It’s sometimes a little sad to look back at all the things that were possible to get done last year at this time, due to the unexpected shut downs. I was feeling like I was just really behind on blog posts, until I realized I was comparing output to the six month summer we had last year.
Continue reading “Renting an Excavator”
I’m not sure if you aware, but the lumber industry is in quite a state, still trying to recover after the shut downs of covid. What this means, of course, for people who build and renovate or do construction, is that supply is not meeting up with the demand for lumber. Things like plywood are marked up double from what they were pre-covid. And regular beams (or 2x4s, etc) can cost as much as triple.
Continue reading “The Little Things”
A new spring task has started to become an annual event at the homestead. Moving thrown rock.
Continue reading “Thrown Rock”
I can’t seem to settle with any particular order for how I arrange things in the house. I’m always looking for new ways to make the house look more…nice? I guess? Or to use the space more effectively?
Continue reading “Upstairs Reorganization Again Part I”
We are scrapping the bottom of the barrel for posts dear readers. It’s been terribly cold, Tyler has been working around the clock at the school, and I’ve been…sleeping excessively as I haven’t been feeling well for almost six weeks now (this post is being written mid-way through February). But that is how winter eventually turns into spring here in Iowa.
Continue reading “The Bathroom Window”
