Spring Cleaning......AKA Nesting?

So nothing is really happening here at the cave....OH wait, scratch that! Today I did cut down 2 large and out of control Holly bushes (MONSTERS!) and what a difference it makes to our curb appeal. Most importantly the view from the porch is awesome!!!
I finally cleared out all of the tools and trim molding that was on the porch and now we can sit out there, drink our sweet tea, eat our grits and hollar "HOWDY"

Here are a couple of pictures of our weekend. The ones of Kelsey are some of my favorite shots that I have taken so far with the Xti. The other is 1 case of homebrew that was capped today. I took a little advice from my buddy Josh who makes my favorite IPA in the freakin world and did some hop adding to the bottles. Cross your fingers and if you see Josh tell him I am coming for his title as brewmaster

Some DIY projects involve a nice beverage.

When we first moved to NC statelaw mandated that ABV in beer could not be greater than I believe 6. Soon after they changed that to 15% So then the great people of NC, even Dook fans, could enjoy some of the great IPAs and Barleywines that before the could not. Well now they can enjoy em, but they have to pay out the freakin nose for them. And it doesn't seem to be the Hoppy beers that are popular here, which are the ones I love. So I started a new DIY project yesterday ....

I love me some insulation!

And some closets too! One thing about this big ol cave is that the closets were pretty small. Well the downstairs closets anyway. We haven't really spent much time upstairs, well until the day after turkey day when we decided to remodel it all. So we went and made three more closets. 12ft long, 9 foot long and then one really funky shaped one that might just hold all of our kayaking and backpacking gear. Probably just the kayaking gear, but we will see.

So what have we been doing? Well I have spent the last couple of weekends insulating the closets and attic space of this joint! I did pink stuff for my closets, but we blew in the cellulose stuff for the attic. I have to say that blow-in stuff was a breeze. I was able to blow in 17 bags of that stuff in just 1.5 hours. And does it work? Well last night the temp was 60 when I went to bed and 58 when I woke up. Only 2 degrees drop over night...with no heat on and the downstairs door closed. Oh yeah it was 25 outside last night. Yeah for insulation!

Nothing much is happening here for a little bit. I will keep everyone posted.......:)