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Watching paint dry
Um really that’s what this weekend entailed. It is time for color decisions and Lawd there are a lot to make! Siding Stain Paint What’s longer than the time it takes for paint to dry…. me!… making up my mind on what paint to use…. The struggle is real y’all!
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Toto ain’t taking us anywhere…
Next up for Needle Eye Mountain.. a storm shelter. Our builder found a really cool place that makes tornado shelters that bolt right into the slab of your house. We put ours into the garage area which is great so we won’t have to get out into the weather when a storm threat comes. It…
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And we wait..
Not much happening at Needle Eye on the construction front. We are waiting on rock and windows to finish exterior. Waiting on cabinets and trim for the inside. Despite the waiting… there has been progress on the chicken front! “The girls” as I call them are now free to roam during the day. They have…
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Happy Easter from Needle Eye
Nothing like adding a few new birds to the coop for Easter! We welcomed 4 black lavender split Orpington chicks to Needle Eye Mountain this weekend. Scott built a pen to keep them safe from the big girls until they are ready to mingle. They are still pretty small so not sure of sex but…
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Enjoying Our B&B, The Other B&B…
This week at Needle Eye it was operation board and batten. The siding went up surprisingly fast! Love how well it goes with the lines of the roof! We are still waiting on the rock for the front and sides and hopefully that will arrive next week. Once that happens and we get the siding…
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Brotherly love and jokes at Needle Eye!
Got a visit this weekend from 2 of Scott’s brothers, Rick Foster and Rod Foster, while they were down from Iowa visiting Branson (Branson is just 30 minutes from us). Scott is one of 6 children… God bless his mother! He has 4 brothers and 1 baby sister… so… God double bless Shelly the only…
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Kinda like Waffle House hash browns.. the house is topped and stuffed.
Work continues on the house. We have a roof, insulation and sheet rock. You can really start to see how the rooms are shaping up! But, seriously what a mess! Sheetrock and insulation isn’t exactly a neat and tidy gig. I think there were fumes for two days.. kinda like when you walk out of…
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You Know The Arby’s quote…
You know the Arby’s quote.. **use your deep voice here** “we have the meat”…. Well Needle Eye Mountain’s quote may very well become “we have the heads”😂. Seriously y’all. We spent the past week hanging up Scott’s pride and joy taxidermy and wow there are a lot of eyeballs looking back at us! Scott had…
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“Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to her new coop”!
When the chicken coop is all done.. what do you do next? You get chickens!!!! first up.. 14 month old Hyline Browns. We welcomed 5 hens to Needle Eye today. They are a little spooked right now but I’ll keep working on them😆. Heeeerrrreeee chick chick chick Plan to get some fancy Lavender Black Splits…
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Remember that goat shed we tore down? Well look at it now!
Remember those goat sheds we tore down? We salvaged the wood which was no easy task. Scott had to knock them down and then we pulled every nail out. Some… had as many as 10. Big old rust covered gnarly nails! We stacked them up and waited for the shed to get finished. Once it…
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The other side of the barn…
Seems like our work is never done. Always another area to clean out. This is the other side of the barn and it is plum full of wood! Check out this stack of boards. we are going to pull it all out and see what’s usable in the shed and what needs tossed. Found a…
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3 more to-do’s checked off the house list..
HVAC installed ✔️ Plumbing rough in ✔️ And doors installed ✔️ 3 to-do’s = progress! Bonus… They started the roof this week!! Now for the rest of the windows to come in and then insulation.
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We’re in!
I was beginning to wonder if Needle Eye was going to tame us or vice versa.. but throughout the week it all slowly came together. Electric ✔️ Water ✔️ Heat and Air ✔️ Garage door✔️ Internet ✔️ Thank you Jesus! All the contractors made it and we were able to move out of the rental…
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Y’all remember that Eddy Grant song…
“We gonna rock down to electric avenue” …. Well as of today y’all can walk on down to Needle Eye avenue because we have electricity!! Both the Electrician and telecommunications showed up. Our builder, Lee, showed that he not only is a fine general contractor, but is a skilled tradesman, digging the trench with his…
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Ready or not… Shed-do-minium here we come!
Rent house lease is up and we are moving in to the shed finished or not this coming weekend… thankfully we got some help from Kate and Kannon to help move the essentials out of storage and into shed. They sure helped us out!! After hours of moving we took them to Top Rock diner…
Taming Needle Eye Mountain 