Last week, Cindy flew to Maggie Valley to spend a week with her friend Rebecca and look in on the progress of our Sheepback Mountain Cabin. It’s difficult not to get excited when you see the street sign for the … Continue reading
This week’s issue of Time Magazine has a small article about how the ongoing exodus of residents from Florida has resulted in the first negative net loss in state population in over 6 decades. “…between 2008 and 2009…Florida as a … Continue reading
We’re very fortunate to have our realtor, our contractor, Art who visits from Orlando and Rebecca in the Maggie Valley, North Carolina area to keep us updated with photos of the cabin on Sheepback Mountain as it’s in the process … Continue reading
This past Monday morning they began pouring the foundation for our cabin on Sheepback Mountain. Below are some photos that our realtor and building contractor took for us of the activity. In this photo from the south end of the … Continue reading
Our friend and soon-to-be mountain neighbor Art is in the process of building a cabin on Sheepback Mountain also, though he is building his himself and with his own hands. I greatly admire him and his ability, though he is … Continue reading
Bad news on the cabin property front. On our land stands a huge, immensely tall tree that I immediately fell in love with when I first visited the property before we even bought it. It is incredibly straight and, I … Continue reading
Cindy came to visit me in Atlanta last Friday, arriving around 6pm at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. (She has her own horror story to tell of her flight on Spirit Airlines, but I can sum it up in two words, “Never again!”) … Continue reading
Well, much faster than I expected, our construction loan to build the Sheepback Mountain cabin in Maggie Valley was approved this morning. This blog’s title reflects the differing viewpoints Cindy and I have. I wonder which belongs to who? Damn … Continue reading
Cindy and I are finding it very difficult to balance what we want in our cabin with what we feel we can realistically afford. It would be easy if we were getting some of those AIG bonuses for ruining the … Continue reading
