You take on all the projects you were wanting to do, but couldn’t because of working TWO jobs.
Our days of milking, feeding out spring’n heifers, and raising pigs are now over.
For years and years DH wanted a shop that he could put his ‘toys’ in and keep the other shop for his work equipment—tractors and such.
So DH decided he wanted to tear down the old barn and build a shop!
Surprisingly we got a teary eyed over tearing the barn down—
lots of memories of brushing down the horses, baby calves, milking the cows and having them step in the bucket, hauling feed to the pigs,
you know all those memory making events.
But now that it’s down we are anxious to get the walls up and the roof on.
Sometimes change is hard, the end result is good.
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I´m sure this will turn out really good! Gotta have something to do, in those old age years!
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Hi Linda! Randy just retired from 24 years in the military. He’s been working around the house doing all the things he’s been wanting to do, but never got around to before. Your barn removal/shop building project sounds huge! Good luck – keep us posted on the progress!
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Looks like more hard work… but it will be great in the end (o: Men need their toys!
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It looks like your are well on your way to a new toy shed. You’ll just get to make more memories.
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I know how you feel, and once that new barn starts going up then you really start getting excited. I am at the point of wanting to hog tie everyone to the barn until it is completely done! Will keep waiting for pics of the new building going up!
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But I can only guess how nice it will be with the NEW building. 🙂
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I’m sure DH will be the envy of the district when his new workshop is finished. Can’t wait to see it. Cheers, Bill.
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A great place for his toys! All men need that, I hope the build goes well! 🙂
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I bet that barn did have LOTS of memories. Excited to see the new barn!!!!
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See the barn in person that is!! Someday……….
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How exciting for Terry 🙂 Can’t wait to see the new shop.
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nope you just retire to the next project… onward and upward
gp
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Can’t wait to see what you build next. I know it’s hard to let go, but change is good. Sounds like a lot of good memories in that old barn.
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Lots of work and hard to tear down memories … but you don’t want his toys in your kitchen, we all need some place of our own ! If you don’t look at it as the end of something, but see it as a new beginning, I’m sure this will turn out to be fun.
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I completely understand…. (((hug)))
The new barn will be lovely. 🙂
~Faith
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Out with the old and in with the new is always hard. But a new shop is exciting the chance to make things just the way you want them. Sometimes you wonder how you got it all done before you retired…
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I was nostalgic about our old barn…………..for about a minute 😉
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I would have been all nostalgic about the old barn too. I have a hard time letting go of things. But I think it will be wonderful when you get the shop up for the husband! And then you can work on making new memories in it!! 😉
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Boys and their toys – nothing like a new toy box to get the boys movin’, huh?! Jim tells me “he who dies with the most toys wins” so I suppose they need a place to keep them, right?! Can’t wait to see the new barn. Maybe next summer we can make the trek over there again and see it in person!
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Who said retirement is full of rest – the barn project will be great! Hope it’s done before the snow really flies.
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So, no more livestock? Did I understand correctly? We just built a new barn big enough for my hubby’s tractor to drive through (which he hasn’t gotten yet). We are hopefully (and Lord willing) about to embark on a new path here in our 50’s. We are looking forward to the farmlife here in the next year or so. Looking back we couldn’t have done it with the kids when we were younger, so now we’re going to give it the old college try and see what we can do! Wish us luck!
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Every guy needs a work shop!
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I don’t like change at all. We have our old barn that needs fixing and we can’t bear to tear it down because it’s a part of history but we just don’t have the income to fix it. Mountain Man’s old shop needs work, our house needs work but if we fix anything, the taxes go up so it’s all kind of falling down. Makes me nostalgic for the old days.
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