Finally Home
Finally Home

We’re finally home!  On Thanksgiving Day we made our final push to move into the house. It was an exhausting few weeks leading up to it, but we’re finally home. There is still plenty to do, only one bathroom, and the kitchen needs some finishing touches, but it’s livable. It will be much easier to

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Getting Hot in Here

I’ve been avoiding this post for about 2 months now, but since I have to collect my thoughts before I go to court, I may as well do it here. Several months back, just before the drywall was installed, the air conditioner went out at the In-Law’s house (where we’re staying).  I got to talking with the

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Oh, What a Relief
Oh, What a Relief

Completed the installation of the septic system. Fortunately Williamson County concluded that my soil would support a gravity fed anaerobic system (without pumps or chemicals). I’m surprised at how big the drain field needed to be. It’s actually larger than the one we had in Santa Fe, and that was for 3 bathrooms and really

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Almost Home
Almost Home

Yes, It has been a long time since I’ve published, but things have been progressing very slowly.  The building was initially delayed due to severe rains in May here in Central Texas, so I started off at least a month behind where I had intended to be.  Once construction got underway, there were several starts and

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A Solid Foundation
A Solid Foundation

I have been struggling to get a contract together on my building. I spent a months with a fellow in Thorndale (Andrew Unnash) before he quit taking my calls, then several months with Meuller & Whirlwind getting the design right (while coincidentally looking for someone to erect it).  My thought here was that at least

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Amber Oaks Ranch is Ours
Amber Oaks Ranch is Ours

We closed on the property on March 4th, 2016.  And while technically the bank owns it, we are now landowners.  Everything went according to plan.  It was actually quite a pleasant experience.  Even our lender, Jon from Capital Farm Credit was there to give us a goody bag full of paraphernalia.  I will be updating

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Contract Pending

Wow, that was fast! We put the house up for sale last week, and no sooner than the sign was posted, we had a showing.  And a few days letter, an offer for our full asking price.  Yesterday the signed contract and earnest money was in the hands of the title company and we are

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