Found an old picture of me and my platoon from back in Fulda- I’m pretty easy to spot as I am the only one out of uniform: Lots went on this weekend and I kept taking pictures and meaning to post but got distracted. Gerald and the kids had dinner here Thursday-Saturday, and today they …
John Cole Presents "This Fucking Old House"
John and Breyana’s Excellent Summertime Jam Session and Adventure
I didn’t really have anything on the schedule today, and I knew it was going to be super hot out this afternoon, so I got the early morning stuff done and then decided it would be a good day to make the black raspberry jam from all the berries the boys and I have collected. …
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Lily Update- Home Again
Got back from the vet with Lily and Rosie (Rosie just had her nails trimmed again). Lily had two perianal anedomas removed (one large and one small), as well as nine extractions of loose or broken teeth, which sounds worse than it is, but small dogs often get bad teeth. None of them were abcessed, …
Meeting the Neighbors
I had to drop Lily off at the vet this morning, as she is having her teefus cleaned and having a benign tumor removed from her bum, so keep her in your thoughts. Afterward, I went berry picking at some of my spots, and on the way ran into a nice young family: You can’t …
Two Projects Down
Pergola or whatever it is called is done: Now just gotta paint the deck and repaint the old wicker chairs rescued from my parent’s basement. Shelves done: Woo. As always, it looks better than my pictures make it look because I am a terrible photographer.
Today’s Appalachian Adventure
In between the on and off rain storms, I managed to get a few things done today. First off, we basically have the construction phase of the deck finished: Need to paint the last board, do some touch up painting, powerwash, and then stain the deck and then hang the canopy and I am done. …
Pergola Update
All done but a few little things, but got it primed and painted and mostly in place: Tomorrow the finishing touches, then put up the shades and hanging plants. After that, powerwash the entire deck and stain it grey. Again. Also got the first coat of polyurethane on the shelves I have slowly been working …