Ok, I’m done bragging about what a greasy knuckle dragger I am for the night

Latest version of the dad bike, about to go take my son to go ride some actual trails for the first time #bikestr #dadstr

After weeks of rain and/or getting home from work after dark I finally got to go for a ride with my boy. It doesn’t get much better. #bikestr #dadstr

Planting some trees with my boy today #dadstr #permaculture #silvopasture #homesteading

A line clearance crew hooked us up with two truck loads of wood chips a couple days ago. I’m looking forward to getting as much of the farm mulched as I can over this four day weekend. It’s going to be a lot of work but it should save me a lot of time come spring when time is the most scarce.

GM #fiatmining

Reorganized my “90% bags” this morning. The bigger bag has what I use 90% of the time when installing or modernizing elevators and lives on my cart daily. The smaller bag is my trouble call bag, I can get a broken down elevator back up and running with it 90% of the time. The stuff I use for the other 10% fills up a Dodge 5500 with an 11ft service bed. #toolstr

Thanksgiving weekend stuff

It was a good day

7 years off the booze today. If you can drink like a normal person that’s cool, I can’t. Without going into too much detail, I had 3 major life events happen all within 3 weeks of each other that made it abundantly clear I was on a path to destroy my life if I continued to drink. While it really sucked at the time, I’m very grateful things went down the way they did. If those 3 events happened say within a 3 year span instead of 3 weeks, I doubt I would have came to my senses. I don’t credit myself much for my sobriety, of course it takes will power and discipline but those are gifts from God. Also, my dad, a recovering alcoholic who has been sober since he found out my mom was pregnant with me has been a huge support on this journey. If your drinking causes any issues in your life I encourage you to give it up, it’s doable and worth it. 7 years ago I never could have imagined my life would look like it does today. I hope no one takes this as judgement. If you have a healthy relationship with alcohol, carry on. I envy you a little bit.

1x conversion on the dad bike. Old school downhill mountain bike parts definitely make your dorky dad bike faster 🚴‍♂️💨 now I think the forks need to be painted black #bikestr