The Heated Milkbarn Thanksgiving

This month, and just in the nick of time,

heat was added to ALL Milkbarn rooms.

It was a Thanksgiving miracle!!!

We have an old but very reliable boiler the house came with, so we opted to keep that for our heating system.

We have radiator heaters complete throughout the home.

Here is the heated towel rack for the master bathroom

(unfinished but so close)

After the first night with heat in my bedroom, I didn't want to get out of bed :)

It took so long because of the labor intensive work, all the right tools and time to do it.

Clay was under the house for a few days over break.

Working in the crawl space is dirty, cramped, and pretty claustrophobic. Lucy was his helper with no complaints.

The Milkbarn was so poorly insulated and heated that it was a wonder we lived the 1st two winters huddling around the wood burning stove.

I am grateful for that experience though.

I am grateful we all lived through some little house on the prairie moments.

I do not take heat for granted.

So true. It's easy to set aside gratitude.

I am grateful for Chester. He has a football sized heart.

We are so grateful the Shuman cousins came out for the week to spend break with us!

Each night, the kids were exhausted from playing

all.day.long.

NCAR visit

Grateful to Lucy.

She brings ease and joy into any heart she touches.

Grateful for my sister.

She teaches me about life without her probably realizing it.

The husbands on Pearl Street, Thanksgiving Eve.

This reminds me of that Three Stooges episode with the turkey that walked on the table...or that Friends episode.

Who had the turkey on their head?

Thanksgiving Day!

Football of course

Resident Roll Baker

The next day we headed to the ice rink.

It was so warm!

My kids can barely skate. It's more like hobbling or sliding.

The Shuman cousins glided around effortlessly.

Farewell November.

We are done smashing your leaves down.

The kids have stacked wood for winter...kind of.

That actually happens all winter.

Mean Mom.

We are hoping we can finish the master suite during Christmas break. And then...THAT'S IT!

The interior of the Milkbarn will be complete.

I mean we have a small punchlist but really!

To quote Donald Trump...

this is HUGE

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