I got up early today and spend time doing menial chores at Kelley Ridge before driving to the Valley to join Mombo and the Greystone bunch on Ms. Susan Toad’s Wild Ride to Campbellsville. We made it in time to witness Bub sponsoring Deutsch as Aiden in his Confirmation in the Faith, even though he […]

Yesterday Alice and KK spent time at the Valley and went to church in Lancaster. I got off work and went back to 4th St. The transformation of the bed and bathrooms was phenomenal. What a great thing a little paint is. They hauled old doors from the barn at Kelley Ridge to 4th St., […]

I was late getting in last night because 4 kids had parents who didn’t pick them up on time, but I took the last one home myself (she’s a favorite, and her mom is great–adopted from Cambodia when her mom could have retired comfortably instead). That’s probably against the law somehow, but what are they […]

After a particularly hectic day at school (we are getting ready for our three day middle school trip to Indy/Cincy), Ian and I ventured to G-town College for a senior banquet with Caitlan. The food wasn’t great, but KK looked beautiful. I was glad Ian was with us. Baccalaureate was in the chapel. Our speaker […]

Ian came to Kelley Ridge today. He says he likes what we have done. I do too. The problem is the debt. When he asked me if I had a mortgage on KR, I had to admit that I did now, due to the completion of construction on the first floor. The he asked if […]

Some Sundays I just stay at home at Kelley Ridge. Since I’ve already been to church on Saturday evening, I stay there and do things and listen to Mass on the radio. The readings are the same, but it’s good to hear them twice. Sometimes the homilies are better on the radio. There is a […]

I’m forgetting how to do this, so I guess that means I need to start again. So I will make it a priority along with varnishing the living room floor at Kelley Ridge, putting scrounged decorative rock around the outside of the house at K.R., applying for jobs, and sleeping.

Today was a randomly warm and windy February day. It was so windy that both door closers on the storm doors at Kelley Ridge broke. It is very windy up on the Ridge. I am waiting for the oak flooring to arrive for the main floor living area, and then after it is laid, the […]

Slushy, rainy, snow-mess day. Not freezing on the roads yet, but Caitlan and I stayed in town at Sharon’s house, just in case the roads may be bad in the a.m. Caitlan went to Louisville Tile to pick up the last of the ceramic tile for the main flooor at Kelley Ridge. Things are advancing, […]

I love using my body. My brother came over early today and fixed the stovepipe for my woodstove while I moved big pieces of cherry lumber that KK and I stored in a hobbit hole above the steps. It was heavy, but I did it. Then we borrowed my dairy farmer neighbor’s Bobcat, and Jeff […]