Well, this turned out to be a beautiful day, after having a really cold spell, it got back up in the mid 50s this afternoon. Barbara came to help me again, and did she ever! Not only did she work, but she pushed me to finish this section.  We repaired this section of wall that was damaged last spring when I had 20 inches of rain in one week, it got too wet and fell, had I had plaster on it, it would have been ok, my bad! Well, that is all this week, until next time. God bless you and keep you. Ozarkmoma

Happy Dirt Day To All!! Well, after a few more set backs, I actually managed to work on the house yesterday with great success, at least to me it was. I laid the next row on the section that has the log stairs in it, I put the last log step in and another light tube. I even laid a few more buttress bags, and all the pain I am experiencing at this time, and through the night is worth it, now, if my poor old aching bones can take it and the Almighty is willing, I will get as much done today. I will try to keep you posted. God bless!! Ozarkmoma

Dirt Day 5-24-2010

    Well, dip me in dirt, I managed to completely miss another week last week didn't I!!!! I could list off a bunch of excuses, but what would be the point? Below you can see what is left of the clay that was in the blue tub, not much~ it only took a few good thunderstorms to wash it away, the before picture is on flickr, you can click on the flickr link to go there, if interested.

   I can't believe I missed doing any work on the house last week, and now it is so hot I am sure I will not be able to get much done, but I can't give up, and I won't give up, but this am I worked on trying to put the swing set together and that didn't go too well. I finally quit on that, and was going to plaster, but the mixer needs some new parts, I am sure I won't be able to order them, so will have to get some help to take it apart and go to that bolt and screw company in Russellville to see if they could fix me up with some bushing or something that would work, but I could end up replacing the whole assembly, so, have to mix plaster by hand until all of that happens, and that is bad, really bad, took me hours to mix a small load, the sun was just beating down on me and sucking my energy right out of me, it is really hard getting old, I remember only two years ago I could hold up to it a lot better, but, being inactive last summer is probably what did me in, I am a firm believer in keeping your old bones moving, I am sure if you don't you will loose your muscle and strength, and I now have proof... DUH. I can't tell you how many times I have told my friends to keep moving their bodies, I am so bad about not following my own advice! DOUBLE DUH! So, today I put on a small load of plaster around the inside of the pantry door, tomorrow I will do better, and that will be the last day this week I will be able to work on the house, dag-nab-it. So, God bless you all, and will blog again tomorrow. Ozarkmoma

Dirt Day 05/06/2010

 Sorry I missed a week, I was trying to cut down trees last week while it was cooler in hopes that the snakes would be too cold to move. I did manage to clear a little bit of the field, still have a long way to go. 

  Had a hard time getting myself motivated this week, but once I finally did I made good progress. The inside of the dome is completely covered with rough plaster now, and next week I will try to get at least one pod done, hopefully both of them, and then all that is left for plaster will be the rest of the outside, then I can start filling bags all of the time with plaster breaks here and there, from now on I will keep it plastered as I go.

  I decided to clear out a different screening area in the dirt pile so I can move the mixer and clean up around the outside of the house some, so with the dirt I was having to move in order to do that, I filled more bags on the greenhouse room. I was not able to finish that project, about 3pm I couldn't take the heat anymore, and plus I had to take care of the animals, and get ready for work on Friday. 
  So, just  so you will be able to see the difference plaster can make, I took a picture of the big wall after I finished with the plaster, and you can compare with the first time I plastered it, with ' chinking ' plaster. The angles are not the same, as usual I didn't think about getting the angles the same, but it is close enough, at least you can see that it is looking better, there is still hope!!!!

 That is all for this week, may God bless you all. Ozarkmoma

Dirt Day 03-15-2010

Hey LouMagoo, I will have to have your help with making that video, maybe not, I will see what I can work out, it may have to be a two part video though. I worked out there a little while this afternoon, almost done with the other end wall of the greenhouse room. Didn't have the camera with me of course, so will get some pictures tomorrow. May God bless you all. Ozarkmoma

Dirt Day 03-11-2010

Good day! No work on the house today, I have been working on web site stuff. If God is willing though, I will be out there Sunday or Monday, until then, may the Almighty bless you. Ozarkmoma