Tag Archives: diy

26 August 2025

Every new desire brings along unforeseen responsibilities. Yesterday I was waxing my armor and was thinking how meditative the activity is, swirling a towel in circles, making sure each area gets covered. There’s a lot of oddly satisfying videos of similar jobs, like pressure washing is a good example of watching a job gradually getContinue reading “26 August 2025”

5 August 2024

Lately my princess has had a word explosion, almost everything that comes out of my mouth she’s able to repeat, or at least attempt to. Recently we’ve been putting effort into reading with her more and I’m glad we are since I need to say more words. She’ll catch up to my abilities quickly andContinue reading “5 August 2024”

18 July 2024

The queen had ordered a car shaped pool float for our princess and yesterday I inflated it, she is obsessed with it. The float has been very helpful in keeping her entertained in one spot, she’ll sit in it pretending to drive and do whatever else she needs to. The princess was eating in theContinue reading “18 July 2024”

15 July 2024

We live in an old house, from a history of the county the original build was in the early 1800’s. We’ve had a couple people say the house is haunted, I’ve said if it is the ghosts like us. From the first days in our old house I felt like that place was cursed andContinue reading “15 July 2024”

11 July 2024

It’s been 10 days since I last wrote and I’m feeling rough. Having my friend stay for five days was exhausting. Early on the podcast I read a Ben Franklin quote from Poor Richards Almanac that “fish and visitors stink after three days.” I love the guy, but the older I get the more setContinue reading “11 July 2024”

14 June 2024

The second round of mowing was more eventful than the first. Today I was mowing the front lawn and there is an area where the tree guy mulched up branches from the downed tree dispersing them onto the lawn. While driving around the mulched area I went over a big piece of wood and aContinue reading “14 June 2024”

12 June 2024

There’s a lot of mowing that needs to be done, last night my mower belt got delivered. I installed the belt and mowed some grass around the pole barn to make sure everything was working. The new bolts I got to attach the pulley covers worked well. An unexpected problem was some bug had coveredContinue reading “12 June 2024”