I did it! (Remember my Word of the Year? It's working!) My normal way of operating is this..... .....get a great idea and get all excited about it. ....gather all the materials needed to accomplish said great idea even if it means taking an entire day and a tank of gas to do so. ....get busy catching up the next day with the things I didn't get done when I was off shopping. ....put materials away because I don't have time to do the project right today. ...or … [Read more...]
Conflicted
(I want to apologize for the pictures around here that are misbehaving. Hopefully, things will get fixed soon!)Last week, hubs and I headed out on a little one day road trip.Brad has been researching and studying for almost two years as we prepare to spend major bucks on a new grain handling system. This will be a game changer around here, making things move more quickly and smoothly (fingers crossed) on the farm during fall harvest. He wanted to look up close and personal at a couple … [Read more...]
Serious Frivolity
Good Morning, Sunshine!I am referring to you, dear blog friend, since it is still dark here on the prairie and I don't know what the weather forecast is for today.We have been getting some much needed rain and we are so thankful that God is restoring some of the water we missed out on during last year's drought.My brain is full today.Remember our flooded basement?We are knee deep in decisions for restoration. The demolition is about finished and reconstruction will probably begin next week … [Read more...]
Reality Slap X 50
We got back from our trip to Florida late Monday night with a huge slap of reality.A slap in the form of 6 inches of water in our finished basement.Can you say "aggravated" with me?We left over a week ago in a terrible rainstorm which apparently resulted in a lightning strike which took out our sump pump, cable, internet, big screen TV, and we don't even know what else yet.So....everything in the basement has set in water for over a week.Not good.This was almost as surprising as the time we came … [Read more...]