Well, it was an absolutely GORGEOUS day! Rumors of rain today were greatly exaggerated. Barely a cloud in the sky! Loving every minute of it. Now, if we could just have 20 more of these days. I am sure I would be happy with that - I am certain a lot of farmers would be just fine with a dry spell.
I see Jason and Jess are over in Europe. I believe they arrived yesterday. They have already posted a few photos on Jason’s blog.
Otherwise - we went to the farm this morning and then to Maiden Alley to see a movie. The movie was called The Great Buck Howard. GREAT MOVIE! Five stars. Even saw a friend there - Stu who used to do some work at the Red Cross here in Paducah.
I see Sue was out and about at the car show - downtown Paducah. I know that because she posted some photos on her blog. Now if I can just pin her down for some "lunch" time!
I CAN’T believe that May is over. What the heck - time is FLYING by.
Took a few photos today at the farm - I have been posting ALL of the farm photos here
Anyway - here are some photos from today - you can click an image for a larger view
YAY - the spiral stairs have arrived!!!! These stairs will lead up to the
observatory deck of the house!
The back of the house
Looking west - southwest towards Joppa
Looking northward on this beautiful day!
Looking west
Looking northward at one of the farms to our north - near New Columbia
Joey on the top floor of the house
The top of the house - tall ceiling!
That would be me - top of the house
Front of the house
This tank will be buried - this is for the whole house generator
The doors - some of the doors have arrived!
Front of the house
May 30th, 2009
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I love that song. 
Ho hum - long few weeks behind us. Building a house is very exciting. It is also full of a thousand decisions. I am not the best at making all these decisions on colors, matching tile, and a hundred other type choices. :) Thankfully we have several people that are helping. I think I would literally go nuts trying to decide all of this by myself. I normally know what I don’t like, but the problem becomes what do you like. :) Julie warned me about this subject! She said there would be more decisions than I could ever imagine.
It is all fun and exciting, though. Just a bit stressful. Trying to remember to live in the moment. That is easier said than done. You are always thinking about tomorrow - finishing the house - finishing school - and on it goes. So, just trying to remind myself to enjoy the moment we are in and not think about tomorrows homework, tomorrows tests, the next decision that has to be made.
On that note - I will be glad when school is finished and we move into the house. I have said for awhile that I don’t really know what I will do once all of that is finished. I have also said that I know what I WON’T be doing. I won’t be spending so much time on the computer and being home. With no homework and with the house project finished I definitely want to travel some more. Explore some areas of the United States. Get more into photography - which I LOVE, but have had little chance to really spend a lot of time learning anything about the camera itself. So, I would like to spend some time doing that.
Hopefully we will hear from David once we finish the house or get closer to that point. Missing him and everyone else in Canada. We all seem so far away right now. Which I guess we are. One group or the other needs to come for a visit.
Missing photography lately - I picked some of my favorite photos that I took over the last couple of years.
Toronto
Toronto, Ontario - Canada
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Waterloo, Canada
Near Waterloo, Canada
Luzern, Switzerland
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Moscow - underground
Gorky Park
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Moscow
Germany
Munich, Germany
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Joey in Moscow
Moscow
Japan
Toronto
Paris
Waterloo, Ontario
Radoltzan, Germany - memories
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland
Quebec City, Quebec
Quebec City
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo, Ontario
Sunset
Egypt
Rome
Venice, Italy
Venice, Italy
Vatican
Vatican
Venice, Italy
VEnice, Italy
Rome
Rome
Rome
Rome
London, England
Photo I took in Tel Aviv, Israel
Kentucky Lake Flower
Paducah - Summer Fair
McCracken County Fair
West Kentucky Flowers
Romania
China Dancers
Cheetah - Fort Massac Park
Downtown Paducah
New York City
Key West, Florida
Curiosity
Mayfield, Kentucky - Praying Mantis
Spider in my backyard
Black Widow Spider - front porch of my house
Friend at the zoo
Toronto Flowers
Cheetah - Downtown Paducah
Boston, Mass
Boston, Mass
Boston, Mass
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Evergreen, Colorado
Evergreen, Colorado
Peoria, Illinois Snowstorm - 2006
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois Snowstorm
Peoria, Illinois
West Kentucky - NWS Ice Storm
2009 Ice Storm - Mayfield
Jefferson Street Paducah, Kentucky Ice Storm
Ice Storm 2009
May 29th, 2009
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Lot of work going on up at the house. Looks like the front porch and deck is coming along nicely. Tommy’s crew is working on the electric. Installing lights, wiring, outlets - all of that good stuff. Everything is looking great. Can’t wait to see the finished product. We are several months away from that. :) Fall perhaps?
Cloudy today. Wish the sun would come out. We need sunshine!!!!
The propane tank was delivered this morning. This will be buried in the ground. We will then run the propane to the whole house generator. This should keep us up and running during severe weather. That is the plan at least!
Some photos from today -
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Propane tank has arrived
Southern Illinois Propane delivery the tank this morning
The top of the house - looking east
Looking north out of the top of the house
Front - west side of the house
Front porch and second floor deck is coming along nicely
Back of the house - this will be a sun-room once finished
Rodney working on the deck
Rodney working on the deck
Bobby driving the Tonka Toy
Living room and dining room
Library
Garage - tornado shelter on the right
Utility room
Tornado shelter - walls are starting to come together
Upstairs
Upstairs
Looking northeast in the attic (rec room)
Rodney and Don working on the porch
Looking north off the second story deck
Front of the house
Front of the house
Back of the house
May 29th, 2009
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Well, Danielle officially graduated 8th grade this afternoon!!!! So, we are happy about that. I am sure she will have a great time in high school. For now, though, SUMMER BREAK!!!!
Did not go up to the farm today. Will be heading up there tomorrow morning. I believe the propane tank is going to be delivered for the generator. :) Worked with Jason and Johnny on the security camera set-up for the farm. Will have all of that on-line so I can watch the weather when I am away!!!!
Added some of my favorite travel photographs to this page CLICK HERE
Rained again today over portions of West KY.
May 28th, 2009
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6 PM Storms over Marshall County, Kentucky
Thunderstorms to our east - click for larger image
Tommy and his crew started putting the electric in today. Looks like they are moving right along. Bobby and his crew are working on the living room ceiling and front porch - second floor deck.
Scattered storms later today. Some could be severe.
Things I need to remember for the house -
Look into doorbell system - placing of wall monitor on south side of media room for monitor wires - conduit for two outlets for the wall mounted weather instruments - lightning protection - security camera types from Johnny - pick up items from Ferguson - Lawntech DVD - Gary and placement of air conditioner upstairs - ceiling mount for media room and medio room closet - Bobby check window size in front top - see Tommy on deck mounted under lights - make appointment with Will next week with Deena - Ronnie return call -
Don and Rodney working on the front porch - deck.
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May 27th, 2009
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We picked up 1.02" of rain over the last few days. We had a nice dry spell that lasted about a week. So much for dry weather. Looks active for the next few weeks. We could start to see a severe weather threat in the Central United States after day 4 or 5.
We had a nice electrical storm last night. Knocked out the cable internet for a bit. We had a ton of cloud to ground strikes around Lone Oak.
We are getting more thunderstorms today. Fun fun. Dry weather would be nice. Some of the windows won’t be in for another two weeks. So, we will be trying to keep the rain out.
We got to see Mariah’s car this morning. It was pretty messed up. Looks like they will total it. Maybe sell it for scrap metal. Mariah is recovering at home.
Reed Electric is installing the electric wiring. They will be there for 3-4 weeks.
Making the photos clickable now. So, for most of the photos you can click
on them to make them bigger. Hopefully this works!
Crowell Pool brought the hot tub today
Don helping to move the hot tub to the pad
Putting it in place
Placing it on the pad
And it is in place!
Dark clouds rolling into the area - thunderstorms
Thunderstorms moving into the area
Looking west towards Mermet
All farm photos here - from start to finish
Mariah’s car wreck
http://beaudodson.smugmug.com/Family/794849
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Windshield
May 26th, 2009
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I placed a bunch of my photos on SmugMug. Sue showed me this site awhile back. Looks like a good place to keep photographs in order!
http://beaudodson.smugmug.com/
Rain moving back into the region today. That pesky tropical low continues to impact our region. Can’t rule out some isolated severe weather.
Mariah is still sore. Talked with her for a little bit on the phone. Sounds like she might be in bed for a few days. Hopefully a speedy recovery.
The guys have the day off today - Memorial Day. Looks like everyone will start back to work tomorrow morning. Tommy Reed is coming to start on the electric. Johnny is coming from ADS. Dale is coming from Kentucky Lake to discuss the cabinets. Rodney, Don, and Bobby will be there working on windows. Not sure who else! I can’t keep up. Oh, Crowell Pool is also bringing the hot tub tomorrow.
School has started. Trying to juggle everything and not get stressed out. Easier said than done, though. Just need to keep up - that is all. Should be fine! Just a few months left and school will be completely finished. I will be happy! It will give me a bit more time to concentrate on other things. Like building my house! Still hoping to finish the project before winter. Not sure. It is hard to predict when a house will be finished.
May 25th, 2009
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Mariah wrecked this morning coming off the bridge leading from Paducah into Brookport. Thankfully she is doing okay. Few bruises and is a bit sore. The car was placed inside of a garage and we were not able to see it.
Some damage to a car wash as she went down an embankment.
May 24th, 2009
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Wow, this month is almost over. Yeeeeesh. The time it just passes so quickly. I try to slow it down, but that doesn’t seem to be working. I guess one can not slow time down. It is what it is!
The rain is falling from the sky this morning. That tropical low has finally pushed into the area. It never did develop into anything major. Just a weak tropical low. The rainfall to our south and west will be heavier than it is here today.
It was a great week! A lot was finished on the house. Shingles! Windows going in! Internet! Zoom Zoom! Had a wonderful lunch with Caesar and Geri at the farm earlier in the week. They brought lots of food!
Had dinner with Dione and Tommy - Jess and Jason during the middle of the week. Then saw a movie with Tony, Deena, and Tyler last night. Night At The Museum Part 2.
Reese is in town visiting, as well.
Looks like it will rain most of today - at least on and off. No severe weather. Can’t believe we have managed to escape significant severe weather for the most part this month. May and June are the peak months for severe thunderstorms. So, we have lucked out!
Looks like Tony is getting his business together down in Mayfield. Not sure when they will open. He has been hard at work, though. They have fixed up one of the buildings we own. Sounds like they are going to have a lot of people working for them.
Not much else to report!
Somehow I need to adjust my photograph sizes on WordPress. Deena says the photos are too large. I guess I am used to these large screen computers. I need to figure out how to fix it so the photos show up a normal size. Trying to trouble shoot the problem. Maybe I can figure it out!
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May 24th, 2009
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Well, we are making great progress at the farm. We had to change a few window sizes - so they won’t be in until two more weeks. However, the garage windows are set in place and the guys installed the windows on the top floor this morning!
Electric will start going into the house next week. Then we will get the concrete pads poured for the air condition and generator. Going with a 45k generator. Should provide plenty of power when storms hit the area.
No snakes today!
Windows for the top of the house
Windows going into the top floor - Bobby - Don - Rodney working
today to get the windows in. Judy was helping, as well to get some
of the debris picked up around the house.
The hot tub area - now we need the hot tub
Looking west out of the top floor
The art show was today - downtown Paducah
I thought this sign was funny
J and R - downtown Paducah
May 23rd, 2009
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