Starting today, Everhard Road is the detour for 38th Street. The traffic was heavy, the beginning of a long nightmare of getting in and...

Our friendly neighborhood association recently sent their annual newsletter and dues billing. One of the tidbits of newsletter...

We had a neighbor with an extremely loud muffler. Another neighbor told us he had replaced his standard muffler with a coffee can. This...

Where we live, there is such a cacophony of everyday noises - gas powered lawnmowers, weed-eaters, trimmers, edgers, blowers, barking...

After setting the formadrains, the concrete footers were poured today. Size is deceiving. The home's footprint looks lost inside that big...

Excavation began today. It's amazing how much soil came out of that big hole! The view to the south will be beautiful - rolling hills...

Building a custom home in the middle of a corn field is a complex process. There are no utilities and the quality of the underlying...

Today, after weeks of meetings, brainstorming and financial juggling, we signed with Danmark Construction to build our new home. We...

Our promise to live out our lives in a peaceful country setting began in early July when we wrote a purchase offer on two separate pieces...