dump the shitter! That’s Dave’s terminology! I will say though after 19 years together with Dave, this is by far the craziest adventure we have been on! I figure if we can get through a cancer battle with our son and losing him, then building a house over a 2 year time period, it makes this whole adventure seem like a piece of cake! I’m wa...

Monday Barn update..... The trusses are up and they had time for a row of sheathing on one side before the lights went out!  I’m praying extra hard tonight that everything goes as planned and the barn is one solid structure by end of the day tomorrow. It seems huge now! We actually are eating in another night in a row....left overs but that still counts right??  I even got groceries while Em was at basketball practice. I’m making chicken pot pie soup this week. I keep thinking if I make fall foods the weather will follow suit!  Funny story from tonight.  I haven’t payed close attention to the school calendar for October and I’ve been wanting to take a day off and just have a “me day”.  I tried last Friday and the weather was going to be horrible so I thought about this Friday, but I have a big bid so I decided on Monday. My birthday is Sunday so thought that would be a good day.  So after practice was over the coach was saying we wouldn’t have...