What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

It was a long busy week for me, I'm quite happy to sit on the couch and tend to the fire.

My wife doesn't tend to the stove much, so I assumed it was operator issues when the house was cold while I was away. Nope, realized yesterday morning my cat needed a cleaning when it was in operating range when i left, with smoke coming out the chimney.

 

Gonna finish up the outside lights today and I also found out that the area where my cottage is (7 mi away) got a dump of 18" on Thu!

So, it looks like I'll be taking a skip down there to snowblow the drive ponce again. I have yet to get the wrangler that I store in one open spot......the guy would leave it outside all winter at his place; it has a soft top on it and I offered him to store it at my place since I had an open spot. Been trying to get him to bring it down there since Oct...................

Then, probably grab a small spruce for the yard on the way home.

Almost forgot.....finish painting the floor in the workshop too!

 

Clear blue sky here today too! High of about 27F

 

It was mostly sunny yesterday, and not today zero clouds. That's also why it was really cold the last 2 nights. Lows around 12-13 degrees. I show 27° already here, mostly because of the sun and there's much less wind than the other day.

I need to load up the inside firewood supply, and also re cut a few pieces that are a tad too long. I guess I didn't pay as much attention to the length of the rounds I was cutting 2 Winters ago. Oh well.

 

First time i have seen sun in weeks and it is still SNOWING.. the cold temps are dropping tiny flakes of snow from the lake.. Only a dusting its just .

 

Finally got this cabinet painted and installed.

 

Nice looking work. You did a great job making the to fit around the window. I don't paint very much so Im wondering if the first coat of paint was white.

 

You’ve seen them too? I’ve been watching more and more Ancient Aliens !

 

Wow. That looks great man! Nice work!

 

I was able to make some great progress outside today and yesterday. And then the . The M59 is a real nice work horse. I still haven’t put the new chains on the tires yet. I need to do that tomorrow. But the area I wanted thinned out of rocks, junk trees, and brush is almost done. Probably at 90% done now. Next comes a lot of hand work getting the stuff out from between tight spots and thrown into piles for the big grapple. Then to get things York raked off if I can before anymore snow comes. Maybe I’ll just carefully back drag things out into piles with the grapple. It works pretty well as a Rake. I have had to use the backhoe to dig four large holes and pull some big rocks down into them and get them buried and out of the way. Only one more medium size rock and some stumps to go. The backhoe has been doing a fine job. Takes a while to get the hydraulic fluid warmed up though when it’s 10 degrees.

 

Ooh, me likey!

 

My son earned his black belt tonight after 2 years of solid dedication to classes. It was a very big moment for him. He had some struggles but made it through. I had no doubt that he could do it. He had to find his way to make it happen. We had a family dinner at the local bbq restaurant.

 

Congrats to your son!!!

Now who and where is this bbq restaurant you speak of.

 

Congrats to your son. Im sure your very proud dad. That dinner looks really good also.

 

I used milk paint. First coat was light gray...then poly...then dark gray...then sand to distress and expose the base coat in some places....then final coat of poly. Lots of work...wife did most of it.

 

Congrats to your son.


Through the hard work and dedication, he achieved a milestone he can be very proud of.

 

Chores are done. Boiler is filled. Been sitting down for a few minutes and don't think I can get back up. Been going nonstop for 14 hours.

 

Congratulations to your son and to you for teaching him how to work hard and sticktoitivness! (That’s a word.)