The roofers arrived right on time this morning to begin re-roofing the shop. This daunting task will cost almost as much as buying the building, but it has to be done. Without a roof we can trust, well, the building doesn’t matter. We still have lots more work to do, … Continue reading →
We took a dozen bags of leaves, two buckets of rocks, and four buckets of dirt out to the ranch today to continue our road re-enforcement project. We trimmed back some foliage. All is well in the road department. Our roadbed building efforts, coupled with fewer trips to the ranch … Continue reading →
We spent yesterday working at the ranch. Ugh! to the heat. Yay! to the ranch. We took the 5-gallon buckets of tree shreddings I made earlier this year and spread them on the road. We took three buckets of used kitty litter to spread on the road I call the … Continue reading →
I should make multiple posts, I suppose, but I’m taking the shotgun approach and putting the current ideas all in one. First, the upbeat part, Darlene Ryan‘s Five Minutes More is an excellent read. Darlene writes YA novels, but I enjoy them anyway. Five Minutes More‘s main character is a … Continue reading →
Where has the month gone? I haven’t been doing anything exciting, but just in case you have been wondering, here’s what’s been up: I’m experiencing a wave of spam. I’ve noticed spam goes in cycles, and this is an up cycle. Akismet does it’s job and catches nearly all of … Continue reading →
Not much here, so you can keep moving if you want. I’ve been trying to learn how to read my web site logs and error messages, because, apparently, they tell me something that I could use to fix problems. I’ve been trimming bushes and bagging the debris. In San Antonio, … Continue reading →
This has been a roller coaster year. On the up-side, I’m thrilled to have been able to retire this year after 28 years on active duty. I never would have imagined I would be able to do so back in April 1980 when I signed my enlistment contract with the … Continue reading →
Today I may have had my last in-person contact with my old life – my friend and former co-worker stopped by on her retirement decompression tour, and we shared breakfast, tours of the house and ranch, and general catching up on what we’ve missed for the last month. I still … Continue reading →
Today was a long day working at the ranch. We went out there a day or two ago, and three trees were across the road. It was late in the day, and we didn’t have tools with us, so we downed the utility trailer, backed out to where we could … Continue reading →
I finally got around to putting a widget for LibraryThing (random books from my library) in the sidebar. It’s way towards the bottom. I may play with its location, but for now, it’s hanging around below Search but above Trackbacks. I put the 200 book version at the bottom of … Continue reading →