Watching Change Take Place - Same Point Pictures

On the morning of May 23, 2017 I was up early to make sure everything was in place for the day. We had men coming to frame the house and I honestly did not know what to expect. I was nervous about the whole thing.

After preparing all that I could I spent some time walking up and down the drive praying and asking God to calm me, keep the men safe and to guide the whole process. On one of my trips down the drive I stopped and took this picture.

The slab

After looking at the picture, I thought it might be neat to take a picture from that same spot at various times during the construction. I marked the spot with a stick and begin to take pictures periodically.

Some one or some truck removed the stick from the ground I was marking but most of these pictures are from near the same point. It is interesting to look back and see the changes taking place.

I have those pictures for you today. I hope you enjoy them.

Davy

While framing

Trussses

Putting the decking on the roof

Tar paper

Doors

Metal roof, soffits and fascia

Garage door

Siding and snow

Porches, driveway and sidewalk

Red front door

Grass planted

Porch posts installed

Raising Up To Ground Level

We had a great night of revival Monday and we are hoping it gets better and better the next two nights. During the day we have been working on more house projects, ticking off at a time.

I had a guy here Monday working on installing five more porch posts. These posts are not supporting posts, but have been part of the plan from the beginning. I worked with him most of the day Monday. Hopefully he will finish up today and I will have pictures later.

We also have the internet company coming to day to install the internet service. We ran a conduit underground when we ran the electricity. It even already has a pull string in it. Hopefully that process will be painless.

I forgot a to show you a project I completed last week. It was not a huge project but it was dirty and necessary. I was super happy to get it done.

When Bro. Jimmie Radcliffe and I put in the water back in November 2016, we installed three access pits. Do you see the pit on the left below?

Each pit allows access to a shut off valve like this.

Three pits accessing three valves. One is a valve to the house. One is a valve for the hydrant by the fire pit. The third is for the hydrant by the barn.

The one for the house has been mostly in the way during the whole construction process. I have kept it marked with a rock and a stake most of the time to keep a big truck from running over it and also to prevent me from losing track of it.

We knew the house would be raised up a little above ground level so we raised this particular pit about 6" above the ground. When the house was completed and the driveway was poured, the top of the pit was 12" BELOW ground level.

Oops I missed that one!

One morning before the sun got hot I attacked it with the shovel and rake and figured out how much it needed to be raised. I made a trip to Pickrel Brothers, a big pluming supply house, in Dayton and purchased the proper amount of lid extensions. Dad helped me put them in, I covered it all up and here is the finished product. I still have the rock laying on top of the lid.

My hands were a mess most of the time and I was laying on my belly so no pictures were taken while the work was going on. 

I plan to eventually widen the driveway some and this should be perfect level for the concrete. I have fretted about that job a long time and I am very glad to get it done.

We may never get all these things done, but we will leave Ohio and let it all go soon. I am looking forward to that.

Thanks for reading today.

Davy

Weekend Woundup and Weview 8/13/2018

On Wednesday Odie received a special visit from my Dad's Uncle Ed Mays and his wife Nettie. He is my great Uncle and Odie's great great Uncle. They live about 90 miles north of here and came down to visit family and included a stop at Odie's house. It was great to see them again.

The garage is completely cleaned out so it was time to try the Green Machine out for size.

There is plenty of room for Odie to bring her chair down the sloping sidewalk and to load up in the car. Wonderful!

The whole drive has been a mess for many months. All the construction trucks and concrete trucks have made it worse. It was time for a big load of limestone gravel. One 18 ton load coated from the road to the back corner of the house. We would probably need 4-5 more loads to cover all the gravel area. 

There is no limestone gravel in our county so the local gravel company has to ship it in. That makes it more expensive but it sure packs nice.

The driver tailgated the gravel and made it look great. There was very little for me to fix.

Thursday night at Dryden Rd.

The guy that did the septic system was hauling in dirt most of the day Thursday. Friday two of his guys came and had everything graded to near perfect in less than two hours. It really looks good.

Dad dragged a piece of weighted fence behind the lawn mower to get it ready for seed in the front. Steve picked up a bunch of debris before seeding.

Previously in the week I had cut the viewing ports for the septic lines down to ground level. I had one that needed to go a little lower.

Then we put grass seed on the yard and Dad, Mom Steve, Lisa and Kelly Jo helped me spread straw on the whole yard. We used 18 bails of straw altogether. I would have still been spreading straw if they had not jumped in and worked so hard.

We had a nice soaking rain most of that first night so hopefully the grass comes up good.

We had a van load of dear friends from Hodgenville, Kentucky come to visit Odie's house on Saturday. It was super, super great to have them.

Saturday evening Steve and Karen helped us take our sound system to Anchor of Hope. It is only 7 miles to the church, but we enjoyed their company and loved having some one else to help with the lifting.

We had two very good revival services at Anchor of Hope on Sunday.

For many years we have preached at Anchor for Pastor Bill Lamb. He and his church have been very good to us. I believe we have preached there each of the last 16 years and have preached a revival many of those years

His son, Bro. E.J. Lamb, has been his assistant for several years.

Earlier this year Bro. Bill made the transition into retirement and Pastor Emeritus. The church transitioned Bro. E.J. into the senior Pastor position. It seems to have been a seamless process and the church is doing great.

Of course Sunday afternoon included a little salsa! Bro and Sis. Lamb are the ones that introduced us to Acapulco just a few months after they opened! God bless them for that!

It was nice to have Kelly Jo's parents and more of her family with us Sunday night.

We are expecting three more great nights of revival this week. Come be with us if you can.

That wraps up our weekend. Thanks for joining us.

Davy