I found the perfect pantry!

On our final build, we have a walk-in butler pantry with a pass-through to the kitchen plus a space to slide the coffee pot & toaster back out of view.

The last pet food recall (from me)

12/16/2022

HEB TEXAS PETS

HEB TEXAS PETS Indoor Complete Dry Cat Food

Potential Salmonella contamination

TFP Nutrition

Hello all,

If you followed my blog just for the recalls only you may want to unfollow me. I hope you continue to stay but while we’re building and I have NO time to do anything much less keep up with my blog I made the decision to let this pet food recall notification go.

There is another gal, Susan Thixton, that does it way better than I ever dreamed of anyway. Check her site out, it includes so much more than pet food recalls, and unlike me, she seems to have all her ducks in a row.

This recall here actually came out on the 16th and I didn’t even see it until tonite. I simply don’t have enough hours in the day.

YOu can find her sites here:
Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
TruthaboutPetFood.com
AssociationforTruthinPetFood.com

Hopefully, after we’re in the house and I play catch up on the things I have to and really want to, I’ll get back to my blog, waterfalling, book covers, talking about Tyler and sharing photos.

In case I don’t get back on here before the weekend, I’d like to wish each and every one of you a very merry & blessed Christmas and a happy new year.

I hope you stay tuned but I wish the best regardless. ~ Kim

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and finally the kitchen on the 1 yr anniversary of getting our C.O.

I can not believe we got our certificate of occupancy a YEAR ago today. I feel like we just moved in. I also can’t believe it’s taken me a year to get to all the posts on the house we built and that we’re already working on the next one and final one…. but here we go – who needs a break anyway 🙂

Windows, doors, studs and rain chains, oh my

This is mostly about what we did in the house we’re in now that we built and moved into last April, the alabaster modern farmhouse, but there are references to our past homes and what will be our final build, that we’re working on the land now while we WAIT on others to do what they need to do before we can really get going.

0 for 2 on root canals

My first root canal was on a lower right molar. The endodontist did not get it numb and I was in agony during the entire procedure. I do not recall being unable to eat or it affecting me long after that one day. I swore I’d never do another one, then double swore after I learned Bergman didn’t get it the canal all the way filled.

Firsts on the new house

Before I really get into sharing more on the last house we will be building in 2022, I thought I’d share a broad list of the few things we tried new for the house we’re in now, that we built and moved into in 2021.

This will likely be part 1 on a 3 part series.

Hubby and I have come a long way over the years and house builds. Not to say we agree on every detail because we absolutely don’t. We both have what’s important to each of us, and where we can and will compromise. We also have things we like that get repeated and things we want to try something different.

This 2021 alabaster farmhouse had an entire page of “rules” I had to stick to on the design because it’s the smallest land we’ve built on and the septic took up most of the yard, moving the house South and East more than we preferred. There was also a fine line between how high it was getting in the back, how many courses of block for the daylight basement, how high off the ground to work versus how far below the road and the driveway steepness. All a balancing act of what would be best for us, and best for resale.

We did lots and lots of first.

The house before

If you read my Christmas post you know we have been looking for land for over 10 years, probably closer to 15.

When I started thinking about why we built and moved from house to house I had to chuckle. I’m guessing others do not share in our same catalyst for deciding to build and move.

Merry 2021 Christmas

After the nineteen months of “2 weeks to flattening the curve“, I felt like reaching out and had intentions of using up the stack of free Christmas cards I’ve accumulated. They’ll go back in the drawer for another year because despite my good intentions, somehow with everything going on I ran out of time… again. On the bright side, this Christmas letter comes with more pictures and links 🙂

Answered prayers

Have you ever felt God’s hand in your life?
We have.

1st waterfalling day in a year for my 51st + 1st Autumn waterfall for good measure (4 days, 7 waterfalls = one long post)

I am still playing catch up from basically a year hiatus from posting on here. Once I get caught up a bit, it’ll go back to the less frequent posting, hopefully without another year-long absence. If you’re not interested in waterfalls or WNC you can skip this long one. 🙂

Prooving again that the best-laid plans are better when they’re flexible.

We have not been waterfalling since we tried to see English Falls on my last birthday… a year ago (and a year late in posting about it). This one is still delayed but not as bad. My good cameras were not really off the shelf and we didn’t go on a waterfall outing not one single time in a year as we worked on building the new house, so we planned to go for this birthday. All work and no play well, you know the saying.