Wannabe Homeless for a week

"Somebody once said I had a face for radio, and a voice for newspapers" - Jerry Springer

Good evening all. I trust that you have had a good week.

This week has been an annual feast / party / camping trip for us. We are doing our impersonation of Frogman Henry If you have been following along from last week, you know what I’m talking about. This right here is one of those little tricks that cold-hearted capitalist influencers, like me, use to get those of you who didn’t read last weeks blog to go ahead and click over there so you can be in on the story too. I’ve basically just rickrolled you all. I’m just that good.

Anyway, here are a few pictures of our digs for the last week. Also, Farm Dog©.

With the woodstove in the tent, it’s actually quite comfortable. The kids each have their own tent site. We are constantly upgrading the glamping spot into something a little more civilized. Think “National Park classic architecture meets Victorian England” service. I’m currently interviewing for “the help” right now. In the meantime though, The Boy and I decided that we needed to upgrade the kitchen facilities to something a bit more civilized.

I’m sure that one Jonathan Higgins would be proud. That was a test. We just found out how many of you can keep up with my brain storms.

No but seriously …. here is the table

Yes, as a matter of fact that is the mythical three burner Coleman stove. Not bad huh? Locally sourced lumber, three coats of lacquer (prolly going to do like three more). It’s all rustic and shit.

Cooked up some chili the other night.

Yeah…. I was thinking about it too…

What else is going on?…..

Well…..the well pressure switch took a dump over the weekend.

Easy enough to fix.

Out with the old, in with the new. I figured I might as well install a new pressure gauge since I was pulling the old crap off anyway. Surprisingly, all the old fittings came off without any cursing or breaking of fittings. Those of you with any experience taking old galvi or black pipe fittings off know exactly what I’m talking about. So…that took like 30 minutes (not counting the trip to town). I figured I might as well replace the house water filter while I was at it.

If you buy (and you should) anything from our links, Bezos gives us a kickback - no change in price for you. I’m required to say that. Seriously, don’t make me get all Sally Strothers on y’all.

So…yeah water up and running again after not too long.

The Wife made up a batch of jelly the other day.

I’m sure its great. By the way, for those of you playing along with the home game, your Elderberry Tincture should be about two thirds done. That’s another influencer trick. I just referenced an earlier post with a link. If you want the recipe, you must click.

She has also been working on a project for a client. I guess it will end up being a fancypants set of curtains. She’s very good at this kind of thing, and you all need to hire her. The rates are reasonable.

The kids are doing fine. Julia is doing school at the house now. Online. Don’t ask, it’s complicated - but for the best. Pete is doing quite well in school and seems to be making some friends. This is good.

I can’t think of anything else right now. I’m going to wrap this up.