Sam's Bad Day

Sam called me after work and said he was having kind of a blah day. So I took it upon myself to try to make his day better.

This is what I came up with...

A triple chocolate cake, with a strawberry cream cheese (made with the strawberry jam I canned in the summer) layer in the middle, chocolate cream cheese frosting, shaved Dove dark chocolate, and decorated with mini M&M's. He smiled.

ranch roundup

On Sunday Mary helped me on the ranch. We just got back from stake conference and hadn't gone home to change, hence the neon green garb. First Mary helped milk out a cow.

Then we checked heifers and stopped by to see Fancy.

We also noticed the white horse Sugar is sporting a rather disturbing mustache

sheetrock done

We finished up the sheetrocking last week. Well our drywall contractor did anyway. Here's a look at our big old garage and our main kitchen, dining, living room.

We started on the deck last week too. Bill and rachel got one side put down, but put the porch on hold to start trimming the inside. Anyway, that's our garapa porch. It's a Brazilian hardwood.

We had twins!

When I say we I mean this cow had twins. They're cute when they're babies.

drywall and insulation

Here's our progress as of Tuesday. The sheetrock is really making the house take shape.

Here's the kitchen dining and living room.
We did a blow in fiberglass insulation. It sure makes the house feel warm.
Here's what the master bedroom looks like from one angle.

House guts

We passed the electrical and plumbing roughin inspections last week. Here's a look at what it looks like. It's all going to be covered up today and tomorrow.

House update

We had the rough-in inspection last week and are starting the sheetrock, so I thought I better post these pictures before they're totally out of date.

Here's a look at the house with doors and windows.