Well, the wet weather continues. We have picked up over 10" of rain since October 1st. Just insane. More rain will fall today. Most likely 1.5-3 inches of rain will fall today. This will add to our totals. Flash flood watches and warnings are in effect for most of our local counties.
Enough on the weather - who cares about the rain? 
The house is moving along. We went up there yesterday and the floors had one or two layers of stain (I call it stand but they call it something else) on them. We could not go in the house - can’t go in for another seven days. They need time to dry. What we could see - on the stairs - looked nice, though. Hopefully they will dry quickly and we can move on to the next stage.
Still looks like late November into December before we move. Hoping for a smooth move. It is stressful - a bit. But, we are getting there. I will be glad to get settled in. Will take some time to unpack and get everything up and running.
Going to spend Halloween at Deena and Tony’s house. They are having a going away party for Dylan. He has joined the National Guard. He leaves in November and will be gone for several months. I believe he is able to come home for Christmas.
October 30th, 2009
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We had a lot of rain over the last week or so. Rained a bit on Friday morning - just enough to create a rainbow in the sky. It was pretty cool. I was sitting in the back of my SUV waiting on someone when a squally line of showers passed through. Then the sun came out to my south and created a rainbow to the north of the farm.
Stormy early morning sky
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Rain
Rainbow
October days
Evening at the farm
October 26th, 2009
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Danielle had a big cheer leading event on Sunday afternoon. They will be going into competition starting later this month and next month. I believe they go to Nashville and several other places.
She did a great job yesterday!!
October 26th, 2009
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Beautiful Sadness - when two simultaneous events occur each being equally as important but yet with opposite emotions.
Mother standing on the second floor deck of the new house looking
out over where the house my dad and her built used to stand.
October 24th, 2009
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Well, the sanding started earlier this afternoon. This is one of the last stages of the building process. After the floors are finished we will still need to install the kitchen cabinets and the library shelves. Also the entertainment center in the living room. Then a few touches here and there! It looks like it will be late November before everything is finished. The wood floors may take longer than expected. Could even be December. We hope not, though.
They finished the gutters today, as well. So, that is good news. Insulators will finish up tomorrow - under the house. The benches around the windows on the top floor should be finished in the next week or so.
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Master bedroom - floors will still need to be finished
Weather room - floors are down.
Tony Crouch - cutting some wood. Or so he wants us to believe.
Third floor - family room
Dining room and living room
Let the sanding begin!!!!!!!!!!!
This is what the floors will look like when finished - sort of
Family room
Tony Crouch - sanding - errr pretending to sand
October 21st, 2009
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The Paducah Sun ran an article today about people not being able to listen in on their old scanners. The article tells people how to listen to emergency management when severe weather strikes.
Jason made the front page
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October 19th, 2009
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Today we went up during the morning hours. The landscapers had done a wonderful job of filling in the old cistern (that caved in a few months ago) - filling the old pond to the east of the property - covering up what was left of the smoldering remains of the house - and removing the mound of dirt to the west. Looks like a totally different place now.
Sort of sad to see the old house gone. But, exciting to see the new house standing there in all of its glory. Hard to believe we went from a mound of dirt to this - all in the last few months. Quite amazing.
We are getting anxious to move - of course. Trying to clean up around here. Go through everything. Get rid of what we don’t want to take with us. Getting some new items for the kitchen. Just passing time and waiting for the big day. Looks like it will be 3-4 more weeks. Trying to decide if we will or will not put up Christmas lights this year. Thinking hard about it. We will see.
Our first widespread frost tonight for the region. There has already been one small frost - tonight should be widespread, though. Can snow be far behind?
Some photos from today
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What was left of the old house and some dead trees - burning in the fire
pit
Looking north. Landscapers were hard at work.
Looking east - old cistern there at the bottom right. Old pond to the east.
All nicely filled in and smoothed out.
Bulldozer pushing down the big mound of dirt to the west.
Old cistern has been filled in and smoothed over.
Front of the house - looking down from the observation deck
Looking north/northeast from the observation deck.
Looking south towards the front of the house
Observation deck - it was a chilly morning - temps in the 40s
October 17th, 2009
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