• #21 – Weekly Update

    Happy Father’s Day!! We have had a few things happen out on the land this week. First .. Let’s get the painful out of the way. I am having more excavator woes.. but at this… Read more

  • #20 – Weekly Update

    I am not sure I have ever successfully written a short update, but today will be my best attempt at a short update 🙂   I went out to the land for a few hours on… Read more

  • #19 – Weekly Update – I’m Back

    Well hello!  It has been a good little while since I last wrote. We finally started doing a few things to our land now that the snow is gone so I figured I’d continue my record… Read more

  • #18 – Weekly Update

    Well, it is official, I’m lazy! That and life seems to be too busy! I actually don’t have a ton to report as we seem to be mostly done with excavation this summer. So without… Read more

  • #17 – Weekly Update

    I’m back!!!  I know you all have been anxiously waiting for the next letter. You know when you are waiting for the next episode of your favorite show, or an author to finish the next book?… Read more

  • #16 – Weekly Update

    Hi All!  It has been two weeks so I wanted to do a quick update.  First and foremost, my excavator is still broken. Therefore, not a lot is happening at the land. But… I found… Read more

  • #15 – Weekly Update

    #15 – 7.11.21 So… I have to admit I left out some really lame news in last week’s newsletter.  I didn’t only work on the road like I said.. I also took the time to… Read more

  • #14 – Weekly Update

    7.4.2021 Happy Independence Day!  Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday! Going to keep this one short today.   I didn’t spend much time at the land. I only went out there Saturday morning.  I ran the… Read more

  • #13 – Weekly Update

    Hi all! We had a fun weekend out on the land! We all made it out to the land Thursday night and spent Friday and Saturday out there. This was Lydia’s first time out on… Read more

  • #12 – Weekly Update

    Hi all! Not much to report this week. We only had Saturday to work on the land, but it was great to get back out to the land after missing last weekend. I missed it! I… Read more

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