With the pasture mowed, the pond full of water, the sun shining, and most of the chores taken care of, we had a great fall day to spend out goofing off. Our pond was dug just before we bought the property last March, so we knew there were no fish living in it. With our pond only being about 1/3 of an acre, I am pretty pessimistic about getting a proper balance established with any bass. I read a number of pamphlets about it and talked to my dad, and ultimately decided that the cheap solution was the best. So I packed up the kids and we headed to Minnesota Avenue bait shop and got us some four-inch goldfish for $4.50 a dozen.
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I've held off mowing my pasture, not by choice, but because of a problem with the hydraulic lift on my 1950 Ford 8N tractor. But, I got some good advice on the phone from the mechanic at Smith equipment where I bought the thing. So this weekend I ripped it open and fixed it myself. This was the first time I skinned my knuckles working on my tractor, so I had a bit of pride in the accomplishment. But more importantly, I thought that some of you fellow Ford 8N owners may benefit from the walkthrough on how I fixed this.
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I could really bore you to tears with drywall pictures. But I'll refrain. Instead I'll just hit the high notes and tell you that we decided on a bullnose corner bead in a lot of places that will give a really interesting finish to the corners. We saw this for the first time in the model that builder Chad showed us, and we were pretty impressed. The cabinet maker uses a very similar treatment on the outside corners of the cabinets, so it ties in and looks really cool; that's what sold it to me.
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The house is maybe 60% skinned with drywall now. We got the basement stairway skinned, which was kind of a bonus since builder Chad set us up not to expect that.
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At last, the problems are corrected that prevented us from hanging drywall, mainly the holes in the roof. Today the first sheets of drywall got applied, breaking the somewhat lengthy pause in the progress.
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There has been very little progress in the past two weeks. A few framing details remain before the drywallers can hang the sheet rock. The insulation had a few hot days to dry, but then it rained, and water came through some holes in the roof, so the insulation in a few spots absorbed significant water. Not many spots though, and it didn't come uninstalled either. So that just needs some drying time.
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