It has been so long since I added a new blog post. Why? Because nothing much has changed. That is until I started getting pictures ready to upload. I have about 30 to choose from, so apparently life hasn’t been quite as still as previously thought.

I want to pause from the normal blog and talk about God’s handiwork that we see here on Sawmill Ridge on a daily basis. We have truly been blessed. Part of me wishes we had done this years ago, but it was not time then. We are not city people. We don’t need fancy things.…

We haven’t posted for awhile because things do not look much differently. That does not mean they aren’t different, however. We do have a name for our place – Sawmill Ridge. This picture explains that name. All of this started so that Noel had a home for his sawmill. He has been so busy that…

Our first holiday in the house has happened. It was fun to use my kitchen; the kitchen is not done, but it is done enough that I have all my dishes out and places to work; limited space but enough. I have my kitchen sink and dishwasher which is amazing. My brother & sister-in-law are…

September 8. Exactly eighteen months ago today, we signed papers and took ownership of 11 acres of woods, trash, and dreams. There have been days of discouragement as it seems there is no end. But there has been joy and satisfaction as Noel has followed a dream he has had for years, building his own…

I don’t have the statistics to prove it, but I’m fairly confident that the slowest part of building a house is finishing the drywall. It is agonizingly slow. Noel is tired of the monotony of it. Since the ceiling is 10 feet high, that is about 8,800 sq feet of drywall and about a half…

It’s been over 2 months since we talked. We haven’t been bored! Time did get away, but here we are. The bad news – our original goal to be done by the end of June when Jeremy’s family is here is not going to happen. The good news – we are much wiser and realistic…

I hate that when I first start my blog, in very large gray letters, I see “Add title.” It’s the hardest part of the blog and the program unnerves me in the first minute as I sit and stare at the screen and get no further. So today I’m wondering what actually happens if a…

The exciting picture is towards the bottom, but there have been so many great things before that even. On the negative side, the supply chain has caused a lot of delays.

We are at a fun stage of building where every day shows noticeable progress. It has not always been this way in the past, and I know it will not be the same in the future, but for now it is fun to walk in the house and see changes daily.