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Got the first site plan with a septic field on it – it’s size and location are correct, the house size and location will be subject to change in the next few weeks. We will be marking the wetland buffer … Continue reading →

Sweet, sweet snow day.  I consider them to be gifts from Mother Nature.  This one was unexpected and that makes it very sweet. So, what to do with the gift?  I left loads of work at school, so that’s out.  … Continue reading →

The old girl finally found a new home.  She was about to go to Habitat for Humanity and I decided to list her one last time.  Her new owner had a machine just like this one and sold it.  Regret … Continue reading →

I feel like my fingernails are dragging slowly down the chalk board.  Let me explain.  This year, I am more enthused than I have been for sometime.  New, enthusiastic, young people will do that and I can only say thank … Continue reading →

I am not a Pollyanna, despite the assumptions of some.  I try to keep a stiff upper lip and all that.  I see the glass as half full.  I look for the rainbows and the beauty that surrounds all of … Continue reading →

…and we move on to another, new, different builder.  Plans that could be awesome and scary and we just don’t know.  These are powerful decisions.  If we make mistakes…well, we could hang our heads and bawl like babies…..or forge ahead.  … Continue reading →

Septic is being designed.  A fall visit is planned.  House plans are being pored over.  Lottery tickets purchased on a regular basis.  Lay-off details are wonderful.  The year is flying by. Yesterday, as I walked through the property in Colorado … Continue reading →

The design of the septic system has been given the go-ahead.  Does life ever get more exciting?  I think not.  After discussing the plan for a 5-bedroom system, our man on the island convinced Mark a 3-bedroom system would be … Continue reading →

…eludes me.  The search for a home to build or move to the property continues to be a struggle.  Of course, it is a good struggle in many ways.  It has become all-consuming.  Thoughts of money and time and materials.  … Continue reading →

Fall is in the air.  I wonder what it looks like on Whidbey?  In the Whidbey Island newspaper, there are photos of enormous pumpkins and the notice of a scarecrow contest.  Fairs and cookouts and kite festivals. And we continue … Continue reading →