Small projects

I added a boot rack to the porch to keep the muddy boots outside. It's right next to the bench for convienence.

I also put together a small table with a shelf for Jessica's room. For a few books and her alarm clock.

Bench finished

 It took a while to get the bench finished, but I finally got there. The boards were cut a couple at a time until they were all done.

 I had to work the Friday night trap shoot at the range last night. I went there directly from work, so the bench waited until today to get assembled.

I added a center support to make sure it is rock solid. It is a useful addition to our porch and it looks nice, too.

4th of July and a porch bench

 Allen and I went to the range over the 4th when he was here. I found some better targets to play with. We both did well, Allen needed a little warm up time with my .45. He isn't accustomed to it like I am.

 This week's project was a bench for the porch. I have been cutting a couple of the boards almost every day when I get home from work. There isn't time to do much else.

Here is the bottom half of the bench. I am going to put a back on it, but needed the bottom in place to measure everything out. Now the muddy boots can stay outside.

Porch!

This is the beginnings of the new front porch. Our contractor started on it Monday morning.

 This is what it looks like now. He still has to do a couple of finishing touches, but it is basically finished. We will have to stain it  the color we want.

E-Z access ramp and stairs, too. Along with a roof so we can grill in the rain and not complain about it.

 The old front porch has now become the back porch. It is a very big improvement over the cinderblock steps we had out of the back door.

 We even have a pool now! I was in it today. It felt great!

A/C finally installed

 After sitting on the unit for 2 months, they finally installed our air conditioner. It works very well and will turn the place into a meat locker if we want to. Thanks, Allen!

 It may be a "scratch and dent" model, but I couldn't find any. It looks perfect.

I'll put in a new enclosure for it someday, but that is a little lower on the priorities list. The working unit was much higher on that list.

10 days worth

 I brought home a couple more BIG bags of sawdust for the culvert pipe, figuring it would fill it in fairly well.

 Each bags fills up the cart twice, 4 loads of fill. It is working pretty well, but it still has to settle in.

 Yogi came in in his white wrappers. He yielded 55%, right in the middle of the dairy breeds and the beef breeds. Yogi was a mutt, so we don't know exactly what breed he was.

 The garden is looking good. We have flowers on the beans, small tomatoes, and a ton of peas and lettuce.

 On Monday, Heather picked up a load of mulch for me from the place in Farmers. Back to the filling operations.

The whole load spread on the culvert pipes. We ran the 4 wheeler over it a few times to help pack it down. I might be able to get the mower over it now, but I haven't tried it yet.

Pork Chop is doing well

Pork chop is growing very nicely. It looks like he is nearing the 200 pound mark. I can still see the size difference, but it isn't a real big difference anymore. Mom and I stopped over to check on him today.