• #30 – Weekly Update – What a Weekend!!

    Wow. I am not sure how to give an adequate write up about this weekend. I feel like a whole month happened in the space of this last week. To begin with, I want to say I… Read more

  • #29.5 – Weekly Update – Path Forward

    I wasn’t expecting what I have signed myself up for, but I found a path forward with my track.  Individual track links are all back ordered and not available. After making lots of calls yesterday and asking… Read more

  • #29 – Weekly Update – Tough To Write

    Hi All!  This was a tough weekend for me!  I kind of want to hide some of the bad but since I’ve brought you along for the journey I suppose I owe a full disclosure.… Read more

  • #28 – Weekly Update

    Hey all!  I had another good weekend out on the land. I was able to go up Thursday night with Benjamin (much to Andrew’s dismay who has school on Fridays now). Benjamin is a perfect… Read more

  • #27 – Weekly Update – It’s Fixed!

    Lucky for you all I don’t have the time to do a full newsletter. So you get yet another photo dump and minimal narration (preferred method I’m sure 🙂 The Shed – I set the inverter up… Read more

  • #26 – Weekly Update

    Hi all!  Me again. I didn’t get a chance to write my summary yesterday because I opted to take a nap yesterday instead. I wore myself out a bit working on the shed after traveling… Read more

  • #25 – Weekly Update – Dried In

    Hi all! Quick update this week and mostly a photo dump. We did get really lucky this week. Johnathan, my youngest brother came down from Boise to help! And just his luck.. it was time to… Read more

  • # 24 – Weekly Update – It’s Official

    Today is the big day! It finally happened.  “Our Land” subdivision is finally complete and recorded. We now have a buildable lot! We have a little piece of paper the county gave me today is… Read more

  • #23 – Weekly Update

    Hi all. Not a lot to say this week! Mostly just a photo dump of progress on the shed.  We got out to the land around 2:30 on Friday and had to pack up and… Read more

  • #22 – Weekly Update

    It is time for an update! Life has finally slowed down enough for a chance to document some of my thoughts and some of our progress.  Drum roll please…. We have a WELL! It finally… Read more

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