Our New Pad!
The old dog kennel pad is broken up and replaced with a sturdy new pad for a generator.
Author: stega
Getting Things Done
Finding the brass floor box covers we needed on eBay, for a fraction of the price.
Finishing Pool Touches
Filling the resurfaced pool with trucked-in water, and the finishing touches.
Pool Revamp: New Finish
Pool revamp: new coping and a fresh finish go on.
Cooked Water Heater
The replacement water heater literally melted its wiring, so it’s replaced again, properly this time.
Pool Revamp: Plumbing and Prep
Pool revamp: something poured down the pipe blocked the drain, and fixing it gets complicated.
Pool Revamp: Drain and Strip
Pool revamp: we chose Adams Pools, and the old surface comes off.
Purgatory Contest: And the Winner Is…
Our first contest has a winner, and it was kind of a trick question.
Drafts in the Winter
A crafty draft stopper for the big gap under the front door, made from tea towels and pea gravel.
New Signs
Our logo finally makes it onto a sign at the front gate.
Interior Walls (The Bird Space): Finishing Touches
Finishing touches for the boys’ space, including two painted trees framing the archway.
Interior Walls: Painting
Painting the boys’ space a soft, vibrant yellow.
Teeny Tiny Repairs Due to Small Invaders.
A beefy mouse did some damage to the couch. Sewing skills to the rescue.
Interior Walls: Prep Work
Prepping the boys’ space for paint: pulling up the chewed vinyl and patching four jacks’ worth of holes.
Our own little Pit of Sarlacc
The Doc’s old rodeo ring cut left us our own little pit, which has been useful for disposing of concrete.
The Tale of the Driveway Repaving, Part 3 of 3
The driveway, courtyard and easement are finally paved.
When you live with two feathered dinosaurs
Living with two feathered dinosaurs means stuff like this happens…regularly.
The Tale of the Driveway Repaving, Part 2 of 3
Without water and with a dirt driveway: replacing the main water line to the house.
The Tale of the Driveway Repaving, Part 1 of 3
After the wall, the driveway was trashed, so we started repaving it, and hit a water line that wasn’t buried deep enough.
Contest Closing
Last chance to enter our first contest and win a Purgatory cap or tote bag.
The Wall Saga: Addendum
The Wall Saga, addendum: Giggles the skid steer and a few last details. The end of the Great Wall of Purgatory.
The Wall Saga: Finishing Touches
The Wall Saga: the finishing touches go on, just in time for the winter rains.
The Wall Saga: Putting it Together
The Wall Saga: the blocks go in, one by one, while I’m stuck in bed with a cold.
The Wall Saga: Drainage
The Wall Saga: building proper drainage behind the new wall.
How do you solve a problem like manure?
A neighbor’s dodgy animal pens are spilling onto our property, and getting anyone to deal with it is a saga.
Two-Year Update
Two years in, the original project list updated, plus everything else we’ve done.
The Wall Saga: Block Unloading
The Wall Saga: unloading 96 concrete blocks, eight truckloads’ worth.
Time Extended!
Not enough entries, so the contest prize goes up to a Purgatory cap or tote bag, and the deadline is extended.
The Wall Saga: Left Turn to Albuquerque
The Wall Saga: why getting our addresses fixed in Apple and Google Maps mattered so much for the big trucks.
The Wall Saga: Footer In Place
The Wall Saga: the footer is in, and the concrete cures.
The Wall Saga: Concrete Pumping Video
The Wall Saga: an annotated video of the epic concrete pumping.
The Wall Saga: Pumping Day
The Wall Saga: pumping day, with four trucks of concrete to fill the forms.