Two Silos Farm

We sure got rain and wind Thursday night into Friday. We had about 1.5” in the rain gauge. Since most of the rain was coming sideways, I don’t think that was an accurate measure. Neighbor to the north got about 2” and local airport (about 12 miles due west) reported about 2 ¼’.

The rain was ok, but the wind did a bit of damage. Got several (about 8) shingles laying in the yard.

This is from the section of the roof we’ve not replaced yet. Neighbor said at this rate, it will all be off before we get to it LOL!! At least there are two layers of shingles with cedar shakes underneath, so with the top layer getting torn off, there is still some protection to keep the water out of the house.

Even though the top roof isn’t all that old, we found (when tearing it off) that it was put on with 1” nails. With the other roofing, that is barely long enough to get into the sheathing, so the nails come out real easy. It was also put up in late fall, and the north sides didn’t seal properly. On the good side, it will motivate me and hubby to get that roof replaced this summer. We had discussed options for changing the roofline. I think we will leave it as it is (we will extend the overhangs thought) and maybe add a dormer at a later date. But we will see . . . Depends on when this project he is currently on gets finished – now it looks like mid June (was originally mid March, then into April, then end of May . . . engineers keep making changes and adding more holes to be dug.

You Posthole people gotta find a way to stretch those holes; you could make a killing selling them to a place like this. I think they are up to 2,500 holes now (80’ deep though).

With the rain and wind, Hubby got off work early yesterday and decided he would rather spend the time driving home than sitting at the bar watching the rest of the crew do stupid human tricks. He’s almost 2 hours away, so not that long of a drive.

He came home around 1 pm, and said “I see the front of the lean to fell off.”

That was news to me; it had been there when I looked out the window around 10 am. Had to go make sure the dog was still home. She was sleeping in the barn, and we had to shut the trap door so she couldn’t get into her “run” anymore. Not sure what we’ll do about it yet.

Since the whole barn will be taken down (if it does not fall down first) we have to set up a new kennel for the dog anyway. It will be in the old shed by the silos, and the chickens will be moved over there too. We’ll have to figure out something in the short run though. Hubby is back working today, unless it’s too muddy (wind is calm right now). Hopefully that is not the case, as I bought a new tiller (craftsman). This one will do both forward and counter tine rotation. We decided to keep the troybilt for the engine. Hubby plans on removing the driveline, and then he’ll have a nice engine on a push cart. I don’t like selling something that I consider a real piece to some unsuspecting soul. I know many people don’t feel that way, but I have to live with myself.

The local Sears didn’t have one in stock, so we won’t be getting it until next weekend. That is ok, it’s a bit too wet to till right now anyway. We spent the rest of the afternoon in Sioux Falls. I needed to get paint, as I prefer Behr paint from Home Depot. We had planned to go Sunday, so that is now out of the way.

I started installing the fan in the living room Thursday evening. Got late and I quit for the night and didn’t have time to get back to it yesterday.

I got a lot to work on today, so I’d better get off the computer and get to work.

Cathy

It sure was a busy weekend! Work is still keeping me hopping, so I’ve not had a lot of time to write. I’ll be on the road 8 hours tomorrow, so I want to make sure I get a good night’s sleep tonight, but I thought I could sneak in a short update.

I took last Thursday (30^th) off work and spent the day working on the walls. I got the joint compound up, but still had sanding to do. Went to work on Friday (usual ½ day) and got my hair cut on the way home. That was long overdue.

Hubby got off work early on Friday; it was too wet and windy. We spent the afternoon sanding and cleaning, and around 10 pm, had finally got it all done.

Got up early Saturday and hit the road around 4:45 heading toward MN. I’ll tell you about the trip when I have more time, but it went ok.

Got home around 10:30, and then set the clocks forward so got to bed around midnight. I got up around 5 (normal for me) and decided I might as well get to work. I don’t know what I was thinking – thought 3 -4 hours to get the priming done, and then we could get some shopping before spraying the ceiling. That would have been right for ONE room, but I had two rooms and a hallway. About 9 hours later, the priming was done and I was beat.

While I took a short nap, hubby got to work hanging poly on the walls and covering the floors. That takes a lot more time than the actual spraying does. I got up in time to help him with the last bit.

Then he got the mud mixed up and hauled out the air compressor from the shop, and got to work. He’s getting really good at spraying, and though some people don’t like it, we both do. He uses fine mix, so it doesn’t look super clumpy. Then we put glitter up on the ceiling. I sure love that look. It was getting dark as we took down the poly and cleaned everything up.

Brought the dehumidifier up from the basement and turned it on to help dry the rooms out. I’m real happy with the results, though I will have to touch up the walls a bit where the tape pulled off the primer. Not a big deal, but it will wait for now.

Monday I hung my chandelier. I’ve been waiting months to get that installed.

Tonight I went as far as to bring my ceiling fan in from the shop (still in the box). Son went in to work tonight, so I had to do the chores. Decided I wanted to get to bed early, so the fan will get installed at a later date.