I was able to get a few more hours working on the old basement today. Honestly, I should probably be using those hours doing housework, but that's depressing. 😀 Cleaning the basement may be really gross at times, but once it's done, it'll stay done for a very long time. It's a psychological thing. 😀 … Continue reading Clean Up: old basement progress
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Clean Up: both basements, progress and things we find!
So while my wonderful daughters were making brownies, I headed to the basements to continue with some organizing and cleaning. In the process, I found some very cool things! The first thing I found was among a pile of glass jars I sorted through. It is a very old metal cookie press! It looks like … Continue reading Clean Up: both basements, progress and things we find!
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Clean up: old basement. Day 3 progress
I was able to get a bit of time to continue cleaning in the old part basement this afternoon. Progress wasn't quite what I was hoping to get done, though. My thought was to start putting things back in the area I'd been able to mop, but as you can see, there are still damp … Continue reading Clean up: old basement. Day 3 progress
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Clean up: old basement. Day 2 progress
Today, I went back to finish up that last corner of the basement section I was working on yesterday. Altogether, I only put in an hour, and the rest will have to wait. Here is all that was left to go through and clear out. And here is me, ready for action! I used the … Continue reading Clean up: old basement. Day 2 progress
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Clean Up: old basement. The things we find!
There were so many things I found while clearing the corner of the basement that, though I didn't even get pictures of all of them, I had to give them their own post! I really, really wonder about some of the stuff I uncovered! Let's get started! My first find, under a box of what … Continue reading Clean Up: old basement. The things we find!
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A little secret…
I found out we had a secret space in our kitchen, today... I was able to visit my mother this afternoon, and bring her the grabber I bought for her recently. We had a pot of tea, of course, and she brought out a sugar bowl with the tiniest of teaspoons in it. She commented … Continue reading A little secret…
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Winterizing progress: moving the trailer
We got a slightly warmer day today - a whole 8C - that I took advantage of to work outside. I was able to rake up some grass clippings in front of the barn - the grass there gets so dense, it's hard for the mower to handle, and if the clippings get left behind, … Continue reading Winterizing progress: moving the trailer
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Mystery solved
A few days back, I showed my mother this grabber that I'd found in the garden shed. We were trying to figure out... Why soup spoons? Well, it took a few days, but my mother called me up because she remembered why. My dad had used this to pick crabapples. It was such and "of … Continue reading Mystery solved
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Wheels
Thanks to my brother, we now have wheels on the trailer frame we found in the old hay yard. 🙂 My brother had brought two pairs of wheels to test out previously. One set was the right height, but too wide to fit into the space to screw them on. The other set was narrow … Continue reading Wheels
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Fall clean up: the things we find
After cleaning up the storm damage, the next thing to focus on was to put stuff away for the winter. Since we now have sheets of metal roofing on the old garden shed, and it no longer has water pouring in through a hole, I decided to move things around so I could use it. … Continue reading Fall clean up: the things we find
