This happened back in September, but I want the photo public. It’s apparently too big to fit through outlook.com filters. I usually shrink my phone photos, but I want this one full sized. It’s the only evidence we have that a footer (that trench on the far side of the hot tub) was poured andContinue reading “Patio Pre-Pour”
Category Archives: Rapid City
Yearbook Tiles
Fifteen years ago, we had an idea for a fun backsplash for the bar: Have our friends sign tiles. We managed the latter, but we never put them up. They’re up, now. A picture of the whole kitchen would be helpful for context. One sec… That’s the downstairs, rental-to-be kitchen. Rick finished the tile, yesterday.Continue reading “Yearbook Tiles”
Chicken/Egg Problem
If it is digging up the dirt, how did it get on top of the dirt? I wasn’t watching, so I don’t know.
Beer Fest
Rapid City has one. 2023 was the sixth annual, even. It was great fun, even if I did only make it halfway through. Something to rectify next year. How do you know you’re old? When you say, “I wish I had a notebook to write down the ones I like,” then realize that you haveContinue reading “Beer Fest”
Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch LXI 2
Biscuits The biscuit saga continues so I left the roman numeral the same. Because I’m me, all sorts of things changed. They were larger in diameter because I made them egg-ring size, not biscuit-cutter size, to make bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits. I decided to “go big” and hammer them with leavening. 120 g HungarianContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch LXI 2”
Rapid City Needs a Micro-Nuke
If an Alaskan airbase can get one, perhaps we can work with Ellsworth, AFB. More later, but I have had that open in browser tab for almost a month. Time to get it archived.
Less Than Half The Host I Was
Ah, nostalgia. I just stumbled across these looking for a picture of Thanksgiving tofurkey, which is highly contraindicated. I only did it once, hence the hard to find picture. This was a church event right after we moved to Denver. That’s why the table is setup in the living room. We chopped 18 inches offContinue reading “Less Than Half The Host I Was”
Grading Fail
I’m not sure what to do about this. The new back driveway was poured yesterday. I didn’t expect a grade test so quickly, but it rained last night. This is not the desired outcome. There is good news: That dry line across the bottom of the garage door is an improvement and the rest ofContinue reading “Grading Fail”
Half Done – and it works!
The patio is poured and usable, if not officially “cured.” We tested it out on Sunday. The driveway segment is ready to pour. We didn’t do the entire thing. About that much again to the left. It was badly graded and rain would run into the garage and was causing that side of the houseContinue reading “Half Done – and it works!”
I’m So Excited
And I just can’t hide it. It’s a bit early to be excited, but the patio/deck construction is finally starting! Patio first. There’s a bit of a perspective/photographic scale issue there, but it really is a YUGE patio at about a third of the back yard. Scale is even harder to see here: The plansContinue reading “I’m So Excited”
Marked Up 