Projects

I just wanted to do a quick post tonight because I probably won't have time tomorrow, and apologies but this one seems to be geared for the guys tonight. I'll be more 'uni sexually correct' next time I promise. So here's another little project... Abe, the big Ox, popped the boards out with his massive horns one day.  I guess...  because he could. So it's pretty straight forward right... you put the boards up and screw them in place.    yeah...  It seems I'm always  on a learning curve.

So here's the first contact with the job site.  It's squishy... it's deep... and it smells a bit. So watch your step and don't drop anything  ;-)   Now I have to find a safe place to put my tools, and not get s__t on them. Oh! and about cows... they can get s__t on the wall!  Like 4.5-5 feet up the wall! No where is sacred... Anyway, so the tools are stowed... now to pick up the fallen boards and get going. Yes... the pic was taken after that 'dirty' deed. And of course you have your gloves on... but now they're... 'dirty'. So now you have to watch what you 'touch' ... scratch an itch, push your hair back, grabbing tools, the list goes on ... too funny :-)  I'm also learning that it's impossible on a farm, to do one simple project, and not have it expand into 3 or 4. When I was finished with the outside, I poked around inside ... just curious...  and it was a little drier. I noticed that 3.5 feet of a 'support' beam has been removed... from the bottom!  and moved over 5 feet  :-0 , and large, dislodged boards with sharp nails, just barely hanging on up above ...  and the list goes on...   :-)

Then later in the day I got started on clearing a little spot by the house to pour a small slab. They lose power out here frequently... lot's of big trees ready to be ladened with snow, in close proximity power to lines. And when you're running a water pump, the refrigerator, etc... it's nice to have an auxiliary generator nearby to keep the house up and running. So that's where it's going, hopefully before it snows ;-)

Denise and her husband Tom are very prepared... they had an electrician install a special outlet into the side of the electrical panel, so all they'll have to do is plug in the generator, turn it on and voila, the whole house is powered up... 

Squared & level and basically ready to pour... after gravel, etc... Then we'll probably build a little shed to house and protect it...   I've got Black&Deckers - Contemporary Sheds - book next to me right now as I write... :-)

AND... the mouse hunt continues... this 'lil fella is #29... he's over in the kitchen right now as I write  ;-)  I did a quick search to see if they have homing capability's .... and they do! So tomorrow I'm going to mouse proof this place if it kills me...  ;-)   So good night... I've got to go set him free now...   catch & release, catch & release, catch & release...  and the list goes on ;-)