UPDATE FOR 2013 !

 The current Closet/guestroom.

 The view from the circle where we were going to build our BIG House....

 The circle as seen from diving into the compound....

 The office/1st building built........

 The Buda alter in the center of the circle...........

 The carport where the cars have better coverage then we do.........at least in the kitchen anyway.....

 The future Kitchen, dining, living room.......sooooooon I hope....

 The well house/Bathhouse.......a long way to go on this.......it at this point is only dried in ( that means the roof, windows and doors are installed, but no inside stuff has been done....

 The Pigeon coop............

 The future shop, a slab with a tarp at this time..........

 The rye grass is thriving but the trees are having a very hard time letting go of their leaves.....not a good sign...

And our sweet dog Mana, taking a nap in the sun................

Kitchen area Wall

 It is hard to believe that it took two months of sanding to prepare this small stack of recycled 1" X 6" lumber, it had tar and wear marks that needed to be removed.  (It was used as a sub floor installed on the diagonal. Thus the markings that are visible as a lighter color. )

 So the process of measuring , cutting and nailing  begin .Because the boards were not the same width and not perfectly straight, we covered the wall with clear plastic so we would not have the insulation seeping through. The reason for using clear plastic was so we could see the wood framing easily to nail the boards to.

 Where the pipes and electric come through the wall ,cuts needed to be made.

 The wall slowly moves up....

 Richard is mechanically measuring the wood for the cut around the switches. What one always needs to keep in mind is the depth of all layers involved in the construction, making sure the end  result is what you want. This is a good example: if the electrical box is too shallow , there would be a space between the switch plate and the wall. Placed too deep , the switches would not be long enough.

 WOW IT's DONE!!!!!

With the first coat of varnish... what a difference!!!!   This is our work for the month of December... and the last days of the year are here!

CHANGE OF DIRECTION

We have come to the conclusion that Time and Money have guided us to revisit our goals on moving forward with what we need , want and how we want to spent our time.
THUS the SHOP has become the MAIN HOUSE. WE will finish it as such with , framing out the remaining walls finishing with Sheetrock and insulating the ceiling.
Our plans at this time is to build a bedroom/closet next to the carport and build the shop on the slab that we already have. We are playing musical buildings and feeling good about it all:PLAYING IN THE SAND BOX!!!

                                         AND PRAYING AND MEDITATING ON LIFE!!!!!!!!!!