Happy Holidays!

Here's hoping the holiday season finds you all in good health and in a good mood. THe past few weeks have seen some progress on several fronts. I recently experimented with some unusual home canning. Hummis and home squeezed grapefruit juice. Both worked out! I'm sure we lost some enzymes and vitamins on the juice, but we bought three cases of grapefruit from our school's FFA and I've always wanted to try this out. We also got to spin out of our combs...about a gallon and a half of our own honey! Plus wax; candles will be the next experiment...

We have this week off from teaching and we're using it to finish the wiring and plumbing at the common house. I have two junction boxes to finish up to complete the circuits. There's A bit more to do on the drain and supply plumbing; about 4 more pvc fittings will complete the below floor part of the drain system. The supply lines are going smoothly, I'm experimenting with "PEX" flexible pipe and crimp on fittings. So far I like it a lot, we'll see after I pressurize things a bit.

Phil has begun the final steps for enclosing his driveway side room. He's been working on his crafted main door and side lites with his "Woodhenge Door Style".

Today we'll be spending a couple of hours on the plumbing and wiring and then we'll be having some some fun with our "ELBG's" (Evil Looking Black Guns). In reality they are cheap former soviet bloc military surplus rifles that we got at Herb Phillipsons's. They fire really cheap 7.62 x 39 mm ammo and can make a scrap toilet really hop around!

All for now. -Jim-