Last night, after an early morning trek back from Houston to make a T-Ball game, a quick re-build of the deck of the trailer, a trip to Lowes to pickup 11 new fruit trees AND a trip to Home Depot to pickup a massive auger, my little man chose to ...

10 months after purchasing a small 2 bedroom 2 bathroom ranch home in need of some love and a lot of work, we have crossed the line to what we would reasonably call the "after" stage of the remodel/addition.  I'm not sure if you ever feel completely finished ...

An open loop is a trick. Well, when it is used on purpose it is a trick to keep your attention. I did it to you on accident. When I told you in November that I'd show you the entire process of demo, construction and finish out of my new house ...

Ever since I was a child, I've absolutely loved being out on open land. When I was in junior high our family had a piece of land that we called a ranch in central Texas that I absolutely fell in love with. I'd fish, shoot, explore, ride four ...

As the great Yogi Berra once said, It aint over till it's over.

The remodel has taken a month off due to rain.  We are not complaining too loudly as we appreciate the rain on our drought depleted soil.  It has allowed for some grass seed to take ...

Fine.  I was going to hold out on any more updates until we were completely finished (at least with this original plan,) but I understand that I have many of you anxious to see more.  I appreciate the calls, texts and emails asking for more info.  I really appreciate those ...

We are certainly not there yet, but each time we stop by the house it is looking

more and more like home  We keep having to remind ourselves that this is by

all means a new house.  You can literally only lay your eyes on about 4 things 

that survived ...