Hey, everyone! Happy holidays! Here are a bunch of photos of our house, our first Christmas Tree (a live blue spruce named Fat Albert!), and a bounty of gifts waiting to be opened. Thanks to everyone who thought of us this holiday season.

Climbed a tree and picked apples. Made applesauce and apple pies. Got some local Palisade, CO peaches and canned those up. My boss gave me some cucumbers out of his brother’s garden; made some pickles. Baking lots of pies!! Put a coat of paint on our concrete stairs. Phil got pretty good tomatoes this year. You’ll also see pictures of the wheat crop.

We learned of an active beaver colony on Fish Creek road a few years ago but did not go out to the site until recently to check it out. Now I try to go at least once per week. Some muskrat and ducks mixed in…

Free mattress and entertainment center. Pickup only. Please call us to arrange pickup 610-413-2240. We also have some scrap metal for free.
 

After what feels like decades, we have our floor installed and finished.  We sanded, distressed, stained, and coated it with polyurethane.  A lot of the boards were imperfect, plus we anticipated the wear and tear from the renters, so we distressed the floor prior to staining with Zar Spanish Oak.  Click here for beetle kill pine floor installation photos.

Unfortunately, our kitchen plumbing is leaking so the project is still not over and we still don’t have renters in.   Money pit.

If anyone wants to check back in and find out what the floor looks like after a few weeks or months of wear and tear, feel free to shoot us an email and we’ll let you know how it wears.  We’ll try to post photos at the end of summer, but no guarantees.