2026- aka the year flies by....

 Well, we had a scare fall of 2025, and apparently, the clogging continued on my D2 ( second diagonal) which btw, the cardio docs knew was an issue. Most of early 2026 was spent with a new cardiologist and going through EECP therapy. Results? Almost like a new heart. After June, energy levels are way back to similar to my 40's. We restarted work on the place to finish up the remodel. End of August and we got a major amount of siding completed and work on the walls inside. Time to start trimming out the windows!!

Sept. 2025

 FALL is here!! A hopefully it stays warm and dry.... We finally got the sawmill put together. Maybe next trip I will test run the unit. Three day weekend in the bag. 

 

"Josh"

 

The floor is done..... (almost)

 We only have the door trim to complete and both bedroom floor and main room floor will be done.

Easter weekend 2025

 

 

 

Ten years in the making!!! We have cabinets in place, screwed down and ready for the countertop!!! 

I drove over to Home Depot to see what  was in stock, apparently "ugly" is what they have stocked here. I need a 12 foot countertop and they are special order only. Good to be posting again, hope to not do this again till next year!

2024

 Lol , end of 2024...

A lot happened this year, unfortunately not at the cabin. We are getting our health back and with that is a desire to finish things. 

Fall 2023- new friends.

 Well, I'm getting pretty bad at posting. For 2023 is almost over and here we are doing an update post. Hank passed on Memorial Day, he was a good dog. 

In August, we adopted Luna and she has been a joy ( as well as a ball of puppyhood all rolled up). 

It has been insanely slow getting work done. I almost have the north wall drywalled. We (Luna and I ) come up when we can, it is pretty quiet by myself, kids grew up and are starting their own lives.

I know if I retire up here we will need to install a gas forced air furnace to keep temps stable. Electric heat is a bad idea. 

June 11 weekend

 A little video of the morning...

2021 Winter Camp

 Well it's that time again, winter camp!!! Once again, it's a solo weekend, just me and the mutts. Missing Abbie but she is with Maria. Tried to go walking this morning and Hunter had problems and so I took Hank and him back to the cabin. 

6AM fire to warm the cabin up. At 9am it's so warm we are stripping down to a t-shirt.

Walking around the block scenery today. 

Back of the cabin in the trees.

HAHAHAHAHA Tempus Fugit ........

 

What a year...... Forever locked on March 2020, this calendar will go upstairs as a reminder. 

Things that happened this year:

1. Government banned use of second homes ( this one) due to fake misleading "virus" threats

2. Replaced roof- no more leaks

3. Almost completely insulated

Cabin is locked up for winter, due to other plans probably not getting up much this winter.

Where does the time go?

We are still here, took a nap from the blog but recently awoke.....

Maria planted wildflowers this Spring.

Spring 2015

Well more time has passed, sure goes quick. Winter was cold, snowy but not like 2013-14.

We camped a couple of times but nothing really to show off.

Work started again, we have paint going on outside and finishing the porch.

We moved the kitchen and that caused a few backup and fix events as power and such needed to be re-arranged. Will be better in the end with more living space.

 Winter stuffed crust pizza.....

 April Bonfire

 April swim, Hank rolled and stunk bad.

Painting as soon as it was warm enough. Spent Saturday working on wall. Now need ladders for rest of wall.

LOL- HAHAHAHA the year that wasn't.

Wow, last post was Dec. 2013????!!!!!!! Where did the time go?
Things were really getting tight last year and maybe a little depression/frustration was setting in. That has been alleviated back in February but the weather was so poor we did little visiting up here. Then Spring popped up and it was very rainy/cold.

Summer- Weather was beautiful, cooler temps, not too hot. Lots of mosquitoes.  Lost father-in-law and that was June/July. Good thing we had the place to stay.

What happened at the cabin?
Well we finished the first three sides of siding.  We worked on bathroom flooring and repaired damage to the plumbing from the winter. Yes our brand new faucet broke during the winter, apparently the ceramic insert froze in the freaking cold weather during winter. And no they do not sell a replacement, actually was told to buy a new faucet. GRRRRR  And yes we drained the lines, it is designed to drain outdoors.

Now in September we are working on the front porch. Plan is to get the porch screened in next year. Hank bit a small dog and the cost to us was my funds for stuff, thanks Hank.......

We have many small projects to complete, 3 sheets of 2 inch foam insulation to install and we need to wrap the back wall.

I'll get some pics up next post.

Dec. 14-15 Dead of winter already???

Just a note after not having been up for 4-5 weeks we made the trip. Cold Cold Cold. Temp inside was 20 degrees and we worked to get it warm all day. Running the kerosene heater really holds the temps up to the livable stage, especially at night.

Didn't do anything but jell by the fire and eat. We were all tired and called it  a night at 8pm so got a good nights sleep.

Snowed about 2-4 inches while we were up. REALLY need to fix the 4X4 on truck, roads are not super clear on weekends.

Winter really has  been super cold, started in November with single digits. Not sure how much we will do this winter if temps keep staying so low.

And yes winter doesn't officially begin till the 21st, according to Ben.

Nov. 9-10 cold rainy weekend

Not much happening this weekend. Cold rainy weather, lots of wind. Really painful sinus "face ache" woooo, hurt hurt hurt.

I brought up a cabinet from work no longer needed. It will be used in the cabin for a bit and then go out to the barn once done.

Emily came up and that was nice, got to have a good long talk and enjoy her company.

Still need to work on the leaves, oh well go wind go blow then away.

Oct. 19-20th Fall is here

Cold, rainy Saturday. Weather cleared long enough that we hit the pumpkin patch at Bart's so the kids could run around a bit. Pretty stiff breeze made it a short trip though.

Hey I'm looking at you..... I need that treat ....

Sunday we finally got up the energy to do stuff and finally hung the bathroom door properly. I found a new way to do doors ( up till now I hate hanging doors, but not now).

http://www.thequickdoorhanger.com/  sold through Home Depot. Very quick and level first time!

I actually spent Saturday raking leaves and working up a first class set of blisters, wasn't all lay around time.

And with cold temps coming fast we pulled the pump so we are now on winter water rules/ Hopefully next year we get the pump submerged and can leave the water connected all year.

Oct. 12-13

Saturday weather WAS PERFECT for October. Wow, warm, slight breeze and colors aplenty. Spent time doing "NOTHING" and just being. We did look at potential spots for the shed. The green tarp was spread out to simulate the width of the shed so we could look at it from the house. It will be a 10x12 shed with 3 foot front lip and a 3 foot side that is sheltered.

These two clowns are looking for the chipmunk which had already snuck out the other end and took off.

And a shot of one of the cooking most requested dinners. Beer bread with "bratghetti". Basically brats with the skins removed and cooked in red wine. Then added to marinara and spaghetti . The beer bread this time was a onion, garlic, chive recipe. Very tasty. We also made oatmeal cookies which do not last very long, no need for storage containers.

I did do some work on siding, we need 18!!!! pieces to call the three main walls completed. I also put 2 cases of flooring down in the kitchen and figure we need at least 3 more to finish hall. Two big projects finally done. Next trip we are trimming the bathroom door and hooking up the electric heater upstairs. We built a small fire in the stove when we arrived to beat off the chill in the place. Time goes too fast somedays. Nap and it was 4.30 time to drive back. Left the heater on for the pump room. Supposed to be cold Sunday night and do not want to freeze up the pump. Probably need to switch to winter camping next time up.

Sept. 27-29th Fall is in the air

"Fall" as in falling acorns, never seen or experienced so many falling acorns. Got pegged in the head 3 times, it was dangerous to be in the backyard this weekend.

Spent Saturday working on the siding. Lots of little stuff to make it all fit nice. Had a pulled hamstring and it helped to slow me down. We got the pieces cut for the next 4 rows which get us to the top. Plan was to do that on Sunday but we had an outage and had to leave early. 

My plans are to close in the porch and make it a 3 season room.

saw? what saw?

Argh, we started to work on the front of the cabin. We need the jigsaw to cut around the door stoop. Not happening as the saw is back at home.

But we did work on the chicken palace and had fun being up north. Had a nice nap Sunday while it rained. Also watch out for acorn season began, got pegged in the head ouch.

Holy speed demons batman!!!

Yikes! That is some impressive speedtest. We switched to a different carrier and it will only add about 15 a month to what the old system cost. But we gain like 20 megs of screaming fast...... Up your butt frank the buffalo....

August 23-25th beautiful weather, how do people get anything done up here.....kept it low key and slow. Walked the dogs, went to Willow Tree for dinner Saturday in West Branch. Very nice.

We bought 4 more sheets of 4x 12 drywall and they are ready to go when we work on the walls.

August 10-11

Worked on upstairs bedroom this weekend. Got two sheets of drywall hung and dimensions of room started forming up. There will be built in drawers along the north wall and a closet on the south wall. Opening will be made for a double door to allow easy air flow through the upstairs. 

Crappy camera just does not grab the beauty of the sun slowly setting. Much nicer in person.
We cleaned off the front porch and began to figure out the wall for siding and getting the house wrap installed. Really want to frame in the porch better and make it look nicer.

Found a better (hopefully) solution to the Internet connection. Should be able to test next time up there.