Monthly Archives: March 2016

We got the wood on half the ceiling in the living/ dining room today. Rick Smiley came over after dinner and helped me and Tate… sure helped a bunch, having someone to cut it and pass it up to us, standing on top of a fake floor on two sets of scaffolding.. kind of aContinue reading “Odds and ends..”

It rained last night and this morning we have a skift of snow…. windy and only supposed to get up into the 30’s… I think it’s a good day to work on leather in the shop… We got the north side of the house all chinked the other day when it was warm. Tates hadContinue reading “Brrrr”

Gramma and I hustled down to Rapid today. We watched Gus at shooting sports then off to watch Gabe and Lige wrestle at regionals. It’s hard work watching them, we strain so hard to help them while watching and I even shouted some encouragement to the wrestlers… Gus and Gabe and Lige all qualified forContinue reading “Busy”

I helped Tate yesterday and been at it again today.. trying to get the stairs built to go up to the loft.. big beams, big slabs of Ash wood he cut out a few years ago and we have to mill them and get them all the same dimension, figure out the lay of theContinue reading “House work”

Helped Tate on the house this afternoon, Chance and Hope had a Bible study, so Gramma, Bit and I fed this morning.. we got a good start on the deck/porch on the south side of the house and I finished up with the wall in the mud room.. slowly, so slowly… LOL South east windContinue reading “3/3/16”

Helped Tate on the house today. got some of the interior walls done.. still have to spray them with something… we got a few inches of snow the other day, but it’s gone, just some mud left and it was drying fast this afternoon with the wind that picked up.. some move chances for moistureContinue reading “March 2, 16”