Stairway to Heaven?
Not sure the new house qualifies as heaven, but it is on our new slice of heaven so I am sticking with the title. On Sunday afternoon my dad and I cut the new stringers for the stairs we needed to...
View ArticleSiding a Trailer, and I’ve Got Wood
I have been wanting to make removable sides for my trailer since I bought it last year. The time has just never presented itself. Well, yesterday the time presented itself as my mother was able to come...
View ArticleMy Knees Don’t Like Installing Flooring
When we moved into the house we knew that we needed to replace the linoleum floor in the kitchen. Costco had their laminate flooring on sale at the time so we bought enough to do the kitchen. Yesterday...
View ArticleFree?
I have been finding that when you are open to it, free things have a way of finding you. A friend of mine had some trees cut down last year, and the wood stacked under his deck. He asked if I was...
View ArticleSunday, Fun Day
Sunday had been shaping up to be another busy day. We had not gone to the vigil Mass so we needed to attend Mass, we had a photo shoot to get some baby pictures, and we had another meeting we were...
View ArticleAn Unplanned Friday
After the events of late Thanksgiving night, I had several things that needed to get done on Friday that were not planned. Going forward I will be referring to George as the sheep, moving from the...
View ArticleDealing with the Aftermath
Saturday was spent trying to get back to normal. I spent the morning cleaning up after the butchering that was done yesterday and packaging up the things that needed to go into the garbage. I still...
View ArticleMore Wood Anyone
The other day I got the tree that had fallen on path through the woods topped so I could skid it up to the area where I am processing wood. It was pretty straight forward; cut the top off, trim off a...
View ArticleCatching Up On a Lot of Things
There have been a lot of little things that I have been getting done as time allows. I made three new PVC feeders for the new rabbit cages. They are essentially the same as those for the chickens in...
View ArticleGood Wood, Dog Crate, and Peeing in the Car
I think I had mentioned that I am planning on trying my hand at grafting some apple trees this year. I have already ordered root stock. A local orchard was kind enough to give me free scion wood if I...
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