It’s 2024, not sure how that happened, but here it is. So, what’s in store? We sat down and discussed our plans for the new year.And as my bride said, “We have stuff to do.” These are things we have planned, and while some things have higher priority than others, they won’t necessarily be done …
It’s hard to believe 2023 is over. It’s been a crazy year! The year started off in a rush as at the end of 2022, we decided to move. So, we put our house up on the market, and it sold in 36 hours! To top it off, they wanted to close in about 3 …
Solar panel and battery upgrade for the shower shack is what’s on tap for today. We initially installed 4, 25 watt solar panels for the shower shack, and had it hooked to an old lead acid battery.I decided we could go ahead and upgrade from 100 watts to 200 watts giving us twice as much …
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Moveable ladder complete. Just in time. The kids will be here this coming weekend, and the loft is where they’re sleeping! We had not one, but two setbacks trying to get this ladder complete.It’s finally nice to get it done. The biggest problem I had was making sure the rungs were level between the two …
Building ladders and planting garlic is what’s on tap.After discovering the bad wood and we went to one of the larger towns to get some good wood. We still need that done before the grandkids get here. I got the 2 uprights cut and all the rungs measured and cut. That allowed my bride to …
Ladders, lofts and venison stew over the fire are some of the things we have in store for the day. Our oldest 2 grandkids are coming for Fall break soon along with my youngest nephew, so we needed to get things ready for the kids.It’s funny how things like that push you to get projects …
Work slowed me down, what can I get done? It’s Sunday afternoon, and there’s several things I’d like to do before we leave this evening. And as usual on weekends I’m on call, I had to work. Last time, we got the firewood moved and split and stacked. But that left just a huge mess …
Worked on the woodstove heat shield to protect the vinyl window, after a wood fire breakfast of bacon and eggs.Then did some much needed cleanup on the property. The day started off beautiful. Cooked bacon and eggs over the wood fire, then started getting more work done on the wood stove.After installing the wood stove, …
Chimney is installed, now we need a rain and a fire. Rain to make sure it doesn’t leak, and a fire to make sure it vents properly. I’m a nervous wreck before cutting a whole in our perfectly good roof. I mean, what do you want a roof to do except to keep the rain …
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The chimney installation is finally started. With Fall around the corner, it’ll be needed before we know it. I spent the day reading, and re-reading the instructions on installing the chimney pipe.We did decide to vent the stove out the back of the stove instead of the top, and while I didn’t have the time …
