Monthly Archives: January 2014

ManCave Update: Primer on the Screen…

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Living Out Here

On Wednesday evening I decided to put the primer coat on our screen and do a little electrical work.  It was pretty obvious with the first coat that the drywall was sucking it right up. In the end, I went … Continue reading →

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Something Just Ain’t Right…

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Living Out Here

I’m used to rain and cold messing with my DSL, but we’ve had seriously degraded Internet for the past several days, even when it is sunny outside. This is my speed test results this morning.  I did look into getting … Continue reading →

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Cold!

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Living Out Here

Eva nudged me at 5 this morning to deal with Little Kitty.  She spent the night indoors last night due to the extreme Arctic temps, and by about 5AM, she was done with people living.  It was kind of funny … Continue reading →

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ManCave Update: So Glad I Didn’t Try This…

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Living Out Here

Our Tape & Float guy showed up Wednesday morning and got started early, working most of the day.  This guy is really good and I’ll be glad to provide his contact information to anyone in the area needing his help.  … Continue reading →

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ManCave Update: Framed…

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Living Out Here

Just a quick look at the frame around the projection screen as we wait for the tape & float guy.  The frame is a simple 1 X 4 and I ran it through the router to round over the outside … Continue reading →

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My Daily Deer…

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Living Out Here

We were headed out somewhere on Saturday and while Eva waited in the truck I ran out to pop my SD card into the deer camera and toss some corn out.  I heard the snap of a stick and looked … Continue reading →

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ManCave Update: Ready to Tape and Float…

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Living Out Here

So not a whole lot of action this week.  After we finished with the sheet rock I went ahead and put up the projection screen.  As you can see, the screen is simply more sheet rock.  The plan is to … Continue reading →

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ManCave Update: We Have Walls!

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Living Out Here

The kids came over on Saturday and we took advantage of the beautiful weather to work on two projects simultaneously.  Eva and Roxanne had a girls project which was to expand our grilling area with the left over rock from … Continue reading →

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ManCave Update: Ceiling is up…

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Living Out Here

On Friday afternoon, we went to Home Depot to grab the insulation we would need for the attic.  When we got to the register, I whipped out my military ID card for the usual discount both Lowe’s and Home Depot … Continue reading →

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ManCave Update: Insulation In, Flying Deer…

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Living Out Here

On New Years day we took a little drive to Home Depot to look at some insulation.  I had done some research online and was prepared to get everything from Lowe’s, but as luck would have it, we stopped into … Continue reading →

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