Last weekend (June 4th and 5th, 2016), we were able to spend some time working on our place. Saturday was strictly spent cleaning up. A junk pile had been established next to the well house, and the well house itself was junked up as well. I forgot to take a "before" picture, but I did snap an "after". On Sunday Phil removed the remaining siding from the south and west sides that was within his reach. He worked after lunch for a few hours, then took a break to attend our nieces' birthday party (my brother's two girls). The kids and I were the clean up crew after attending the party. Our job was to pick up the siding from the ground that Phil removed. Phil noticed the initials "LB" had been revealed after removing the top layer of siding. It looks as though someone put their finger in wet paint to "write" their initials several times on the northwest corner of the house. The only "LB" we could think of, is my grandma (Lavonne Buescher)! I showed her the pictures and she figured it was probably her. However, she doesn't remember doing it. It was also a fun surprise on Sunday to find that the peak on the south side of the house had decorative siding pieces underneath the outside layer of siding. Each shape is an individual piece nailed on. Phil got all of the outer layer of siding removed that is currently within his reach. He doesn't want to remove the remaining layer until we get closer to replacing it with new. There is a small section of the top layer remaining on the south side that you can see in the pictures. This is only there because there is a pile of bricks on the ground that don't allow us to set up our ladder. We just need to get those moved and then we can finish. Last I heard, the house still won't get moved back onto the basement this week. Last week the mover said he was doing a 100-mile move. Yesterday Phil talked to him, and he said they are working on something for LPS this week, so hopefully next week they will get to ours.
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We spent Memorial Day working on the house. We thought the house was going to be moved that week, so we wanted to finish removing the 1st layer. The boys brought their target and did some archery. The three kids also enjoyed the company of two stray dogs. Phil worked on the east side of the house, while I worked on the north. At the end of the day, we still needed to remove the higher portions of the west and south sides. North side 1st layer complete within our reach
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