Little House on the Prairie

Paw! Paw, come quick! The Little House on the Prairie is a-growin'. Jumping Jiminy so it is!

We gots walls.

The driveway is, well, almost normal.

Tom was happy about this as the wood burning pizza oven, smoker and grill are all going over here.

And then there were walls.

Two days later the first floor was getting framed.

Front door. And yes I am wearing my Dharma shirt.

Tom contemplating the dining area.

So it looks like next year we will have one of our big, famous Thanksgiving dinners. There is no way we will be in before then. I am hoping for a couple weeks before Christmas (although I don't know why that is important to me). We are already complaining about how we will have to scale back what we cook in the apartment: maybe a small bird with a teaspoon of stuffing, only one pie (damn!) and a couple of sides. This is killing us, folks!

Back acres: Mowed!

So after we messed around on the house site, Tim and Ryan chased us away. They were using nail guns and we were in the line of fire. We went off to see what our neighbor, Dave, did in the back. The 6 feet tall weeds are gone. He has planted pasture grass on his land but we will just let nature take it's course on ours. Besides, someday I will have my very own baby tractor. I am lusting after a nice John Deere.

Neighbor Dave and Tom.

They just have a small shed on their property. We took Dave over to see our house and he started talking about maybe putting in a double-wide. Tom and I both sucked our collective breaths in. We had placed a covenant on the other lots when we bought ours: no mobile homes. So we'll see what happens. Right now they are only talking about a horse, cow and maybe a pig (or prosciutto, as Tom calls them). All will produce nice poop for the farm.

I promised a photo of our other neighbors:

Ottterville Twp. Cemetery.

See? It's small and quiet and will not be putting a double-wide on itself anytime soon.

That's all she wrote, most of the lighting, plumbing, cabinets, counters, doors, windows and flooring have been picked out. Next week the roof goes on and the weather has been with us so far.