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We dog sat for Brady and Carli this weekend and Craig finally got to witness their very unique style of play which started in September of 2022. Their play centers on Carli humping Brady – sometimes doggie and sometimes missionary position and often with Carli’s head or leg in Brady’s mouth. They wrestle a bitContinue reading “Dog play”

A week ago we were still digging post-holes and laying in the first layer of telephone poles and we were just entering the extreme heat wave. Tonight we are looking at the completed 2 layers of telephone poles with 11 posts. While the heat was challenging, the shade and fans and lots of diluted GatoradeContinue reading “What a difference a week makes!”

Digging post holes today provided Craig with ample opportunity to reflect back on the many post holes he dug with Grandpa Clarence on his grandpa’s cattle ranch in western Kansas. Craig never really understood what “hubs of Hell meant” and Grandpa Clarence wasn’t inclined to explain. There were plenty of roots and rock to dealContinue reading ““This dirt is harder than the hubs of Hell””

I am still trying to figure out if Craig’s statement was positive statement or not. He does appreciate my help – mostly. My need to figure out the next step in the process when I don’t understand the process is challenging for Craig at times. When I try to just wait for instructions my mindContinue reading ““You provide a new perspective on the construction process.””

Last Saturday after suffering with poison ivy for nearly 3 weeks, I finally felt all of my spots were dry/healed enough that I could use sunscreen without risk of spreading it. So I applied sunscreen and wore a sleeveless shirt out to do some weeding and wood chipping, At some point I noticed the weedContinue reading ““Don’t be doin’ dumb shit””

Last week Craig took his 16 foot trailer into Nashville to help with delivery of several Nashville Tools for Schools projects. While delivering a new picnic table to one school, the principal asked if the old table could be hauled away. Craig recognized that the table was easily salvageable and decided it was a goodContinue reading “Advancing carpentry skills”

I have had 4 lessons now and am making progress. I generally try to practice after meals for 15-20 minutes and then Craig and I will practice Me and Bobby Magee. He is VERY patient. I could actually keep up with the song better before I started trying to focus on better technique which wasContinue reading “My journey learning to play the bass guitar”

As we sat down to breakfast, I glanced at window and saw what I thought was a lizard peering in the window. I thought “how cute”. Then I changed angles and noticed it was a snake. Then I went outside and saw how “relatively”big the snake was. Craig looked at it and thought it wasContinue reading “A pit viper joined us for breakfast”

The Garden is on a slope adjacent to the cow pasture which is at the top of the slope. During heavy rains, the drainage of the pasture runs through the yard and north wooded area to the lowest point – the gravel driveway. After last week’s epic rain, we now have the driveway repaired againContinue reading “Living on a slope”

After contracting poison ivy over 2 weeks ago and not realizing what it was and repeatedly spreading it across my body, this is my new outfit for weeding around the bases of the trees. After discovering we had an enormous amount of PI and Virginia Creeper (VC) in the north wooden area where the burningContinue reading “Poison Ivy is NO JOKE!!”