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low-key celebration today

low-key celebration today

I've lived to see another birthday. At the age that I hate having a big deal made about it, I just want to relax. Yesterday, it was nice outside... After a night of high winds, today it's cold and rainy. Still, I merely want to get something I especially like to eat...

a panoramic view of work

a panoramic view of work

Playing around while outside yesterday afternoon, I took a panoramic photo... What I see is work. Stacking wood and cleaning up around the boiler and repainting about 10 miles of decking. Warm up already! Those jobs are definitely going to be left until warm...

sunset #22 of 52 and random musings…

sunset #22 of 52 and random musings…

I'd almost forgotten about capturing a sunset until I looked out the window to see a glowing sky. It sure was pretty in rural Indiana this evening... I'll be 100 before you know it! A couple days ago I mentioned a classmate retiring. The very next day, another of my...

katie wants to move here and live in a camper

katie wants to move here and live in a camper

Last night, Katie revealed that she'd like to park a camper on the property here to live. Me: What about electric, Katie?Her: I can run a generator.Me: Septic? Water? Your 500 DOGS??Her: Ummm... Katie has to move. She has no other choice. Her POS walked out leaving...

my favorite brother visited the barndo

my favorite brother visited the barndo

My favorite brother visited the barndo for the first time a couple days ago. He was amazed at how different the inside is from the outside and was surprised by the square footage of living space. I believe those statements were truthful. But then, he lavished Barndo...

wanwan ran away and katie’s going to new orleans

wanwan ran away and katie’s going to new orleans

Hurricane Ian cancelled Katie's bachelorette party (that was already a non-bachelorette party). Slated to get married in October, her man bailed and got another chick pregnant. (Good riddance to the butt turd!) Since the bachelorette cruise was already scheduled and...

burn barrels and fire bugs

burn barrels and fire bugs

It's been a minute since we've had a burn barrel but we own one again. Trash just got a whole lot easier and is another excuse to light a fire. Perry and Katie (not Katie Perry) have this thing about who is better at it. I shared a photo of Katie flexing over the fire...

ralph and the bermuda triangle

ralph and the bermuda triangle

The new barndo driveway was completed yesterday. The old driveway crossed over property owned by the seller's Dad who didn't want to part with it. He wanted to keep the land so badly it took THREE surveys to get it right and that's the sole reason for the delay to...

the last phase

the last phase

We're in the final phase of the nightmare called buying a new place to live. It's not ALL been awful. We've had a few good times in the middle of all the hard (and I do mean HARD) work... Even on the bad days, we're enjoying the "feel" we have out here. I wouldn't...