Warranty has run out…

There has not been, a tremendous amount of updates lately on the farmstead.

There is several reasons for this. One: back in January my Mom had a full knee replacement. Which in turn means my Dad had to pick up some of the chores around the farm she was doing. Two: my Dad injured his right rotator cuff and will be having surgery towards the end of June. Three: it has been spring/summer so there is more outside daily chores that get in the way of the fun renovation projects lol.

Well since Dad is fixing to have surgery we all decided it will be helpful if the Girls went to the farm for the summer to help out. Since Chad is currently out of work on FMLA due to his knee injury (he tore his ACL and Meniscus) he was able to bring the girls to the farm and stay a few days. Currently he is going to physical therapy several times a week in lieu of surgery on his knee. He is glad to finally be up walking around without a wheelchair or walker after being stuck sitting all day everyday for over a month. I am still having whatever medical mystery going on, so I knew the trip to the farm would be way to hard and exhausting for me so I chose not to go this time.

While Chad was at the farm, Dad and him were able to complete a few projects. Dad can’t pick up heavy stuff or reach over his shoulder very well right now. Good thing the kids are all young and strong, lol. So a year or so ago we had bought some old vintage farmhouse doors, these were the projects they were able to complete in the few days Chad was on the farm.

Swapping out doors don’t sound like it would take much, but none of the doors were the same size as holes for the door they were switched out with, which in turn means having to be retrofitted into the opening. Which is a methodical process. The basement door was switched out. That wall was finally finished and trimmed out. The bathroom door was swapped out and the door was adjusted to open the opposite way !! The Mud room door was switched out with an antique door that my dad turned into a “Dutch Door” with a pie shelf. All the doors also needed some TLC lots of chipped paint was cleaned off, new hinges, new door handle assemblies, few window panes were also replaced. Some of that TLC will have to wait for me to get there.

The doors taken out were then moved upstairs to be used on the two bedrooms that have never been finished out and never had any doors, that is until I find antique doors for them. Also, electricity was put into the girls bed room, my craft room/office and a few spots in what will be the Library. Also, two more window AC were installed!

With the kids help, Chad was able to get the Library a little more completed. Some of the Antique Furniture was brought and put in there respected places. except the antique couch that would not fit up the stairway no matter how hard they tried, they even sent pictures to prove it.

After Chad had left Dad was able to install the antique glass door into my craft room/office. (Currently that room is being utilized for storage) Got the kids working on tape/mudding some of the drywall seams, so eventually they can be painted.

The water to the barn had a big leak last year so Dad had shut the water off to the barn. So, Payton got to go on a treasure hunt to look for buried treasure (water lines instead of gold LOL). Got the water fixed Way to Go Y’all !!! Payton may or may not have been thrilled about that treasure hunt.

Dad decided it was a great time to get some “bacon bits” on the farm, so the PSF Herd has added three Kune Kune piggies 🙂 The Big Boy is Kevin (as in Kevin Bacon lol) and the girls are Lily and Rose. Dad says he intends on eventually butchering them out, but it’ll be cute to watch them in the mean time.

We now have a PSF Deer cellular cam and a PSF Goat/Piggy Cellular cam up and going. I love to sneak peaks through out the day to watch them all play. Chad thinks it is pretty neat seen several bucks back in the back of the property(Run Bambi). This makes Chad happy he can not wait until he gets the opportunity to go back there and hunt. That was his number one make it or break it stipulation on buying our farm. He insisted it have a spot to hunt. This was more important to him than the fact the Amish Farm didn’t have electricity, water, indoor plumbing, or even a bathroom for that fact. He was “well as long as there is enough Acres, I can Hunt, we can get all that modern stuff added later to it”. HaHaHa. It is fun to be able to get on the App and watch the goats and piggies play.

Unfortunately, with Dad fixing to have surgery there will not be much renovations going to happen for awhile. I guess all of us should have bought an extended warranty, cause obviously all of our warranties have ran out. Guess we will all have to relax while we can.