Just some more progress pics from January to the present. The cabin now has skirting all the way around. The blog post featured image shows the skirting.

These are pics of the foundation and walls going up. While the house is pier and beam, the garage addition is a concrete slab. It is a single car, extra long garage (15×25) with an additional 14×14 room that has a 5×8 3/4 bathroom. I also added a sidewalk and curved driveway. The 15×15 shed also got a new foundation (not pictured). Once the garage is complete, the shed will get its makeover.

The siding and roof was recently completed. The roof and siding match the house. This weekend I helped my ex do the plumbing. I dug the trenches in the pic. Talk about hard work! Though there aren’t any big rocks, the clay soil was wet from the recent rains and kept sticking to the shovel. It was a workout for sure! This week the spray insulation goes in. It won’t be long until this project is complete.

Here are some pics of the pond and how it looks in the Spring. We’ve had a lot of rain so the water level is really high right now. The cattails have all come back after dying back in the winter and the prairie grasses have grown tall. The big bass in the pic was caught by my youngest last weekend. It is the biggest he’s ever caught so he was pretty excited. I estimate it was around 3lbs. It was released safely back into the pond.

I’ll try to keep the updates coming.