tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43269039993957091572024-03-05T14:29:51.049-08:00Our Father's DreamOur Father's Dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01255887359749733784noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326903999395709157.post-27655126808748572162016-07-22T10:20:00.001-07:002016-07-22T10:29:35.472-07:00SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO SAY GOODBYE...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of the loss of our father. The heart never stops hurting. Learning to be blessed by the memories of those no longer with us is easier said then done.<br />
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And yet, we are OK. Life continues with or without loss and we have an obligation to those that remain to live in the present; to learn and be blessed by the past but to focus on the here and the now.<br />
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And so we choose joy. Joy in surroundings, joy in family, joy. As I looked through pictures to put in the post I realized that joy also chose us. <br />
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Out here, joy in surroundings is over abundant. Rabbits run rampant, butterflies waft, birds call, goats, horses and cows make themselves heard.<br />
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Our goals of growing our own food are materializing and the gardening opportunities in the desert never cease to amaze us. <br />
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We look forward to beehives, grass fed beef and lamb, orchards and bigger gardens. Our children are educated not just by traditional learning but by nature and by learning to live.<br />
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Through all of this we find joy. <br />
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So yes, there is no good time to say goodbye...my heart hurts each time I try. Instead loved one, go blessed by Him. May He be with you till we meet again.<br />
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It's been too long! After a self imposed hiatus, we're back and better than ever! </div>
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First up is our solar shed. A luxurious 368 square feet complete with a concrete floor to house our 2,000 water storage tank, water pressure tank and of course solar panels on top, our first real structure may look small to the rest of you but it's a FREAKIN building people! After 4 long months of trailers we have never been so excited!</div>
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A special thanks to our friend Lari who showed us how to do an old fashioned barn (or shed) raising in a day!</div>
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Slowly but surely it's coming together. We are so proud we could burst as our Rolls Royce of solar sheds takes shape.</div>
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Next up...Foundation!!!!!</h2>
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This poor cement truck driver - we seriously cried! Who knew cement blocks could be so exciting!</div>
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Well a foundation of course!</h2>
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Watching trains from the top of Grandma's "house"....<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are so excited to share this journey and adventure with you. For those of you who have followed this blog from the beginning....first of all...thank you. Second, you know it was dedicated to our father who passed away so unexpectedly and is missed more and more every day. Just days before our father's birthday we got our permit. On what would have been his 68th birthday we began construction. It served as a reminder to us that a summer spent in trailers living in rustic conditions means something....time is short and dreams make the world go round.</span><br />
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What's this you say? Lakefront property, lounging next to the river, enjoying some R&R? Hah! This ladies and gentlemen is our road; our only ingress and egress; our only connection to supplies, Starbucks, nail appointments and all manner of</div>
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More important than Starbucks and nails (if there is such a thing) - 1/2 of our crew got stuck on the other side!</div>
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Not to fear - where there's a will there's a way. We're no Steve McQueen but we can stage our own great escape and no stinkin' flood will keep us down!<br />
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Closer and closer they came; relieved to be free, they waived to their rescuers...<br />
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What we've learned: We're crazy. Plumb, certifiably crazy! And, we're loving every minute (okay that's a bit of an exaggeration) we're loving alot of this adventure; speaking of adventures, this one never ends-never a dull moment; monsoon season is not to be trifled with; having a train trestle border your road is simply the best thing ever, we pity all the poor folks that don't have such a luxury; and, at the end of the day...getting home is the only thing that matters.<br />
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Construction Update: Since we realize this blog entry is not particularly informative about our building status and recognize some of you read this blog for information rather than entertainment (go figure) here's where we're at....cross your fingers...a little birdy at the permit department told us we're almost there so we've readied the foundation contractor and the surveyor to mark the house lines (which we already marked but our child labor force decided to remove and play with). Hopefully by the next entry we can report a permit and building progress. It's been a long and often times challenging summer but the memories we've made and the things we've experienced are simply indescribable.<br />
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Time flies when you're having fun and our little "paradise" has proven to be challenging. Can you say M-O-N-S-O-O-N????<br />
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Since our last post, we've acquired another house, multiple mice, more mice bait, traps, peppermint and cinnamon oil than humanly conceivable...and finally.....multiple kittens! With a sigh of relief, we can proudly say we've bid the mice au revoir...for now!<br />
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First up? House number 2! It arrived late at night, much too late to unload although in our excitement we would have given it a shot. It is hard to describe the emotions in seeing what would have been our father's house arrive on a semi truck like he drove. RIP Daddy. </div>
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With no houses to build (thank you Yavapai County) and realizing our child labor force was itching for an education, a schoolhouse in the desert was created.</div>
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Just add a tent - and viola! We have a school "house"!</div>
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This guy was minding his own business making his merry way to our mess tent. We, due to the fab moon, stomped around without lights and someone accidentally crushed on the poor not so little and very furry camper wannabe. <br />
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When you're 6, there is little that compares to a shovel, a hose and 40 acres of dirt; mice are very very icky; our heart palpitations in discovering live mice stuck on a sticky trap do not soon fade; the monsoon season here is really freakin' long; it is a gift to raise children in fresh air surrounded by beauty our cameras really never seem to fully capture; and there are few things that compare to fans, swamp coolers, ice, freezer air and hose wars!</div>
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<em> Where is your dream today? Did you place it on a shelf for safekeeping and forget about it or bury it in a safe long forgotten? Wherever it resides, retrieve it, own it, live it. Life is far too short.</em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Rain, rain, rain! Not just a few tepid drops oh no...that would be far too easy. We're talking thunderstorms like you've never seen with thunder that rolls on indefinitely, lightening so bright you'll need sunglasses at midnight and torrents, rivers, streams, floods and any other word for rain you can think of! Yet through it all, we are blessed. Why? Because we are here...this is our dream... and we live it proudly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We admit to flagging spirits...a house here waiting for willing hands which are currently tied by bureaucracy. Even our workers seem to be slowing down.</span></div>
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<em>Today's blog is dedicated to the newest little addition to our family. Congratulations to Randy and Jen who have just welcomed a beautiful little girl. Ironically, the newest gift from above was delivered to us exactly one year after we learned of our father's death. A reminder to us that even in times of great sadness...life can bring us joy. </em></div>
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Dream what you want to dream;<br />
go where you want to go;<br />
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because you have only one life<br />
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<em>RIP Daddy - you will forever be in our hearts.</em></div>Our Father's Dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01255887359749733784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326903999395709157.post-42533604161179369282012-07-16T07:38:00.004-07:002012-07-16T07:40:55.538-07:00Week 4/5!<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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Progress is a beautiful thing. Our solar now runs water, the water pressure pump, washer, refrigerator and more. All from the sun and a big 'ole goose egg for a monthly bill. Talk about freedom!<br />
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There was even time this week for a truly necessary and much envied rainbow mohawk (props to John Cordova @ Shear Irony in Flagstaff)<br />
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Although it couldn't stand up to the monsoons...<br />
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Monsoon season is upon us allegedly until September 30th. It is like nothing we've ever seen and we mean that literally. You can actually see a storm move towards you, neatly bundled with lightening flashes, ominous clouds, sheets of rain and punctuated thunder that bounces off the surrounding mountains.<br />
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The rain is so fierce that even the locals flee to the road to avoid the rivers, streams, lakes and just plain flooding...of course this creates huge traffic jams!<br />
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We've now spent 5 weeks camping in the high desert. We have gone from no shade or amenities to comfortable, albeit rustic shelter; running water and electricity. As we sit back and survey the accomplishments we're filled with a sense of pride for the things we accomplished and learned. The peace we feel in our ever developing paradise is simply indescribable. Ladies and gentlemen...life is to short....DREAM ON!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What we've learned? There is nothing...nothing that compares to experiencing a thunderstorm from inside a tent trailer...warm and cozy yet surrounded by lightening, thunder and a downpour; trailers are wonderful, wonderful things in monsoon season, trailer canopies are not (may they rest in peace); our children have never been happier surrounded by wide open space and wondrous creatures (all right even we admit some of them are not so wondrous-that cute little white fuzzy thing is bad ju ju and can down a cow); coyotes, cows, jack rabbits, elk, javelinas and more are normal back yard accouterments and as our houses make their way towards us the memories we've made in the last 5 weeks will be with us for a life time. Viva la familia!</span><br />
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First up was solar...complete with a temporary solar array while we await permits for our permanent solar structure...stupid bureaucrats!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Progress- we love it! We have running water (aka liquid gold), CLOSETS OH MY GOODNESS! Such a luxury - even if you have to shake the clothes and check for bugs, scorpions, mice, etc before putting anything on - we cannot impress on you enough the joy of being able to locate a clean pair of underwear! Ha!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Our water pressure tank is operational (this means when we turn on a faucet, liquid gold comes out), our autofill works splendidly on the swamp cooler, we've rigged up a washing machine, clothesline and refrigerator. This is pure luxury people. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The most beautiful thing of all - bug bombs! They kill chiggers! We love them! We sheepishly admit to a hotel room for the weekend ostensibly to allow the bug bombs to do their magic!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">All in all a great week and we look forward to building our solar array this week. Gravel and sod both arrive turning our little tent city into a virtual utopia.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"> So....what have we learned this week? There is no shame in spending a much needed night or two in a hotel; chiggers can be killed; virtually any food can be cooked on a barbecue; there is indescribable satisfaction in progress; a $135 memory foam mattress from Costco is worth every penny...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">A special thank you to our dear friends Joe and Maryanne for a VERY productive Sunday! </span></div>Our Father's Dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01255887359749733784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326903999395709157.post-84707206519263375022012-06-19T17:27:00.000-07:002012-06-28T15:11:01.790-07:00Our first week! We made it!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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So what did we learn this week??? We'll brave high temps, challenging working conditions and put in really long, dusty and unpleasant days for this dream. We've learned that we could care less what kind of bugs are good and bad...we kill them all (for all of you gasping at this concept try chigger bites and then tell us to be selective about what we kill); we've learned that peppermint oil and a diffuser can be our best friends; we've learned that a teapot of hot water poured over our heads at night can be the most luxurious feeling of all; we've learned that a close Starbucks is missed more than the family swimming pool (seriously!); we've learned that a call from the lab saying our well water is clear, drinkable and ready for use is more exciting than any other current world event and each day as our creature comforts are moved into place we've learned that family, hard work and a job well done make the world go round.</div>
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</div>Our Father's Dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01255887359749733784noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4326903999395709157.post-16118000914173536502012-06-13T12:00:00.000-07:002012-08-19T15:33:32.344-07:00In the beginning....<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4z4IXTN80eC_pahRDJo9-EtIN0glIDKNX0Na_IvYSSSR8xmo-Lfk-45hWKqDIEv36FroAVo0fldHcxYam-T-RWP5AxoXP2ki4jTv7c1nLJIa6ltrBqmxNjwot1EWiojXvfG1nI_USAj5-/s1600/cowboy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4z4IXTN80eC_pahRDJo9-EtIN0glIDKNX0Na_IvYSSSR8xmo-Lfk-45hWKqDIEv36FroAVo0fldHcxYam-T-RWP5AxoXP2ki4jTv7c1nLJIa6ltrBqmxNjwot1EWiojXvfG1nI_USAj5-/s320/cowboy.jpg" width="277" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This blog is dedicated to our father, Harry Eugene Orcutt. A truck driver who worked all his life looking forward to a dream of owning property and a log home. On July 21, 2011, just 8 hours away from retirement while driving his truck home for the last time, our father suffered a massive heart attack and passed away. His children have vowed to carry on his dream. We sold our homes, purchased property, moved our families and will begin building our own log homes. There is no water, no electricity...nothing but a dream. This blog chronicles our adventure from the beginning. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">RIP Daddy.</span></h2>
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