Author Archives: Jay Bates

Day 214 – Shop Build Day 1

Finally. Finally!! One more time….After 214 days we have FINALLY reached the 40×60 shop construction phase. The shop is an on-site fabbed red iron welded steel building. This type of structure is extremely common where I live. On day one the…

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Day 212, 214 – Driveway Expansion & Seat Time

A few little things add up to a lot. As we leave our drought season and enter our usually wet winter, some much-needed attention needs to be paid to the parking area of the driveway. Concrete washout is my next most excellent find. This stuff is relati…

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Day 203, 208, 209 – Deliveries

A tweaked neck has slowed me down considerably since mid-October. It’s the morning of November 7, and as I type this, the neck situation is finally resolving itself. I’m feeling much better and getting antsy about big progress being made. T…

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Day 202 – Knockin ’em Down

Day 3 or 4 or 16 thousand of working on this space. I have no concept of time anymore. But life is great and they say time flies when you’re having fun. Taking down big trees with one of my best friends for the past couple of decades made for suc…

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Day 199 – Tree Work Makes the Dream Work

One of my favorite sayings is, “Nothing works unless you do!” Not a single time has my wife complained about this big land adventure being too much work. She never complains. Head down, move forward, and make it work. This day was no except…

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