Well, That’s Different
After a number of years with just exposed OSB subfloor (and a couple of rugs) as the flooring in my kitchen… It now has (part of) a floor. Do not be fooled by that picture. It is still mostly this… I have
Walking The Plank
I don’t even like heights, but these days, this is my happy place. I find myself more often than not glancing longingly at my tool belt before heading off to my Actual Real Job. Sometimes work is a nice break from the
Miniature Donkey: Hoof Trimming Adventure
One of the things I learned to do this weekend aside from removing a splinter with my teeth, was how to trim donkey hoofs. Miniature donkeys don’t require a whole lot more than love, fresh water, good hay, and the occasional hoof
Stain, Siding, & Renegade Cows
I’ve been saying for the last four weeks, if we could just have one more weekend with good weather where we could plow through some work my left eye might stop twitching. Good news: We had a ton of help and got
DIY House Addition: Month 6 Wrap-Up
We’re almost six months to the day from when we hired a guy with a bigass excavator to come over a dig a moat around our house. That’s 183 days of: Worrying Learning new things Spending evenings with a bottle of beer
Expecting?
We’ve been wondering since we brought the donkeys back in April whether or not we had a baby donkey on the way. Miniature donkey gestation is 11-1/2 – 13 months, so… we’ve still got a wait. It doesn’t stop us from gauging
House of 1000 Ladders
And I’ve climbed up them all. A lot. I’m getting pretty good at hanging with one foot off, stretching out over the abyss to hammer an impossible-to-reach nail. I’m actually just getting good at hand-nailing in general, which is only safe to
DIY House Addition: A Week in the Life (Thursday)
Just in case you were thinking that when you choose to DIY a house addition you drop off the face of the planet after Wednesday, I’ll fill you in on the last day of my “official week” before I move on to
DIY House Addition: A Week In The Life (Wednesday)
We had a singularly uneventful Wednesday right up until I learned 1.) We have bugs in our water, and 2.) J.Lo and I have now slept in the same bed. Yeah, go ahead and ponder that little mystery of the universe for
DIY House Addition: A Week In The Life (Tuesday)
Tuesday’s burning question was “dear god, is our concrete going to be purple?” and don’t worry, we’ll get to that. Right after the part about vomit. 6:00 AM – Let’s just get the vomit thing out of the way now. I’m dragged
DIY House Addition: A Week In The Life (Monday)
Ever wonder what a week is like in the life of people who juggle full time jobs, part time contracting on their house, after-midnight blogging, and slightly more alcohol consumption than is strictly healthy? Hi there, this is my existence. We’re in
Well Hello There, Gorgeous.
The good news is, after six weeks pondering the mysteries of trim and siding, and being derailed by things like rain and our own stupidity, we now finally have some siding on the house. The unfortunate thing is that snapping the lines
Ready… Set… WAIT! This is construction.
(I’m featuring one of my country sunset shots because it’s calming, not because it’s remotely relevant to this post, which prominently features 1.) bitching, 2.) questions about concrete and, 3.) abstractions about the meaning of life. There is one really cool thing
Decisions, Decisions: Concrete Color Edition
There are just two things standing in the way of getting the siding on our house now. One of them is a complete lack of time in which to accomplish that task, and the second is a complete lack of concrete pads
A DIY “Please Don’t Let My House Fall Down” Emergency
Alternatively titled: Wherein a large portion of my house was threatens to fall down and now I need a drink. How’s your Friday going? In our little corner of Michigan we have a wind advisory for sustained winds of 30 MPH and
Walking The Plank
I don’t even like heights, but these days, this is my happy place. I find myself more often than not glancing longingly at my tool belt before heading off to my Actual Real Job. Sometimes work is a nice break from the
Miniature Donkey: Hoof Trimming Adventure
One of the things I learned to do this weekend aside from removing a splinter with my teeth, was how to trim donkey hoofs. Miniature donkeys don’t require a whole lot more than love, fresh water, good hay, and the occasional hoof
Stain, Siding, & Renegade Cows
I’ve been saying for the last four weeks, if we could just have one more weekend with good weather where we could plow through some work my left eye might stop twitching. Good news: We had a ton of help and got
DIY House Addition: Month 6 Wrap-Up
We’re almost six months to the day from when we hired a guy with a bigass excavator to come over a dig a moat around our house. That’s 183 days of: Worrying Learning new things Spending evenings with a bottle of beer
Expecting?
We’ve been wondering since we brought the donkeys back in April whether or not we had a baby donkey on the way. Miniature donkey gestation is 11-1/2 – 13 months, so… we’ve still got a wait. It doesn’t stop us from gauging
House of 1000 Ladders
And I’ve climbed up them all. A lot. I’m getting pretty good at hanging with one foot off, stretching out over the abyss to hammer an impossible-to-reach nail. I’m actually just getting good at hand-nailing in general, which is only safe to
DIY House Addition: A Week in the Life (Thursday)
Just in case you were thinking that when you choose to DIY a house addition you drop off the face of the planet after Wednesday, I’ll fill you in on the last day of my “official week” before I move on to
DIY House Addition: A Week In The Life (Wednesday)
We had a singularly uneventful Wednesday right up until I learned 1.) We have bugs in our water, and 2.) J.Lo and I have now slept in the same bed. Yeah, go ahead and ponder that little mystery of the universe for
DIY House Addition: A Week In The Life (Tuesday)
Tuesday’s burning question was “dear god, is our concrete going to be purple?” and don’t worry, we’ll get to that. Right after the part about vomit. 6:00 AM – Let’s just get the vomit thing out of the way now. I’m dragged
DIY House Addition: A Week In The Life (Monday)
Ever wonder what a week is like in the life of people who juggle full time jobs, part time contracting on their house, after-midnight blogging, and slightly more alcohol consumption than is strictly healthy? Hi there, this is my existence. We’re in
Well Hello There, Gorgeous.
The good news is, after six weeks pondering the mysteries of trim and siding, and being derailed by things like rain and our own stupidity, we now finally have some siding on the house. The unfortunate thing is that snapping the lines
Ready… Set… WAIT! This is construction.
(I’m featuring one of my country sunset shots because it’s calming, not because it’s remotely relevant to this post, which prominently features 1.) bitching, 2.) questions about concrete and, 3.) abstractions about the meaning of life. There is one really cool thing
Decisions, Decisions: Concrete Color Edition
There are just two things standing in the way of getting the siding on our house now. One of them is a complete lack of time in which to accomplish that task, and the second is a complete lack of concrete pads
A DIY “Please Don’t Let My House Fall Down” Emergency
Alternatively titled: Wherein a large portion of my house was threatens to fall down and now I need a drink. How’s your Friday going? In our little corner of Michigan we have a wind advisory for sustained winds of 30 MPH and
