With everything that has been going on recently, the recent death of my mom and some changes in my job which required me to go through an intensive background check, getting a new roof - which should be happening this week hopefully -installed on the house and our new wood pellet stove installed next weekend (more on that in a bit). I've simply not been able to move forward on some simple projects. For example, I wanted to get the mulch pile for the gardens started in mid October. Now here it was, getting into late October/early November and I still didn't have any mulch piles started. Nor do I think that I'll have them ready by spring. For example, not only do I have to deal with my Dad's needs - he's currently living with my brother, which is roughly a 75 minute drive south of me - but I've meetings with a lawyer, insurance to sort out and other things. Thanks do to an internal change in my company, I have to fingerprinted and undergo an inte
Can the City Mouse adjust to life in the country? The day to day adventures of a "city boy" in rural PA trying to adjust to things like chopping wood, growing his own food and dealing with the horrors of the complete lack of a decent Chinese restaurant.