December 20 2022

Haven't written in almost 2 years. Lately I've been getting back into painting spots that we left off back when we moved in. I installed a new thermostat last weekend. We have added weather stripping to the doors lately. Also caulked two windows on the west side and plastic wrapped them since they're very drafty. A few weeks ago Ianaged to get the old furnace out of the basement and I've been spraying bleach / water on the black mold to kill it off. I'd like to paint a layer of kilz once it's scrubbed up enough but that's going to be a lot of work to clean. I've cleaned out the garage a lot. Removed all the Styrofoam and plastic. There are several rotten boards inside that will need to get replaced once I can stop the leaks that caused the rotten boards. We did get an estimate from Tomlinson & cannon on the basement foundation. It will be about $8-10k. We decided a smart move before all of that is to get the gutters redone. They're all shitty, too small, angled incorrectly, etc. 

Outside we did a ton of work this year. The old hog shed pad has been cleaned up and Jillian planted a ton of flowers around it. Downhill from there we mowed the whole area and spread lots of prairie seeds that should help with soil erosion caused by the septic and just rain runoff. If we burn in the spring I think we should see a dramatic difference in that area. We planted a bored of Austrey willows on the west, north and east side of the north end of the yard to help with wind. Also planted 25 sugar maples and 25 service berries all over the place. More to come!

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