Getting Ready for Pouring Cement - Forty Yards of Cement will start arriving Wednesday morning Click title to see 1 more pictures We have spent several days preparing for the big pour of 40 yards of cement for the footings of the Earth Shelter House walls, the post footings and a much smaller footing for a decorative wall that will be built along the front of the property. Since it is just footings, we have decided not to employ a cement team to finish this pr

Breaking ground on the Earth Shelter House - It is official.. there is a hole!! Click title to see 5 more pictures Well, we have finally broken ground on the earth shelter house.  The hole grows every time I go out there to dig. Ultimately, we are digging into the side of the hill and area that is 62 feet deep and 88 feet wide.  About 1/3 of that is actually lower than we are digging.  We will be leveling the whole area. Once level

More Pine from Ike Storm Damage! Sargent's Ranch is the property of one of our neighbors.. 1100 acres of beautiful country side. We went to get a large pine that probably has enough wood to finish the garage. The usable trunk is 54 feet long and 22 inches at the bottom. I cut it into three 18 foot lengths. These pieces were all too big for my tractor

Roller Skating in Eureka Springs Arkansas at the ESkate - Adam made his birthday request to go skating. Click title to see 2 more pictures A while back, Adam went with his school to The ESkate in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.  He enjoyed it so much, he asked that he could go back for his birthday.  Saturday, we went and rolled around for about 3 hours... after a couple hours of trying, Val pretty much got the hang of it.  Adam did good, too. As a youngster, I enjoyed skatin

Progress on the Cabin in Arkansas Click title to see 10 more pictures

The Arkansas Cabin has framed walls and running water! Click title to see 1 more pictures On July 3, the boys and I went to our Arkansas property to work on the plumbing.  We met the people that put in the well pump the previous Friday. They installed a 2 horsepower pump 600 feet down our 972 foot well. The first bit of water tasted like PVC, but before we left, it started to get better.  It is good water a

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