Barn, and internet access

First things first, our internet access has been mostly off the last couple of days. I'm expecting to lose it any  minute now.  The little lights on the modem keep appearing and disappearing.  This happened once a few years ago and we needed a technician to come and fix something.  We have an appointment scheduled for next Tuesday. It is hard not having internet!  But I suppose it is a good experience to have a break.

So, big news...we are going to build a barn!  Our home is big and out in the country. We own 5 acres of land.  Long ago, before we owned the house, there was a building with an apartment on the 2nd level sitting about 100 feet from our back deck.  Then, one exciting night, the whole thing burned down.  Now there is just a slab of concrete.

 Kevin has long been interested in building a barn. Now we have a tractor so a barn is even more attractive.  He spent some time this year hunting up bids and just this last week we got a bid that works for us.  We need to get some concrete work done to make sure that the concrete and foundation are stable for the barn.  That's going to happen in the next couple of weeks.  Starting in mid-December, the barn will go up.

I'm expecting the children to be quite excited by the process.  It surprises me that a barn can be built in winter but apparently it can.  We have electric cables that run back there (from the previous building) and at some point we'll put in electricity.  It should be a multipurpose building which will house the tractor and possibly some animals.  (We keep muttering about raising and then slaughtering a pig.)  Kevin has also thought about building a climbing wall for the children. So exciting stuff!