J & R Ranch

13/12/2023

Clover House backyard is now fenced! If you look closely, there's a cable run that our pet friends can be clipped to, also.

30/11/2023

Found this podium on marketplace for $20!
Perfect place to display this neat old book my mom had. I absolutely love it!

27/11/2023

High of 28° today 🥶 AND it's started to snow again!
Think I'll take the day off from the retaining wall.
Guess I'll snuggle in with a book! Darn 😁🤓

18/11/2023

The little jackhammer wasn't oomphy enough. I rented this one. Luckily, when you rent on Friday, you don't return till Monday. I'm going to need the extra time.

It's heavy! Very awkward to handle, I might not be tall enough.
Turns out this curb is about 6 inches wide and 16 inches deep.

As much as I'm rushing to use up all these beautiful days, I'm looking forward to some cold/crappy weather and snuggling up with a good book for an entire day...or five.

15/11/2023

There was this one time I accidentally bought a jackhammer.

11/11/2023

Yesterday was dirt day!
Richard spent the day trucking for me while I moved the dirt. It was a LONG day.
11 trips/loads and I'm pretty sure we're going to need about 20 more just for the section by the street.

Today is recover from dirt day....so much tiredness and my whole body is sore.

10/11/2023

Well, folks, guess I'll have to stop. My tractor won't lift any higher! 😆
Dump truck is there and Richard is going to help me go get dirt. Pretty sure he just wants to play with my dump truck. Can't blame him! It is pretty fun.

09/11/2023

Took my fixed dump truck and got a load of gravel. Clover House needed some gutter drainage help. Had the hole dug for a while but today was the day to finish this project! Piped away from the house, buried a 50 gallon barrel, surrounded with gravel, topped with heavy duty plastic and buried.
Fence posts were installed yesterday (not by us)and chain link fence coming soon! Great place to stay when traveling with pets.

01/11/2023

So much for working on the wall today 😟

30/10/2023

Clover House had a set back last Monday ☹️
While I was visiting family, Richard went over to start laundry for me. He found the basement flooded with about an inch of HOT water, instant on water heater are great and on the plus side the basement got steam cleaned 🫤 This gas bill is going to hurt.
I ask the guest to start towels to wash because laundry takes SO long! Well...the drain hose failed and water ran all day. The sump pump burnt out.
All cleaned up though! Not too much damage. New wifi leak sensor setup and valve will be installed after this months guests leave.
Houses are great but not for the faint of heart.

28/10/2023

This is my 3rd year working on the retaining wall. 💪
Really close to being finished with the section by the street! Waiting for Richard to finish repairing my dump truck to work on the front of the house area.
Drill bits were definitely harmed in the building of this wall. 😬😡

27/10/2023

What a treat to have had these fantastic women come by for morning breakfast hosted by the best mom! Mom and dad stayed and worked at J & R Ranch and went to swim meets to support the team 😍
Look how nice this gathering turned out!
Can not express how lovely it was to talk with mom. She's an absolute gem.

20/10/2023

I stayed up reading way past my bedtime.
Tomorrow me is going to pay the price. I forsee coffee & curse words.

05/10/2023

15/09/2023

J & R are on vacation! For 2 weeks, we have friends and family filling in for us.
Wouldn't be able to do this without their help. Tina and Sarah you're the greatest!

Edit: Wendy! The chickens, ducks and cats think you're the best.

14/09/2023

Sometimes I feel guests have unrealistic expectations of our houses. OR maybe they've never owned or had to take care of a home before. Houses are hard work, always something to fix or update. It's like "the song that never ends..."🐑

We're a 2 man band and I'm 1.75 of that band. 🤣 Just want folks to know we aren't a big corporation with an army of fixers. We are the fixers! 💪

09/09/2023

All the football door stuff I could find had fall themes. Had to assemble my own! For now Clover will get this. Wanted to see how it would turn out before committing the Ranch 😁
What do you think?

Oh and...Go Irish!

09/09/2023

Richard is amazing! After suggesting an in-line duct fan to draw more ac upstairs, I installed 2. He then put in a relay that turns them on/off with the furnace fan.
I'm hoping this will do the trick! Test runs went well but only time will tell. Really don't want to mess with a window unit.

06/09/2023

Clover House September weekends are all booked!

04/09/2023

Trying to get the Clover House gutters to drain away from the house better. Tree roots and lots of digging!

01/08/2023

Alright, folks, it happened, Clover is getting it's VERY FIRST GUESTS tonight!!!!!🥰🤩🤞🤞🤞 Nervous and excited. I hope they love and take care of it!

24/07/2023

3 bookings for Clover House!

11/07/2023

https://airbnb.com/h/clovercharm

Here it is folks! The photos are up and the listing is more beautiful than ever. 😍🤩🥰
Went with the dining room table as my cover photo. Take a look and tell me which one do you like best?

Country Charm on Clover Road

10/07/2023

Ya'll come on in! Take your shoes off, sit a spell.

The photographer has just left! She LOVED it😍
Said everyplace around is boring gray and Notre Dame themed. Told me I needed to be an interior designer.

😆 Only if they all want Country Kitschy 🌻. But hopefully she wasn't just being nice.

Soon, Rick and I are going to stay here a few days and test it out. Make sure that I put everything together correctly 🤞

09/07/2023

Clover House upstairs bedroom/office/reading room and bathroom.

08/07/2023

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how Clover House living room turned out. 😍
Makes me miss mom's house. Yes, I have tested the couch out for napping comfort. It passed!

06/07/2023

Alright folks, one more room is ready! The Clover House dining room. Professional photographer coming Monday. 😀 For now you're stuck with mine 🤪

05/07/2023

I've been terribly forgetful and just realized that I never shared this lovely entry in the J & R Ranch welcome book! I don't often get to meet the folks that stay but I had the extreme pleasure of meeting this family. Alex was super charming and left us this amazing drawing 🥰

04/07/2023

The Clover House porch is officially finished! Still need a lamp shade but it's on the list.

02/07/2023

Clover house is coming along nicely! Hope to have a photographer in next week.

16/06/2023

Wood chips arrived at the Ranch today.

14/06/2023

This was too dark for the room. I've decided chalk paint is the way to go! 🤩 What do you think?

13/06/2023

Clover house has it's first booking!
🤩 🏈

12/06/2023

It's happening, folks! Clover House is listed for football season! No pictures because it's not quite ready but I wanted to get it up for the daring or desperate.

Country Charm on Clover Road

29/05/2023

Ok, these are super amazing! Impressive and impractical at the same time.

Who else had the child's matching shape toy?
Square doesn't fit in round. Too much wasted space.

Library beds! 📕📘📒
https://inspiringdesigns.net/library-beds/

25/05/2023

I'd like to go there someday.

16/05/2023

We got a new work truck for me! 1991 Ford 350 dually with a dump bed. It's been a LONG time since I've driven a stick shift. Old Blue helped me haul while I renovated the house and Dump will help me haul dirt for the yard. Oooo wonder if Richard will let me get a backhoe next? 🤔😁

04/05/2023

Exactly! Pretty sure today I took a 2 hour lunch!

Indeed.

03/04/2023

Superhost once again!!!