TDP Trades

10/22/2026

10/18/2026

So excited for Chad Ebersole to win the $100 gift certificate we donated to The Soup Cook Off! He already has a project on the books so will be able to use this certificate pretty soon.

10/18/2026

All set up at The Soup Cook Off (https://soupcookoff.com/). Come out and join us! It smells delicious and I KNOW you won’t be disappointed you came! Only $20 for a ticket at the door!

10/16/2026

Folks!! It is not too late to get your name into the drawing for 2 free tickets to The Soup CookOff. Check out this list of soups!

AKT Foundation does quite a bit for our Central PA community and this is their major fundraiser. Gwen and her volunteers work tirelessly to provide for local needs and this fundraiser gives them the funding and exposure that makes it all possible.

If you would like to go to The Soup CookOff this Sunday from 12-4 at The Best Western Premier in Union Deposit, comment on our original Soup CookOff ticket giveaway post. I will be "drawing" the winners first thing Saturday morning.

10/13/2026

Making progress!! All walls are double coated. Still working on trim painting and two ceiling patches. Flooring in master bedroom done and most of the hallway. Just need trim in the master.

10/13/2026

UPDATE: With only 4 entries into the giveaway, Tom and I decided to purchase the tickets necessary to send all of our entrants to The Soup Cook Off. Your tickets will be at Will Call under the name of the person who commented below.

Tom and I are so excited to help support a local non-profit and want to invite our local Central PA friends to join us for a fun and DELICIOUS event. TDP Trades is helping to sponsor the AKT Foundation's Soup Cook-Off which is this organization's main source of income they use to fund the help they provide.

The Soup Cook-Off is happening THIS Sunday, October 18 from noon-4pm at the Best Western Premiere in Union Deposit. As sponsors of The Soup Cook-Off, we have been provided with some free entry tickets and we want to give them away.

If you are interested in tasting some pretty amazing soup created by both amateurs and professionals, drop your name below OR, if you know someone who loves soup and want to enter them to win 2 free tickets, drop their name below as well as messaging us a way to get in contact with them if they win. (Please make sure they are available to use the tickets, first.) I will use a random number generator to choose our winners and notify you by first thing Saturday morning. Tom and I are looking forward to seeing you there.

soupcookoff.com
aktfoundations.org

10/08/2026

I don’t know about the kids in your life, but this one is pretty amazing. He is cyberschooled so has the opportunity, if he so chooses, to go to work with Mom and Dad when there is work he can and is willing to do. How many 13 year olds do you know who would willingly spend 6 hours one day removing carpet tack strips and padding (including all the staples) then ripping out an entire master bedroom and hallway of laminate flooring only to willingly come back the next day. And now, despite spending the entire day painting (doors, baseboard, and a fireplace), he is thinking about coming back tomorrow!!! I am pretty darn proud of this kid. Thanks, Axyl, for really putting in the effort!

10/08/2026

End of Day 4 (all hands on deck today including Axyl but not Arye who is currently working through his last semester at HACC) - all floors and stairs ready for new laminate flooring (all staples etc removed from stairs and underlayment laid where it was missing), stair trim painted, first coat on the stair walls, all trim (doors, windowsills, door frames) painted upstairs, baseboard painted and ready for installation once flooring is laid, chimney painted first coat, more drywall coating, also worked to desqueakify the stairs…

10/08/2026

End of Days 2 and 3 (forgot to take pics on Day 2 so here is what was acccomplished) (mostly Megan and Axyl with some help from Chris at the end of the day) - all carpeting removed as well as the tack strips and padding from the bedrooms, all laminate flooring removed, much painting

10/08/2026

End of Day 1 (just Megan) - drywall patching and a start on painting.