Phase 1 COMPLETE!

 

OLD MOBILE OUT

 

 

 

 

We are pretty much at our wits end and tired of 'camping' in the yard... so having progress today helped tremendously.  And just in time.  The rains have began and will not stop at all this next week. 

 

We are told that beginning Monday, things will start happening at a very fast rate.   Forgive my skepticism, I will wait and see...

 

 

Ran by remote control... pretty awesome!

 

 

Locking and Loading...

 

 

And away she goes....

 

 

 

Going past they hay barn and rabbitry...

 

 

And out onto the main road...

 

 

 

One flagger...

 

 

Ready to be hooked up and hauled off....

 

 

Loading the remote control toy for big boyz!  Russ wants one.  I am not sure what he would use it for except to move our new house periodically just to 'play'.... but he sure like the remote control hauler...

 

 

Locked... Loaded... and GOODBYE!  :):):)

 

 

Our housing now...

 

 

Gotta love the great outdoors right???  And my makeshift kitchen below....

 

Isn't that what the tops of recycling cans are for?  And old wood boxes?  It was all good until the rains settled in... now I am going to have to get a table set up inside the shop... in the 2 ft I have left... its packed with all our worldly belongings... beds, dressers, washer and dryer... table and chairs... and of course... boxes! 

 

 

 

Its just too much... this is how we found them in the travel trailer... too tired to even make it to their bunks last night...

 

 

As you can see we need some more space... so this is pretty exciting to get Phase One complete! 

 

Next is what is left... and what we have to clean up so we can move on to phase 2. 

 

 

 

 

No wonder it smelled so bad.  The previous owners let everything free range from their poultry to their swine to thier beloved goats... inside and outside that old mobile... I wish I could pass along the smell!  I am ever so happy to finally get this part of the property cleaned up. 

 

 

 

And above is the deck that leads to nowhere... except the burn pile... :):):)  To end this rather long post... I have a question for those of you who may know.  I have meant to figure out what kind of

tree (s) we have up towards the front of the property and I just never timed it right.  Well today...  I found these...

 

 

 

This is the tree (s)... I thought we just had a conversation about some sort of pear... but my poor brain cant remember anything...  Someone should enlighten me as to what they are again...

 

I DID try to upload a video of them hauling it out, but it didn't load.... I am sure its operator error.. I will try again later.  We have spent the afternoon at friends getting laundry done and using their Internet...lol  Until next time...  Happy Homesteading...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Ready to Rock and Roll

 

So the blogging site is having issues... I am not real impressed... Russ and I have taken hundreds of pictures, and I have been able to upload these FEW!  THANKS BLOGGER!  ehem... in any account...

 

last week... taking out the last of the stuff around the mobile....

 

 

today... putting on wheels to roll away...

BELOW:  shifting to the left... wheels on... shifting to the right... wheels on... tongue out... CHECK! 

 

 

My Miranda... so happy to have a new house coming.  You can see the excitement in her eyes! 

 

 

Jacking it up.  You can see right to the right of the jack where it was jacked up previously.  And damaged.  ummm... makes me all the more thankful to have something else coming! 

 

Tires... tires... tires... 

 

 

 

Ready to go.. I will go take more of the clean up of this phase.  I had to go do laundry, so by the time I got back it was dark.   We are waiting on the call of when the truck should show up to haul it away... I'll keep you posted! 



Prepping to pull out...

 

This is what you see turning into the driveway... the driveway that failed inspection, so we have to redo this part along here I guess.  Eventually we will get the rest done, all the way back to the shop where the travel trailer is sitting, but for now it is another permit and more gravel to upgrade the beginning of the driveway. 

 

 

 

 

As you look to the left and  back a little there are a couple of dogs that moo... lol The are growing... not as fast as I would like, but I am ready for some spring grass too!  Ever so curious.

 

 



Lola dragged out a slide.  She hadnt been out in days with the rains, so it was nice to see her playing.  You can see the test hole over there, and they are taking everything away from the old mobile. 

 



 

 

 

Daddy's lil helper.  She's got her shopping cart, he's got his garden cart.  :)  And this is our home for now.  The travel trailer butted up against the shop.  I am sure ready for some space.  Although I know we will appreciate it all the more once it is all done. 

 

 

The angle from the neighbors fenceline.  The concrete blocks are coming out from the edges, the old insulation that was hanging is being pulled away and everything prepped. 

 



 

Taken from the travel trailer door.  Skirting coming off, water lines cut, etc.   Whoo HOO!

 

One last angle from the neighboring fenceline.  The old delapitated porch that was disintegrating is pulled away from the mobile now, the old delapitated steps are pulled out, Miranda is checking it all out after school. 

Today should be more eventful with tires being put on and the tongue bolted on.  I am not sure they will pull it out today or not, but will be there with camera in hand. 

I need to go to the neighbors house to shower... so until next time.... Happy Homesteading! 

New Home on its way

Its been months I know.  Lets just say the summer and fall got away with us between weddings, and back surgery for Russ, and packing... and we are just trying to keep our heads above water. 

 

She is standing about where the new front door will be.  The hazelnut bushes behind her will be pulled out.  We are all getting pretty excited to have a real home soon...

 

 

Now you see the dead walnut tree... 

 

 

Now you dont!  The travel trailer is there now in front of the shop... remember when it looked like this?? 

  I guess it is starting to look better huh???

 

 

I think thats about our 'last' outside pile of junk ready to haul off.  Its taken two years, but we are almost there!!!  And yes.. he is the king of Dads!  :)

 

 

My boy!  waiting for his breakfast...

 

We piled the walnut tree branches that could be used for firewood to be split up later and up they crawled.  My two little peas in a pod...

 

well... as junky as it looks.. its served us well for the two years we were in it.  Remember when it looked like this???

 

 

 

Here's the front area now...

 

 

You know the one you can't see with Labamba there blocking the view of the girlz playhouse?

And the huge test hole dug for DEQ?  lol  We are that close though!!! 

 

 

The last picture of the pool.  I just finished taking it down to store until Spring.  It will go in the new back yard... I think Russ said we will make this a parking area and if I know us, more hoop houses!!  :) 

 

The last of the burn piles.  By next week the old mobile will be hanging out in the field until the new house is in.  They will haul it away on the final trip. 

 

Well not much of an update, but an update nonetheless....  Tomorrow I will take more 'prepics' as things develop this next week.  This is Russ and I's last 'big' adventure, we are tired.  As I am sure we will have many smaller ones as we watch the little girls grow, we embrace this last adventure in life together. 

As always ... Happy Homesteading!