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Month: November 2016

Happy Birthday Stinky Feet!

Happy Birthday Stinky Feet!

Yesterday was a slack off today and today is the Kid’s birthday.  And since nobody wants to work on their birthday, the Planner and the Kid had another free day.  But this was a fun day.  Not one bit of work was done. This day has been in the making for weeks and weeks.  The Kid has been counting down for months and months.  Seriously.  He started sometime after summer.  “Hey mumma, it’s only three months till my B-Day!”  “Hey…

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Trench a Deck

Trench a Deck

What a Monday! This was my view outside my office this morning.  Yes, I know.  I have the best job ever.  And this was my view when I came home this afternoon.  Yes, I know.  I have the best family ever. After a week long staycation, it was decided that today was going to be an easy day.  Since all the electrical lines are working and the PVC lines are not leaking after having held pressure for 24 hours, the…

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Well Wired for Shower

Well Wired for Shower

Can’t believe another week has gone by.  Seriously need to consider taking a real vacation.  Go hiking or camping or something.  This work, work, work all day long can get to be just too much. The rational part of the mind says “look at all the was accomplished in these few days”, “your now living the long-lived dream”, “time spent with family is never time wasted”.  Yada, yada, yada.  All I know is tomorrow is Monday and I have to…

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BBQ Turkey in Aluminum Foil

BBQ Turkey in Aluminum Foil

Several weeks ago when the Planner completed another Texas Triangle trip ago, Boxes in Fields repossessed the BBQ pit from the Doubter.  For the last few years, it has resided at his lake house where he modified it by adding the firebox.  Being it was his BBQ pit in the first place that he donated to us and was donated back to him, I guess he could modify it all he wanted.  Lately however, the Doubter has decided wood BBQ…

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Move in Ready

Move in Ready

The day has finally come.  Can you believe it?  Not me, and I just did it.  The Airstream has moved to Boxes in Fields.  The property is no longer just the property, Boxes in Fields is now home.  There is septic, electricity, and water.  Okay, there is not a well or city water, but there is enough water in an IBC tote to last a few weeks.  I mean good golly, there is already 14KWH on the meter just from…

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Electrical Wire and a Vacuum

Electrical Wire and a Vacuum

Compared to yesterday, today was an easy day.  It was just the installation of the RV power pole and the running of the electrical lines. Simple, right? Right, simply taking all day to complete these two simple tasks.  Last week while the Planner was in big city #1, he gained some insights on how to easily pull electrical wiring through the conduit.  This advice did not come the 35+ year master electrician.  No, this advice came from a 35+ year…

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Another Staycation

Another Staycation

The holiday season is upon us.  Holidays are a time to visit with family, extended family, and friends who are like family.  Holidays are that one time a year when differences are put aside and you are grateful to have family and friends to share in the festivities.  In the words of the Doubter, “sheeeet”. Yeah right, holidays are about spending money.  Money spent on gifts for them, gifts for you.  Money spent on food, travel, clothes, decorations, and all…

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Trench, Trench, Trench

Trench, Trench, Trench

* This is a short post.  Having completed this post and while preparing videos to place inside, the internet went wonky and the post was lost.  As in to quote Buzz Lightyear “GONE! ALL GONE!”  It was not be found in the web browser history, cache, or in deleted folders.  It was just gone. Poof. Two hours worth of work, GONE.  So yeah, this is a crappy post and I apologize * Trench, trench, trench….all day long.  Once the finesse…

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Third and Final Hole to Nowhere

Third and Final Hole to Nowhere

The first Hole to Nowhere was dug because the Planner and the Kid were simply doing what boys do.  The second Hole to Nowhere was dug to contain water being pumped out of the well in efforts to produce better tasting water.  The third and final hole to nowhere, well it was dug professionally. Crazy huh, even professionals dig holes to nowhere. Living in a small town does have its benefits, sometimes.  Last week, after hearing about the well being…

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Second Easier Roll-Off

Second Easier Roll-Off

D-day, again.  Today for the second roll-off job, it was just the Planner, the Kid, the neighbor kid, and me today.  The Doubter had other commitments this weekend.  But don’t worry, he called about a dozen times the few days before and a few dozen times over the weekend.  It absolutely killed him the roll-off had to wait till Sunday to be removed from the trailer. He just couldn’t understand why it couldn’t be done earlier.  It wasn’t like there…

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Let the Spending Begin

Let the Spending Begin

Ahh, the big box stores.  There is a love hate relationship from the word go.  Love to go, love to roam around, love to feel the possibilities of improvements.  Hate to roam around looking for 32 gallon trash can because who knew they are not found in the lawn and garden section, hate the disappointment when only lidded 32 gallon trash cans are available, hate the fact the purchase total is never less than a $100. Building materials are expensive. …

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The Shitty Choice

The Shitty Choice

The goal of Boxes in Fields has always been to build conscientious of the surroundings and the environment. Sustainable, to use a cliche. I read somewhere people can be part of a movement and not be on the extreme fringes. For example, moving from a 3500 square foot house to a 2500 sq ft house might seem not seem like much of a sacrifice to the reduction warrior in his 36 sq ft dumpster home conversion, but reducing is reducing….

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Texas Triangle

Texas Triangle

The Texas Triangle. When Boxes in Fields needs to visit both big city #2 and big city #1 on the same day, the drive makes a triangle on the map.  This trip is strongly avoided for it makes for a very long day.   From home base to big city #2 where containers are bought is three hours.  Big city #2 to big city #1 where loaner machinery and tools are located is another three hours.  Big city #1 to home…

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Road Tripping

Road Tripping

Decided to take a break from Boxes In Fields for a road trip to big city #1.  In the next coming week, ditches will be dug in preparation for water and electrical lines and the backhoe attached was being borrowed for the tractor.  Digging 300 feet of trench 2 feet deep by hand was not an option and it would take more than a day for a rental usage.  Rental fees for a days worth of use for a trencher…

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Safety First

Safety First

Safety, safety, safety.  This is something I cannot stress enough.  Machines are mean and are NEVER to be trusted.  If you don’t believe me, just scroll through the internet one day.  Machines break, cut, disembowel, and kill people.  Jesh, that sounds so harsh.  But the truth is the truth and hiding from the truth only gets you dumb.  There, I stated that nicely. When working with machinery the first and most important safety skill to observe every minute of every…

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Shitty Choices

Shitty Choices

We eat. All of us. If you don’t eat, then you better get to reading, cause you’re not gonna be here long. And boy do we love to eat. Grab some fast food stats and you will be floored at the amount of crap we shove down our gullets. And here’s the kicker, everything that goes in, sooner or later must come out. The average human poops 128 grams per day or about 4.5 ozs. Now I would speculate in…

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The Fun Times

The Fun Times

It seems as though as it is all work and no play and that is just not true. There has been lots of fun times at Boxes in Fields, too. The Yodeling doggo.  If we owned ten thousands acres to roam around, doggo would be found day after day at 10,001 acre mark.  To keep her from roaming away while working, she is tied to the tree or left in the car, depending upon the heat and length of stay. …

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It’s Just a Roll-Off

It’s Just a Roll-Off

D-Day.  It wasn’t good then and I didn’t anticipate it being good today either.  The unloading of the first shipping container has been a source of stress for everyone in various levels.  Weeeeeell, that might be a stretch.  I was stressing it, the Planner’s dad (the Doubter) is helping and he is slightly stressing, so inadvertently it is stressing the Planner.  The box has been sitting on the trailer for the last week taunting me.  It’s so much taller and…

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Haven’t Got the Power

Haven’t Got the Power

Last Friday the Planner and the Kid purchased a power pole from an approved seller.  An approved seller, what is that you ask?  According to the only local power supplier (the company who owns all the power lines) in this area, the power pole must built using pre-approved components to their exact specifications.  To our luck, the poles can be bought from an approved seller and installed yourself.  The assembled pole comes with the correct electrical meter box for your…

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