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Horse Tack: Saddle Fender Replacement

By Tyson Davis | Horse Tack, Saddles | 0 comment | 25 July, 2017 | 0

So here is the story about how I decided to do my own saddle fender replacement. I have this older saddle that I keep around just in case I need one with a little bit of a different tree for another horse. Not that I have current plans to get another horse but I just didn’tRead more

Thoughts on Horsemanship – 9 Things to Avoid With Your Horse

By Tyson Davis | Thoughts on Horsemanship | 0 comment | 22 July, 2017 | 0

Thoughts on Horsemanship Thoughts on horsemanship: 9 things to avoid with your horse, what do I mean by that. Well you may have seen someone with a horse that is overexposed, perhaps it has happened to you before. I know I have been in that situation before, you can’t blame yourself for getting into thisRead more

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Thoughts on Horsemanship – #1 The Start

By Tyson Davis | Thoughts on Horsemanship | 1 comment | 17 July, 2017 | 0

I thought I would start a section about my thoughts on horsemanship and my journey of growth with my horse. So let’s start at the beginning, I have loved cowboys since I was a little child. Every year I wanted to dress up as one for Halloween, it got so consistent that my dad startedRead more

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Thoughtful Thursday – Sprinkler Valves and Being Grateful

By Russell Dennis | Life Lessons, Thoughtful Thursday's | 0 comment | 15 July, 2017 | 0

My thoughts on being grateful sparked by this story: The other day we had some friends over to the house for a BBQ and while in the back yard enjoying ourselves one friend noticed that the area by our air conditioner was a little flooded.  I assumed the area was flooding because we had been runningRead more

Thoughtful Thursday – Being Happy vs Being Successful

By Russell Dennis | Life Lessons, Thoughtful Thursday's | 0 comment | 13 July, 2017 | 1

I recently started reading a book called “The Happiness Advantage” by Shawn Achor and I wanted to share some thoughts I had around what I have read so far.  It is apparent in our society that we are focused on wealth and looks and being successful, so much so, that we often put our successRead more

DIY Kitchen Table

By Tyson Davis | DIY, Interior | 0 comment | 13 June, 2017 | 1

So with all the house renovations, I have been doing (you can see some of them here) it turns out that I have needed a kitchen table for a while. It took my wife Kristen telling me that she wanted one now for me to realize that though! Talk about getting your head down andRead more

Building A Pole Barn Shed From Scratch P4 – Planning Pole Barn Electrical

By Russell Dennis | DIY, Exterior | 1 comment | 30 May, 2017 | 0

Planning The Pole Barn Electrical Planning the pole barn electrical was quite a bit easier than the rest of the planning stages.  I first talked with a friend who did electrical work for a living to get an idea of what would be required and there were only a few things that were needed whichRead more

DIY Concrete Countertops: Finishing

By Tyson Davis | Interior, My Old House | 0 comment | 15 May, 2017 | 0

After polishing the concrete countertops they are now ready to be finished. This takes a couple of steps One is to seal the concrete because concrete is porous and the second is to add a polishing wax which protects the surface. The materials needed are: Concrete Sealer Concrete Wax Squeegee This process takes a littleRead more

DIY Concrete Countertops: Polishing

By Tyson Davis | Interior, My Old House | 4 comments | 15 May, 2017 | 0

After getting all the concrete countertops taken out of the forms I had to get some help from a couple friends to get the larger ones moved to where I would polish them. This is done with a wet polisher, so I had to do this outside since there is a lot of water. HereRead more

DIY Concrete Countertops: Grinding

By Tyson Davis | Interior, My Old House | 0 comment | 15 May, 2017 | 0

After feeling like having to wait forever for the concrete countertops to cure I was able to smooth out the bottom surface that was exposed since the counters are upside down when in the form. Now normally you wouldn’t have to do this but because I made a mistake calculating the amount of concrete IRead more

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