Black Bear Bungalow

Black Bear Bungalow New lakefront vacation home coming to the heart of Lake of the Ozarks!

It has been a busy couple of weeks and progress is finally happening, more frequently! The framing is done, roof complet...
08/05/2025

It has been a busy couple of weeks and progress is finally happening, more frequently! The framing is done, roof completed and siding is happening now! There is electrical, plumbing, utilities and excavation going on.

It’s basically a hot mess and I hate messes so this phase of construction is my least favorite! I’m sure the contractors laugh their asses off when they show up and find my contractor trash bags with their stuff in it 😂 but I do not care!

The timing of progress is off as we had hoped to be to this stage about 2 months ago. So with school and volleyball starting soon, if you see me on a Mondays looking even more tired than normal, it’s because of our crazy weekends loading up Fridays and coming in late Sunday night
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But, we absolutely love it, the area, our awesome neighbors and well, it’s getting harder and harder to leave!

Another weekend and a bit more progress, actually a lot more progress because we have a house-ish! More to come on that ...
07/21/2025

Another weekend and a bit more progress, actually a lot more progress because we have a house-ish! More to come on that process. Today’s focus is what not to try with your brand new UTV 😳 Mark and the UTV are fine, but it could have been different.

We had around 150 2x4’s to get to the main walk out, but it’s somewhat treacherous until the backfill and grading are done and then it’s still a good size hill so we thought we had a plan. The plan backfired when the trailer jackknifed with too much weight and too much hill. It could have been much worse if Mark had not thought quick to “wreck” into the tree 🤦‍♀️ luckily we were able to strap the trailer and UTV and pull it up with the truck, with just a small scratch on the UTV.

So we moved this pile of lumber twice, my reason for skipping the gym today!

But good progress on framing the basement, finishing that next weekend with the hope to start electrical!

And for those that have accident prone husbands, you know how stressful this was because he also got whacked in the head really hard while assembling his new miter saw table, so we about gave up for the day because sharp blades and nail guns are scary at this point 😳 but we carried on and got it done!

Super excited about this new swim mat!! Iowa local business and made in the USA!
06/23/2025

Super excited about this new swim mat!! Iowa local business and made in the USA!


Solid walk out foundation by LOTO Concrete!!
06/23/2025

Solid walk out foundation by LOTO Concrete!!

Well it was not a great weather weekend, but luckily we didn’t have a lot to do. With busy schedules it’s hard to get th...
05/26/2025

Well it was not a great weather weekend, but luckily we didn’t have a lot to do. With busy schedules it’s hard to get the adult-ish kids to the lake as often. Cam and Violet joined us this time and it was nice to have them.

I’m sure they are looking around at what we are taking on and thinking we are crazy, well Cam knows what we’ve done in the past so he must think “oh this is just what my parents do” 🤪

But things will really be picking up now! The foundation and flat work are really well done so that brings a feeling of relief. A good foundation being poured with us 3 hours away was a little daunting to make sure the lines of communication were open.

Framing starts this week and sadly I will be watching from the camera as will be in Mexico the next 2 weekends, which I am not complaining about because I feel like summer will be very busy after this little break of 🌴🌊🐠🛥️🍹and good lord some 🌞 please!!

“I’m not a real plumber, I just play one on tv”. To say it was a fun weekend would be 99% a lie, but when I watch this m...
04/29/2025

“I’m not a real plumber, I just play one on tv”. To say it was a fun weekend would be 99% a lie, but when I watch this man work so hard to build something special for his family, there is such a feeling of pride I can’t help but call it something fun to see unfold. Now I couldn’t just watch, and let me tell you this is about the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Well maybe other than putting up hundreds of hay bales in 100 degrees 🤪 but under slab plumbing is done for the main level bath, kitchen, laundry and utility room!

Now to get the floor poured and walls framed!! And no, we aren’t doing that, thank God!

After several delays with the rock they hit, machines breaking, the worst winter the lake has seen in 5 years 🙄, holiday...
03/17/2025

After several delays with the rock they hit, machines breaking, the worst winter the lake has seen in 5 years 🙄, holidays and a revised foundation plan, we met with our foundation contractor Saturday and they are there today just as discussed!

This is the perfect start to my day!! Build projects are never easy or perfect, but 3 hours away also seems to be a challenge 🤪 Things will be ramping up now so if you don’t see us much this summer, this is where you’ll find us. We will be accepting any guests for an extended free stay that aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty 😂

So much snow!! Once it melts we are next on the list for the foundation pour!
02/19/2025

So much snow!! Once it melts we are next on the list for the foundation pour!

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Camdenton, MO
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