I got the old chunk of corral fence tore out and saved most of it for other projects where strength is not needed as much. I sorted all the poles into similar lengths so I knew how many of each length I had. Then Cindy and I went to Punkin Center for lunch and someContinue reading “Corral work”
Category Archives: house/ranch improvments
Wet and cool
Lots of wind. Went out and unloaded the poles off the flatbed and returned it and then just puttered around thew rest of the day and tried to stay warm. Cindy brought some pellets home when she came so I started the first fire of the year in the pellet stove. Had a little leakContinue reading “Wet and cool”
Lite rain
Just a little drizzle this morning. Lots cooler weather. I got in another couple loads of hay and then worked on points for my loader and then borrowed the neighbors trailer and went over to another neighbors and got a whole load of old hi line poles. They work great for poles in a corralContinue reading “Lite rain”
I’m tired….
Got the new roof added on to the top of the old roof today. the old one was a square about 6 x 6 feet and flat. We have fought leaks in the living room and kitchen for quite awhile. Patched and tared and fixed and did it some more, but could never make itContinue reading “I’m tired….”
Oofda, I sveat
as the Norsk lady said. 😉 Got up over 100 yesterday afternoon according to Cindy’s car thermometer. I saw on Facebook that last night was one of the “Summer Nights” events in Rapid City,m they have been doing on Thursday evenings. they block off a side street and bring in music and food and peopleContinue reading “Oofda, I sveat”
Foggy out
this morning. Pretty cool. Good sleeping weather, with the windows open. ‘Course a grasshopper might come in and eat everything in the house if you do! 😉 There is a clinic going on up at Brad’s, so me and the boys went up for awhile the other morning. Bridgette came out and rode along forContinue reading “Foggy out”
Pictures for Hope
Here are some shots of the kitchen re-model. Hope asked me to post some. Also another reader. Here you go girls! 🙂 Click to embiginate!
Some stuff
Had an insurance adjuster come this morning to look at the roof and see if they would help any with the leaking problem. Looks like I am going to have to build a small slanted roof on top of this one, where it is flat. Why in the hell they ever built them flat topsContinue reading “Some stuff”
Warmish!
Especially under the crawl space in the house. Even more especially when you’ve gotten more plumbing stuff to fix things SOMEBODY screwed up and find that they are the wrong size as the people who hooked up the waterlines to the clothes washer switched over from 1/2 inch copper tubing to some kind of copperContinue reading “Warmish!”
Kitchen Aid!
I ran in to Rapid early this morning and got a whole bunch of odds and ends for the house. Got a new drive belt for the mowing machine as the other looks to be about broken in two. When I got back Tate had hung several cabinets and had the counter top we installedContinue reading “Kitchen Aid!”
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