My sister and her family came out to the house for a few days last weekend. It was a wonderful time of catching up, playing games, and eating excellent meals.
We broke out into an intense game of beanbag toss. The girls really got into it, and really got good at scoring [...]
We are buying a new truck to replace my 10-year old SUV. The SUV still runs great, but we’d like to start making payments on a new vehicle when we still have the buying power of my military pay.
I made a kit for my old pickup (circa 1988) that really helped us travel with [...]
After over 5 days of busting tail, the storage shed is basically done. I finished caulking and nailing the joist brackets yesterday, so all that’s left is to paint it. Which we’ll do today.
Dad and Mom Shannon came over to lead us on how to build the shed, and each day they inspired [...]
Shelley and I love cooking (grilling, et al), sitting around on a nice day and having conversations, and just enjoying the outdoors. We get all of that in one place.
We recently bought a new outdoor furniture set, and it’s just plain cozy to sit in. We hope to get many years out of [...]
Okay, I’m finally posting to GA my efforts of my latest projects. This week I headed to our favorite place in advance of a large group. For the quiet, for the projects, for my sanity.
Have I ever mentioned I miss not having all my good tools in one place? In WA I’ve [...]
We are wrapping up another wonderful LaPine excusion. It was beautiful here, as you’d expect. About 6 inches of snow on the ground, and the roof wasn’t too packed.
Shelley and I finished the dog run covered area for McKinley, but it’s a little bit too high to catch all the swirling snow or [...]
Shelley, McKinley and I are hibernating for a bit at the LaPine house. Everytime I come here I’m reminded of all the work that still needs to be done. And since we often only come here for 4 solid days projects we take on have to fit into those days.
Because it is winter, [...]