Its official. Isaac will be coming just to the west of us (which puts us on the "strong" side of it). The latest from our wonderful weather dudes - it will come through as a Tropical Depression weakening to a Tropical Storm. We are to anticipate 65MPH winds, 8-12 inches of rain and slight risk…
Hurricane’s a comin’! Maybe…
Or maybe not. So this TS Isaac apparently cant make up his mind. One day the plots show way east, next day they show way west. While its still 4-5 days away and there is still plenty of tracts for this thing to take, we have consistently stayed in the plots. We are far enough inland though that…
“Let’s build a house” she said.
"It's just a box, it will be easy" she said. Bwahahahaa!! Ahem. Famous last words huh?? Wow, how this "easy box house" build has evolved! A 12x16 box with basic roof... no maybe a 16x20 is better... with a half loft... oh that means a ladder... and half walls upstairs for more headroom... ok, what…
Tiny r(E)volution Podcast
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SCORE!
The day started with a call from my FIL. He was at an estate sale... with a man that was apparently a cabinet maker!! Of course we had to go. Solid oak with hidden hinges - for .80 each!!!! It was 20% off day and they were asking $1/door!! Not knowing the size of our…
Roof decking!!
Big day!! The roof decking is going up!!! YAY YAY YAY!!!!! To make it even better, it is the first * absolutely beautiful* weekend we have had since May - low humidity and temps in the upper 80's! LOVE multiple cold fronts in 2 days time :-DIts official - Camp is shut down. Bittersweet. I actually got…
Eves and overhangs
For the first time, I did not go to the homestead for workday. Its been a very difficult and trying 2 weeks. The Lord is certainly trying to teach me/us/someone something. Sometimes growth is difficult, isnt it??They were able to get all the eves and overhangs done but I dont have any pics of it.…
God’s Humor – Time and Materials
Amazing clouds rolling through!It was cloudy off an on last week. And God has a sense of humor. See, normally our problem is more time then materials. The last week - decent temps, plenty of materials, and NO TIME! UGH! Things were switched around at Mr. Man's work, time will tell if its a good…
Wall Sheathing
The not so nice part about big build days - the next couple of days is finish work. So while they finished up the rafter supports and fitting the subfloor down, we were busy downstairs putting some wall sheathing up. It was another great day to build! Answered prayers - we asked for the storms…
Raise the Roof
Blue showed up early to help out - like 6:30am. The two of them were able to knock out the last 7 rafters within a couple of hours. It was a good morning - overcast and spitting rain - much better then the triple digit heat!After Blue left my family showed up to help. …
Together Simply 