Little update

Before we left the farm in July we got notice that Chad had been promoted and we were moving to Plainview. Since we got back to Texas we have been non-stop busy. Payton and Roman are here with us as well, until they can finalize their custody agreement next month. It has been fun having our grandson around and seeing him grow and learn each new thing. He loves his Oma and Opa !!

When we left, Cheyenne and Coco stayed behind in Kentucky, while we got moved and situated in Plainview. My Dad has been working on projects here and there when the weather would cooperate and he wasn’t blacksmithing out in the barn.

He also put up the remaining ceiling tiles after they came in the mail.

He made a built-in spice rack, hopefully all my spices will fit 😂

And finished up the cabinet doors above and below the microwave and oven.

In addition, he made tall skinny cabinets on either side of the range that will be great for cutting boards, cookie sheets or whatever. I love being able to use every nook and cranny instead of having waisted spaces. I may or may not have a lot of kitchen stuff.

While we were there the pond was getting pretty full but then they didn’t get any rain for over a month and it dried up. It just started filling back up again. Hopefully it will hold water and stay filled up so we can get some fish put in it next spring.

Hopefully this is normal pond behavior and it will hold water long term. I have never had a pond built so this is all new to me/us.

My Dad tried stealing my dog 😜 and sent me selfies

Cheyenne helped Papa and Nanny around the house including oiling the cabinets.

Since we bought the farm we have been battling with the basement leaking water everywhere. We have tried several products and still kept having the same issue. I have spent countless hours researching how to fix the issue without hiring someone else to fix it. Not sure if you know but I am a penny pincher and try to save a buck or two where I can.

Dad tried fixing it as well and went through all of the plumbing connections piece by piece, to verify there was no plumbing leaks. This has been a very frustrating project to say the least. Finally, after some advice from a friend, we bought some dye for the septic tank and dad put it in (I wasn’t there for that so not sure how he did it) and 2 weeks or so later found that there was a leak somewhere around the septic. Luckily it was an easy fix and it has been cleaned and dried since. Papa was definitely glad Cheyenne was there to help ! Just in case, Mom and Dad painted some blue rubber paint stuff that I found during my many hours of research. Meanwhile, Cheyenne did some much needed cleaning down there. Yay!!!!! Now we can start working on the basement apartment for Carla. But she doesn’t like the name basement so it’s now the first floor apartment.

In August, Chad got settled into work here at his new prison complex in Plainview TX and Roman started crawling. We explored the town like tourists and Payton found a job at one of the local Veterinary offices.

For some reason we can’t find the lid to put hot cocoa jar, we feel like we have looked everywhere! We finally decided to buy a new one because it will be cold before we know it and hot chocolate is a necessity.