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I wasn't ready for winter to be here this soon but the high today is going to be in the mid 30's and down in the 20's tonight. We were going to make it a spend some time in the kitchen day but then I remembered that Teresa's military ID card expires in a couple of weeks. The nearest facility to get it renewed is at Arnold Air Force Base about an hour away so it looks like the meatloaf will have to wait till tomorrow. T had started some Asparagus Soup but that can also wait till we get back home but as she is going out to Reno in a couple of weeks, this is one of our to-do's that needs to get done.
 

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OK... all that being said, are cowboys like soldiers? They have to compare "battle scars" to see who has the mostest/bestest? :hide:gig
Of course we do. In fact talk of longhorns reminds me of one of my own scar stories. I don’t want to hijack Mikes thread though so I’ll post it over on mine.
I didn’t realize you guys got that cold in your area Mike. Bundle up and enjoy that soup. Send some my way while you’re at it.
 

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It normally doesn't get this cold this early. Today was silly - 30 degrees this morning and I was wearing thermals but I had to come in at noon to put some lighter closes on as it is probably in the high 50's. We have been going back and making some changes in the hot wires. It had gotten to the point we had to go back to the charger and unplug it since a couple of the hot gates were terminated the wrong way.

I did put together my meat loaf so we could have a hot lunch and it turned out about as good as I have ever eaten.
 

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It's been awhile since I updated but some progress has been made. I'm posting some more before and afters of the room that made me ask myself WHY DID YOU BUY THIS PLACE more than a few times. I'm not going to get windy since the pics pretty much tell the story.

My wife had to get pretty creative with the lighting. There was originally one light fixture in the center of the room and 16' ceilings so it was always dark in there.

We were able to spend all of last week working and built 5 over sized oak cabinets to go in the loft which will be all of our food processing and canning supplies. We also were able to hang the two new exterior doors and get them painted.

The weather hasn't been cooperating at all on the shop build as they were scheduled to start a month ago. It should go pretty fast now that all of the materials and equipment are on site. I'm going to run water down to it from the well but won't bother till the construction is done. We are also having to have another power pole and meter set since joining with the house isn't something we want to do.

The shop will be 32' x 42' and will have 12' of open shelter on each end. One end for equipment storage and the other will be our lambing shelter until we get one built down in the main pasture.

A couple of these were posted before but not in the journal. Note the bathroom door with the vinyl door next to the stove location in the "before" picture. That was one of the 1st things to get changed.

We just got running water into the house a couple of months ago and we don't mind not having to carry buckets in from the well anymore. We built a knee wall for the stairs and put a squat water heater under that so the unusable room became our laundry room.


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Those are really beautiful cabinets. You do nice work.
 

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Thank you. You went way back to see those. :)
I sure did. I’m finding out that there are some very talented, creative, busy people in here. Their lives are pretty well rounded and full. I have done some woodworking with my husband. But I really like the finishing, refinishing, repurposing side of woodworking. I took a course on wood finishing and repair. I learned a lot.
 

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I sure did. I’m finding out that there are some very talented, creative, busy people in here. Their lives are pretty well rounded and full. I have done some woodworking with my husband. But I really like the finishing, refinishing, repurposing side of woodworking. I took a course on wood finishing and repair. I learned a lot.

The people that we have gotten to know on this forum are in a whole different plain than what you see regularly on the internet. They care and they do and that pretty much says it all. :)
 

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