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Spring is coming – Right?!

Posted on March 15, 2014 by 3saplings

We spent some time on the land today – just building a fire, playing in the snow, and imagining our life with the house there.  We will be moving back in to our trailer before May 1st as the rental … Continue reading →

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The Design Process – Main Floor

Posted on March 6, 2014 by 3saplings

We looked at hundreds of designs in books and online and found nothing that was close enough to what we wanted.  We were looking for something that we would want to live in as we watched our children and, hopefully, … Continue reading →

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Catching up on our progress over the past few months

Posted on January 7, 2014 by 3saplings

Our goal this summer was to do as much as we could to set ourselves to focus on building the house as soon as we can this coming Spring – we don’t want to be renting again next winter! Between … Continue reading →

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We’re Back Online ….!

Posted on December 24, 2013 by 3saplings

  We moved to a cottage for the winter and are getting things ready to start the house in the Spring and we have accomplished quite a bit since our last post in August.  We’ll start telling you all about … Continue reading →

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Location Location

Posted on August 18, 2013 by 3saplings

We have moved to our property and it already feels like home despite the lack of a few amenities.  We have a generator for power, buckets to bring water in and the trailer’s holding tank and a little honey wagon … Continue reading →

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The Road In

Posted on August 10, 2013 by 3saplings

55 loads of gravel,  10 days of a rubber tire backhoe, one chainsaw bar, buckets of sweat in humid weather, a tornado, and over $10k for a driveway in to the spot we have chosen to build the house.  It … Continue reading →

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Home – to go!

Posted on July 14, 2013 by 3saplings

We did it!  The move was relatively successful and we now call our camper trailer ‘Home Sweet Home’. We are parked at a campground for the next week or so until we clear enough space for it on our property. … Continue reading →

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Leaving

Posted on June 13, 2013 by 3saplings

It turns out that there is a lot of work to do before we actually get to start our home building project.  This is not a real surprise, but overwhelming nonetheless!  Although we have been dreaming about this move for … Continue reading →

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Sold!

Posted on May 12, 2013 by 3saplings

Well our house is officially off of the market and now I can stop the madness of keeping the house ready for any last minute showings – yippee!  Now I’ll have a bit of time to work on this blog! … Continue reading →

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Starting from scratch

Posted on April 28, 2013 by 3saplings

Here I go!  This is my first entry in to the blog that I will use to chronicle my transition from the rat race to life on the lake with my husband and three children.  Of course, I have more … Continue reading →

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