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Great day! We listed our “old” property, the 5 acres I have been cleaning up the trees on, and we had two visitors and the second one made us an offer worth taking on the spot!! Nice young couple, two small children, AF special ops veteran, now a fireman, and he is going to build mostly himself. Has a general contractor lined up to work with, has the construction loans already lined up, etc. seems like he really has his act together including stamped architectural plans.

just feels good. Both couples just made us feel good about all that is happening. Very much at peace right now. My wife was afraid we would not have lookers due to pandemic, but the folks that could look are the ones That didn’t lose jobs.
 
It has been a long - but productive - day. Made a nice breakfast for my family. Presided over a wedding. Conducted our normal Saturday afternoon worship service. Pitted 15 quarts of cherries. Made cherry freezer jam and cherry bbq sauce and cherry bounce. My wife got cherries ready for pie filling, which she bagged and put in the freezer. She also laid some out on a sheet tray to freeze and then vacuum bag later on. We also started a batch of cherry pit syrup - no waste here! Still yet to do tonight: finish preparing for the Bible Study I lead on Sunday mornings before we have our worship service.

Tomorrow after church or Monday morning we are planning to get more cherries. A second batch of freezer jam is planned, some more bounce, and more cherries for the freezer. We will be passing on some of the jam and frozen cherries from the second batch to a few family members.

Cherry Bounce Recipe
Put 1/2 cup sugar into quart mason jar. Fill jar to 3/4 full with cherries; pitted or not - your choice. Fill jar with alcohol of choice - bourbon, brandy, vodka, and rum are common choices. Shake occasionally for the first couple days to dissolve the sugar. Then store for 4 to 6 months to develop flavor, shake every few weeks during that time.

Today's jars of bounce were bourbon. The next batch will be brandy.
 
Yesterday, I watched my wife and daughter make pickles using a recipe she invented a few years ago. They are similar to bread and butter but have a few fresh hot and sweet peppers added. Now set for another year.

This morning, I was in my lumber storage barn at 5:30am to find lumber needed by several customers. It's been so hot and humid here that is the only time of the day that's reasonably comfortable.
 
I 1was down all day yesterday with a migraine headache, I hate them but what can you do, I get them from time to time and they take me down. Slept it off, woke up and mowed the lawn today before it got to hot. A line of storms is about to come through so I finished it nice and early. Gotta go grocery shopping soon. I ordered a bunch of turning supplies today, pics when it comes in.
 
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Was going to go out on a drive to get some kolaches with the wife and inlaws. Kids were going to spend the night with their auntie. Until my daughter bent over weird and dislocated her knee. Poor thing has taken it like a champ, and she is not in pain. Her bedroom was upstairs so I have spent the last couple nights on the couch. Needlessly to say I have not slept well and my back & hips hurt more than usual.
All in all still incredibly Blessed more than I deserve.
 
Came home from work and decided to frame up the concrete forms. Was only in the 80's. I was soaked with sweat just from doing this. Supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow so spreading the crushed concreate base will have to wait awhile.
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At least the pile of dirt for the trench has settled.
 
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Hows my day? Better than this poor little guy.
55mph in a semi, not much I could do.
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So after executing a bird at work I came home and worked on the concrete prep some more. Was low 80s and mostly cloudy so tolerable.
I spread some crushed concrete, leveled it with a screed and tamped it down. I think I'm ready for concrete now.
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Once this section is done I'm going to go all the way across the back of the house to make a patio. It will also help with diverting water away from the house.
 
Guess it’s not like you get to see Air Force One fly by every day. Pretty cool. Saw it on my way home for lunch. Trump is in Odessa and Midland today. A232F9AD-992C-427D-A0E1-CDFA62D7CF61.webp
 
Got off work early on a Friday, came home and mowed the lawn in preparation for cement coming tomorrow. Then I trimmed some branches of the bottom of the tree in the backyard. I planted this tree when I moved in 6 years ago, it was just a stick then, lol. It's a soft maple, chose it because of fast growth so I could appreciate it in my life time, turns red in the fall. It's getting to the size that its providing shade now.
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FranklinWorkshops said:
Yesterday, I watched my wife and daughter make pickles using a recipe she invented a few years ago. They are similar to bread and butter but have a few fresh hot and sweet peppers added. Now set for another year.
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sounds like a delicious pickle
 
The other day the lights in the garage kept tripping the breaker. I unplugged all the loads and still it tripped. Then I swapped the hots at the breaker box, and the problem moved with it: ruling out the breaker. I was afraid that some critter got in the breezeway and gnawed on some wires and shorted them together. Today I took apart the six switch gangbox and tested them one by one. I used some alligator jumpers leftover from my field tech days to test each switch jumpered to the incoming hot from the breaker box. And.... no clue what was wrong. Maybe a lost wire nut? Hope that is the end of it. Thankful for a Father in Law close by who helped with the flipping of switches.
 
Got the start of a new shower going in yesterday. A resin product That a company here in town makes. Highly recommended and I think they did a great job for us.

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Exciting start to the day; we have been thinking of getting a larger RV. Been struggling as the nice ones for the money we wanted to spend disappeared before we could even get to see them. Until this one. First in line and we didn’t let .it slip away. Will make a nice retreat on the new property which allows such things. Our last piece of property didn’t. Very well taken care of by this owner and super clean. 1999 Sunny Brook, 30 foot.

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just a busy beaver today. Saw something on Pinterest or Facebook about building a fire pit from 2 truck rims. Since my neighbor has access to rims, I thought I might as well try it. Welded together, door cut, now to figure out hinge and latch. Don’t laugh at my welding. I never got enough practice!

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Gdurfey said:
just a busy beaver today. Saw something on Pinterest or Facebook about building a fire pit from 2 truck rims. Since my neighbor has access to rims, I thought I might as well try it. Welded together, door cut, now to figure out hinge and latch. Don’t laugh at my welding. I never got enough practice!

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Garry, I'm have trouble visualizing the final fire pit appearance. Do you have a photo of what it's going to be?
The truck rims will certainly be heavy enough to hold fire.
 
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