Long weekend

It seems like a while since I've had a good weekend. I started a new position at work that means I get to work a good number of weekends now. I have worked the last two so I was ready for this long weekend.

I decided today was going to be the work day around the house, I had a few projects that I needed to get caught up on.


First I finished putting the boards up under the porch to make it a little move finished. Then I moved onto putting the rail up on the new stairs to the front porch I built a couple weekends ago. Before I could finish up the rail I had to go borrow a sawzall from Dad and stop and get some more lumber. While I was out I also got the supplies to built raised beds for a garden.







At this point I was on a roll so I finished up the rail. Put a coat of linseed oil on the boards I was using for the raised beds and started mowing. At some point during mowing I stopped and coated the other sides of the boards.







Then I built the raised beds after mowing for a little while longer. I've never had raised beds before so this will be an experiment this year. If they do well I have room to install a few more. I didn't get the dirt to feel them yet, I'm hoping I can do that this week.







After the beds were finished I cleaned up the yard beside the house and finished mowing.

And I want to thank Tarah for awesome pizza for lunch and great chicken and veggies for dinner.

Now I hope I can spend the next two days relaxing with family.

Charlie


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New house

The Petersen family finally has a new house. We closed on the house Tuesday. Now the work begins. I'm taking next week off to work on the house and move in. I'm hoping to be finished by next weekend. I just checked the weather and it looks like they are forecasting more rain for the coming week then they were a few days ago, so that might make things a little harder. I will try a post some pictures in the next few days.

No working on the house today though, I have to go to work where I will be taking pictures. The company I work for started doing Santa pictures for employee's children a couple years ago and it has went over so well they decided to start Easter bunny pics this year.

Charlie


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Parkersburg

Tarah, Alex, and I just got home from a day trip to Parkersburg.

Tarah need to pick up some clothes and she hadn't been to the mall up there before so we decided to go check it out. We did a little shopping for clothes at the mall. Then had lunch at Logan's. After lunch we went to Sam's and picked up a few things. And Alex found something he has to have.



On the way home we stopped in Ravenswood and picked up some groceries and then headed for the house.

Charlie



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Encouraging News

Today we heard from the bank and the appraisal came back on the house we are trying to buy and it looks like we are going to be able to move forward. There are a few thing they are requesting be addresses but nothing we were not expecting.

I know this has been difficult for Tarah because she is the one that has been getting all the document together for the bank and that's no easy task any more. I'm so lucky to have a wife that compliments me so well, where I'm lacking she is strong. Thank you Tarah I couldn't do it with out you.

Charlie


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Food Storage

This morning I helped Dad install some shelves to help organize Mom & Dad's food storage.







Now Mom just needs to decide how she is going to load them down.

As we are getting closer I hope to getting a new place I have been thinking about how I would like to handle food storage and how much we need to keep on hand. I believe we need to be more prepared then we where in our last house. I would like to have a nice selection of our every day food and then also have some long term food on hand just incase.

Does anyone have any ideas or comments on what you do?

Charlie


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BlogPress

I wanted to get back to updating this blog so I decided to get some software and try updating from my phone. I down loaded an app and this is my first post from my iPhone. I'm going to try and start posting again regularly.

Next time I will try to update a little on the family and our plans.

Charlie

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