Porch is finished..New project started..Eric and family visiting Seth..

Yesterday (Friday) morning we were both awakened at about 0405 with the bed shaking! What the heck, I thought Ken was having a bad dream and he thought I was having one, nope it was a 6.5 earthquake! Centered between Mina NV and Tonopah NV about 100 miles or so from here.  Wow..was that exciting! 😊  Karen called about two minutes later, guess with all her glass things in the house she had a lot of clanging going on, she lost a glass ball with sand in it and not sure what else. 

We did fall back to sleep for a bit, but then was awake around 0500. Did our usual morning routine and then got ready to head for Lowe's in Fernley (about 100 mile round trip).  

Time to get some more tech deck to finish the little porch out back.  Ken also needed some concrete and wood for another project. On the way we saw Johnny and Joel were at Johnny's property in Silver Springs so we took a drive over but they obviously were out riding their UTVS.  Should have figured because once they're out this way they're always on the go. Well, that put at least a 45 minute bump in our trip. 

Got to Lowe's and got everything we needed.  They only had 3 crummy pieces of the tech deck we needed so we went for 1x6 wood instead. It's going to be painted anyway, so you can't tell it's different.  We headed home, that was our only stop for a change. It was a quick, late lunch once we got here. 

20 bags of concrete and some wood..

Ken got started on finishing the back porch and that he did. Looks good. Once he finished and cleaned up it was happy hour time (late at that).  We ended up on the back porch and just enjoyed the evening. 

Our Little Red Campfire! Works awesome on the porch!

Eventually it cooled off so he brought the little red campfire on the porch and we watched the sun go down.  That propane fireplace is perfect for the porch. 😊

We had a late quick dinner and then called it a night. 

This morning (Saturday) we had the alarm set for 0445 so we could have coffee at 0600.  For some reason I had a queasy stomach so turned it off and then woke again at 0600.  All better then. Had our coffees and visiting with blogging friends. After breakfast it was time to get to work. I painted the 2x4 that was going to be trim while finished what he needed to do on the porch. 

Time to get to work painting the porch and two of the steps that needed a touch up.  He wants to put up a shelf on the wall on the right, just in case he barbecues up there to get out of the wind.  I'll be looking for a chair of some kind to fill the space :) 

What it looked like before...

and now!!

Ken started his new project of a sitting area not too far from the porch. He'll be pouring stem walls tomorrow. Today was all about getting it ready for that. Looking good. He was thinking a concrete patio but with the cost involved decided to go for rock which is fine with me. 

20 bags of concrete backed up to the area he'll be working on..

He's got the forms going..our property slopes downhill and this really shows it!

Now that we're done with today's project Karen invited us over for Happy Hour!
We'll head there in a bit. 

 Now we're home, turkey burgers and sides for dinner. After a bit bed..have a good night. 

Eric, Christina and Mason are down south to give Seth his car (know he's happy about that) and to visit with him. Stole a few pics from FB..

I so love this picture of Mason and Seth walking..it's been
months since they've seen each other..Oh my heart 💙💙

Well, i tried to steal another Pic or two..but it didn't work..Have a good night everyone!