• #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

  • #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

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