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Kid 1 went up to grandpa's cabin with grandpa and dad on Friday and stayed the night until Saturday. Saturday morning he got too close to the wood stove pipe and burned his arm just below the elbow. I'm thankful it wasn't too big or bad of a burn, and it wasn't on his face or hands. So far its...

Are these rosehips? This is a rose at my MIL's house.

Got into the garden Saturday, pulled out some of the zucchini plants that were done, and all the scalloped squash and cucumber. The zucchini got a bit crazy, again. There's still more baby zucchini on the vines I left. They will probably be monsters by the time I get back out there again...

Glued my shoe back together, probably going to buy new shoes this weekend. Kid 3 had her 6 month checkup this week, and she rolled over! I had just finished telling the dr that she hadn't rolled yet because she's had less tummy time than her brothers since we don't want her being trampled...

Now my shoe is falling apart. This has been a week. And its not even over.

Hubby says the particle board is just gone in that area. So that part of the floor was just the vinyl flooring, no wonder it was squishy when stepped on. I'm worried what we are going to find when we start opening things up. We might just put the plywood over the hole and do the master bathroom...

I fell through the floor in the bathroom trying to get kid 1 out of the shower! He was fine, I had just barely started lifting him up. My back feels a little jolted and my hip feels like it got whacked against the floor when I fell through. Hubby put a piece of plywood over it for now, guess...

We talked to a realtor on Saturday. They are going to get us some info for comps. We are going to continue decluttering and cleaning up. They are also supposed to get us contact info for a survey person, so we can confirm where the property lines are and get the last portion of the property...

Our current house is a triple wide. Pretty sure if we had a stick built it would be higher. We reroofed in 2023 after kid 2 was born, didn't tear off just added spacing boards, plywood and new shingles. Hasn't leaked since thankfully.

For Halloween kid 1 wanted to be a T Rex, and wanted kid 2 to be a smaller T Rex. Kid 3 did not wear a costume this year, I just bundled her up in a blanket and a sling and pushed the stroller while hubby wrangled the dinos. We visited a friend's house who lives in a good neighborhood for trick...

Just found the paperwork for the insurance renewal. The fire insurance alone is $4,196. On Wednesday, I got a text message notification from the insurance broker that we were going to be canceled for non payment as the payment hadn't been made by the mortgage company, due on the 29th. I called...

I think they are calling any geographically low spot a seasonal stream, until verified that it's not. I'm going to be beyond pissed if they claim we actually have one, as the low spot is about center in our property and running east to west. The parcel is only about 330 feet wide (north/south)...

Unlikely to go to Texas at this point. I'm keeping the property on my watch list and will keep dreaming. We are still moving forward with the front fence project and the garage project. Hubby is doing some electrical work for his friend who does metal work/welding, trading work with him for...

Ok, front fence project is a go. Fence does not require a permit. Gate only requires a permit if it is automated. The part that goes into the easement we still have to figure out how that's going to work, but we can at least get the other part done. All other projects are on hold until we can...

Yeah, we had a company that came out, tried to get us to put solar on the roof (which I doubt would be strong enough to hold it), and agree to buy energy from them at a discounted rate. The discounted rate was pretty much what we are paying at tier 1 now, and we would have been locked into that...

We've been looking at the solar with battery. I don't have anything nice to say about how they are price gouging with these rate increases. The amount they pay for the energy that a solar system generates is far less than what they charge. I will definitely be looking into whether it would be...

I really like the look of the 19 acre property. With the price it is, and what we could probably sell our place for, we would have enough to build something or buy a newer modular. Do you know what the rules are there for a secondary house on a parcel? Here in CA you can only have a primary...

Tier 1 is $0.39834 per kWh. Tier 2 is $0.49918 per kWh.

We reroofed to light colored shingles already. And got rid of the electric water heater, installed a tank less gas water heater. The house has dual pane windows. We try to use the woodstove to heat in winter. I think the main problem is the house doesn't have decent insulation, so I think the...

Yeah, ridiculously high insurance in CA. And a bunch are "declining to renew" policies due to the fire risk. So people have to start paying a ton more just for fire insurance or change to a different company. We are thinking about doing solar, because the electricity bill was super high this...