Nina's Known Universe

Or in this case Niko & Nina.



In answer to the question "How is the house project coming?" all we can say is, "It's on hold." We will still build a house, or have one built, or possibly delivered, but odds are that it won't be the ski lodge that my over active imagination designed.



Originally, some 2 plus years ago, when my beloved husband and I decided to build our own house down to the logging, sawing and designing, we did so with the delusion that we had nothing better to do with our time, the money savings would more than justify the effort, and it would be so cool to know that we built it with our own 4 hands. {Seriously}




Now granted, we both knew that no matter how soon we hoped to be done, it was going to take at least 5 times as long to actually finish, especially with me, miss detail oriented, doing the design. In the beginning my intention was to design a monster, the "best case dream edition" and then scale it back. Unfortunately, we both became very attached to the idea of this amazing home that we had been living in, albeit virtually, for the past 2 years. So we sort of forgot about scaling back, instead pressing forward to go for the gold.



Had fate not stepped in over the last year, throwing one monkey wrench after another into our plans and time tables, we would likely be ass deep in county forms, construction costs and even more unfinished projects than we started with.



So we just stopped. We took a deep breath and decided to put a hold on any new projects {like building a new house from the dirt up} until we finished some of the smaller ones, like putting a new roof on the barn, building horse fencing, weatherizing the tin box we live in and of course the annual chores like 5 months worth of firewood that needs to be cut and the 3 or 4 tons of hay that needs to be bought, hauled here and stacked.



Timing is everything. Last summer it was the timing of my broken arm, this summer it was the timing of my husbands hernia. The Universe was telling us to slow down, to back off, and to put more thought into our plans. Fortunately we had already decided to back burner the big project before the hernia and the 2 months of work he missed as a result.



Besides, when we really sat down and thought it through, the reality was that we were building a house for our stuff and our sporadic visitors when all we really need is a giant bedroom with wi-fi and a personal assistant to cook for us. LOL



So the house that we almost built will remain a dream for now. The things we purchased already will be utilized in other ways. My husband will likely mill out what is left of the logs and use it for the side buildings on the Barn, Gym and acres of horse fence. We rarely if ever waste anything, especially money, it just doesn't always go to what we intended originally.



Some may think we gave up, others may think we were nuts to try in the first place, but that is the nature of our existence, we strive to be different, to do things in ways no one else would ever dream of doing them. We don't view this as a failure, simply a change in the plan.



More often than our not, our success is merely delayed, arriving fashionable late, yet bringing the best dish to the party.



~99