After 1458 days, First Reader and I finally received our permanent Certificate of Occupancy from the county. This was a few days shy of the four-year anniversary of losing the house to the Cameron Peak Fire. We still have work to do, but the building department now considers the house complete. Any new construction we … Continue reading Rebuilding the Dream, Pt 166
I wrote my novel during National Novel Writing Month in 2022. Then, I spent the next two-plus years futzing around with the manuscript until I got it as polished as I thought I could get it. At the beginning of May, I reached out to an editor who came highly recommended by a family member. … Continue reading Moving Forward
Five years ago, I created my first post about the world I call Adaran. (C) 2020, JJ ShaunRough map of Adaran. I introduced Meegan Redoak, my half-elven misfit, who falls in with a group of adventurers after tragedy upends her world. The original plot events petered out to nothing. I had a solid beginning of … Continue reading Revisiting the Beginning
This is the last post of our journey to rebuild as the dream has finally come to fruition. As we gather our belongings in one place and sort through all that’s been donated, gifted, and purchased, we still have a lot of work ahead of us. What we can’t use, or have multiples of, we … Continue reading Rebuilding the Dream, Pt 165
We have spent the week moving. Because of the condition of our driveway, we’re finding that a pickup brigade is working best. After moving all that heavy stuff in Grandson’s delivery vehicle last Saturday, we had to pull the van out of the driveway on Sunday. We decided that if incoming cars and trucks don’t … Continue reading Rebuilding the Dream, Pt 164
On Monday, I received a phone call telling me the county approved our temporary occupancy. YAY! Of course, the mountain got more than a foot of snow over the weekend, so we weren’t able to move much during the week. We spent days lining up our ducks. By Wednesday, we realized we need a plow … Continue reading Rebuilding the Dream, Pt 163
We fell one approval short of getting our Temporary Certificate of Occupancy this week. The compliance inspector was up on Tuesday for our final TCO inspection. We expected a checklist for permanent occupancy, but thought we were ready for the temporary. Apparently, we’ll need an ‘IRC Code Modification’ approval to use the sliding glass doors … Continue reading Rebuilding the Dream, Pt 162
The word of the week: water. We finally got the plumber up to get the system up and running. Turns out, it wasn’t as easy as plug and play—they thought they connected incorrectly and burned the pump out. We shut the system down and cut power. He ordered a new water pump and double-checked the … Continue reading Rebuilding the Dream, Pt 161
What a week. We pushed to get the propane piping finished so we could get the furnace running before the arctic blast hit the region. Our major concern was filling the trenches before the freezing temperatures affected our water supply. The weather-guessers forecast the cold front to arrive Friday. We put a call out to … Continue reading Rebuilding the Dream, Pt 158
This has been a stressful week. We’ve reached the inspection stage of the project. The inspectors discovered a few minor issues and two major ones. One of the major issues is the need to rebuild the basement staircase. We caught one inspector as he was leaving the property a few days ago, and he verified … Continue reading Rebuilding the Dream, Pt 157
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