David Faulk

A Very Busy Day

We were very busy outside today, taking advantage of the great weather. We thinned out some trees in the back and I dug some holes for new trees in the front. Rose still has a lot of plants that need to be planted before Winter arrives and today we made a minor dent in that. […]

Sep 25, 2016 2 min read

Living Room Flooring Complete

We finished the living room laminate floor on Thursday night, the day before the carpet installers were to arrive. The carpet installers arrived Friday afternoon, as they had scheduled and they did a great job, were neat, and were in and out pretty fast. They were a sub-contractor hired through Home

Sep 18, 2016 2 min read

One Month & Counting

When I last wrote, we (mostly Juli, Don, and Rose) were painting. Since then there was still more painting and touch up along the ceiling where the paint bled through the tape or didn’t cover enough. The touch up was left for me, and it meant a lot of up and down the ladders. The […]

Sep 11, 2016 5 min read

Ten Days After Closing

I have been remiss for not writing a post sooner, but we are keeping very busy here with painting mostly, cleaning, and cleaning up the yard. I should say that Rose, Juli, and Don have been keeping very busy painting. Without their help, we wouldn’t be anywhere close to where we are today. We weren’

Aug 21, 2016 5 min read

Today Was Closing

Today was closing on our house. We moved the RV and ourselves to the grounds of the house, now the work begins! Since arriving in early afternoon, we walked around the property a few times visualizing what we need to trim or totally remove and things we need to do. I installed a new motion […]

Aug 10, 2016 1 min read

The First Post

This is my first post on our new web site, titled “Serenity Now”. For any Seinfeld fans out there you will recognize this phrase from one of their episodes (the 3rd episode of the 9th and final season). See a snippet from the episode here on YouTube. The phrase goes Serenity Now, Insanity Later. The

Aug 5, 2016 3 min read

This is Rose and Bella on the trail this morning

Bella is really liking having Rose around all day every day, and I can’t blame her. They do almost everything together. So we found out earlier this week that the closing got extended again, this time to Aug 10th. It’s all due to the VA appraiser and his schedule. Hopefully there won’t be any more [

Jul 29, 2016 1 min read

A Very Busy Day

Living Room Flooring Complete

One Month & Counting

Ten Days After Closing

Today Was Closing

The First Post

This is Rose and Bella on the trail this morning

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