Category Archives: Historical

Originally posted on 2019-05-10 A little bit more roofing this week. With the couple of days it didn’t rain this week, we decided to rip the shingles off of the roof of the shop and replace it with shingles we had purchased last fall. Part of why we chose this project to do right awayContinue reading “Replacing the Shop Roof”

Originally posted on 2019-05-03 What we hope to accomplish before the snow flies again. 1) Replace the roof on the shop Among the first things we wish to do is to replace the roof on the shop and add insulation before we re-shingle to help keep the shop warm with less propane next winter. WeContinue reading “The Plan For The Summer”

Originally posted on 2019-04-26 The property begged for a dog, and now it has one! This week started with us getting a new member of the family! We have said that this property needs a dog since the day we moved in, not to mention having the dog to walk will get us more socialContinue reading “Woof”

Originally posted on 2019-04-19 Spring is here and has brought rain and a lot of cleaning of the yard. As mentioned in last week’s blog The Things Snow Hides, the snow melting showed us a lot of branches and such that needed to be cleaned up, so we have already made use of our outdoorContinue reading “Spring Has Sprung”

Originally posted on 2019-04-12 The snow has started to melt, and showing us everything we didn’t take care of before it started falling. So spring has finally come and with it some warmer weather and the return of some tourists to the town. The town itself is still mainly closed, but everything is counting downContinue reading “The Things Snow Hides”

Originally posed on 2019-03-29 Since we’re still waiting on warmer & drier weather to continue renovations, we spent the week jumping head first into our daughter’s new hobby. At school one day, our daughter’s teacher showed her a stop motion animation video on her phone (actually she was passing it around the bus on aContinue reading “Making Stop Motion Animation”

Originally posted on 2019-03-22 Diversifying the way we make money. 1) Found A Job One advantage to spring approaching is all the businesses are looking for seasonal help. I applied for many seasonal positions and managed to get one that will also offer off-season hours. I am excited for this. Not only will it helpContinue reading “5 Ways We’re Paying Bills”

Originally posted on 2019-03-15 Reusing items & making good use of deals As you are aware, we finally got the new kitchen in the westernmost room of the house functional, but everything was sitting on the brand new sub-floor. We had some concern about the sub-floor getting damaged with the water & food that wouldContinue reading “Waste Not, Want Not”

Originally posted on 2019-03-08 The top 3 things we’re looking forward to most when summer returns Although winter has been very pretty and I wouldn’t change where we are living, winter has been very long and very cold with a lot of snow. We are ready for spring to come and put an end toContinue reading “Things We Miss About Summer”

Originally posted on 2019-03-01 Finally tearing out the kitchen in the east room With the new kitchen in the west room functional it was time to rip out the old kitchen in the east room. We gave away the electric stove as we are now using a propane one in the other kitchen, and weContinue reading “Out With The Old”