hi I'm Mike if you've been following along you know that friends of ours and
Friends of the channel are here from North Carolina visiting for the week
their goal was to help us get as much done as possible and today we're on to
the project list as we work on the soon-to-be air B&B here on the ranch and
we get sidetracked a few times along the way it's all coming up on our Wyoming
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explore the ranch life and escape the ordinary just like Dave and Tammy are
here doing and this week on the ranch they're visiting for the week and it's
definitely a working vacation as they told me before they even got here that
they wanted to get as much done as possible and each and every day that
they've been here we've been splitting up chores every single morning they
usually arrive around 8 a.m. and sometimes they get a chance to head out
with me and go and feed the cows but more than likely they're actually off to
do their own thing it doesn't take long to settle into the routine of the ranch
but it also doesn't take long to realize that nothing is routine about it each
and every day brings along with it new challenges planning is always required
but you better not get too attached the plan because it's probably going to
change well we're on day 5 of our visit to the
ROI on life ranch and a lot of lessons have been learned we have a small hobby
farm in North Carolina and we kind of get into our routines and things usually
go as planned but on the big operation you got to be very flexible we would
start out with our our chores and in the middle towards we'd have to stop because
something would come out that needed immediate attention and we'd have to
move over and take care of that just because of the critical times timeliness
that need to be addressed so the next item on the project list is to cake feed
the cows so we're going to about 600 pounds in the gaiter
and go out in the pasture and give them their treats over the last few days the
rushes have seen quite a few plans fall to the wayside
but no project is ever truly gone and most are just postponed or prioritized
today we're gonna check on what Dave and Tammy have been working on and what
they've been working with and all the while helping to whittle down the
project list since we picked up bread last week one of Tammy's main goals has
been to get all of that Bread open and put into bins in order to minimize any
molding that can happen and extend the shelf life
she's been tirelessly working away opening bread and boxing it our best
count has been that she's open to well over a thousand loaves of bread and
helped provide over a month's worth of supplemental food to the pigs and the
chickens
both Tammy and Dave has all have also taken ownership of caking the cows
feeding the pigs and dealing with the chickens dave has also become the king
of the cows water and they wait for the king every single morning to give them
the liquid of life and where there's water there's also fire as dave has been
burning trash that's been building up for a while in the incinerator
now it's been a long time since I've had a ranch hand around but this isn't
really anything like that it's almost like having another me
around here I've only had to show them how to do something once if that and
they go with it a big project that we're hoping to get crossed out of the list
while they're here has to do with the air B&B across the road there are
appliances and countertops in the old farmhouse which need to be replaced or
repaired the house which is soon to become the air B&B of the ranch and it's
going to be a place for folks to come and stay and maybe even get a taste of
what Dave and Tammy are doing this week the farmhouse hasn't been lived in a few
years and renovations have been ongoing new floors new paint and a new bathroom
have already been done and all that's really left to finish is the kitchen old
appliances are going to come out and new ones have to go in and an extra set of
hands is almost required for this job luckily there are a few around
this kitchen was last remodeled in the early 1970s the orange countertops and
appliances were all the rage back then but now maybe not so much so the
appliances are old they're worn out and our guests is there better so out with
the old and in with the new all of these appliances are electric and after
pulling each one out we have to sever the electrical connection
luckily the breaker box is labeled and we could turn off breakers before we cut
any wires that is unless the breaker box is mislabeled
luckily the wood floor is an insulator but lesson learned and each and every
appliances that is removed from here on out is tested and retested to make sure
the breaker we turn off is the right one once all the appliances are removed
we're gonna call in an electrician our friend Nick to take a look and see what
we have to do to get the whole thing and the wiring up to code while we wait we
have a much bigger problem to take care of and that's these orange countertops
rather than spend thousands on new count custom countertops we're gonna try
refinishing them using a product from rust-oleum called countertop
transformations now this really isn't a video on how to use this product there's
a great DVD that's included and it takes you through the entire process
step-by-step but we what we want to show you is how it works and I'm honestly
really interested to see if it can cover up this orange and do it nicely after
preparing the surface by roughing it up and cleaning it we can tape off
everything we don't want covered in new countertop this includes any trim work
and wood work that is near or on it the base coat of adhesive is then laid
down on which stone flakes are spread out these flakes will adhere to the
sticky base coat and dry overnight Nick our electrician arrives to take a look
at what we need to do for power with the new appliances and after he leaves Dave
and I can slide in the new fridge then we get the other counter started with
more glue more stone flakes and another day of waiting this day is almost
complete aside from cleanup so far the new
countertops look really good the product covers the orange nicely and it's pretty
easy to apply after it dries for a few hours
it's gonna be time to sand it all down then apply a glossy top coat but we're
gonna save that for next time as we continue getting help from our friends
so just like I said before it's it's been a long time since I've had a ranch
and you get used to working by yourself and having help has probably been harder
on me than on Dave or Tammy if you don't count the weather but it seems like
today today is a lovely day what's the temperature outside it's above zero is
still I feel like I'm acclimated to it just a very little I mean instead of
having four layers I'm down to three layers of clothes yeah I think it's 11
degrees outside and I'm going around outside in a t-shirt now in North
Carolina that would not have taken place I'd have had my coat
but temperature does play a big factor what I've learned you're a little bit
slower in just because the air seems to be cold and so you just don't you I get
out of breath sooner than I do in North Carolina so parent elevation changed
yeah so you big lesson is slow down we kind of go at it like you're fighting
fire but the big thing is you can't operate like that for very long on the
ranch the size of this one no matter what size your ranch here's one thing
welcome help and trust me it's not easy to do but I've come to find out that by
letting others help you you're often helping them more than you'll ever know
thanks for coming along today we have one more video coming up with Dave and
Tammy and that one is coming up on Thursday as we wrap up their time here
on the ranch and get their final parting words hopefully they are profound and
meaningful but if you know Dave and Tammy you never know what you're gonna
expect so we're also gonna look at our finished product here once we can get
that final coat on it so come on back and join us next time subscribe click
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