Monday

My quest to begin the patio has hit a snag – gopher one. I was not going to call before digging – I can hear my sister gasping right now. I will only be digging seven inches down. But to err on the side of caution, Kristie recommended calling.

They will have everything marked by Wednesday. I am hoping to devote two days to digging and leveling. I think another day to drop in four inches of gravel. That will be a bit time consuming because I have to load the gravel by hand. I hope to be able to just back Casey’s truck up to the patio and shovel/sweep the gravel in. After that I’ll try to level it. Then I’ll devote another day to getting the sand from Dad’s. I won’t need near as much sand as gravel, probably two inches or so. I’ll devote another day to laying the flagstones and pouring in the finishing sand. Plus, I’ll add another day for troubleshooting. Hopefully, in a week, we’ll be able to have our patio in place. Since I have all Friday off, though, I might be able to get quite a bit of work done then too.

If it turns out, I’ll have pictures. If it is a disaster, you won’t hear about it again.

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Believe it or not, but I really am going to miss these ALC classes and the kids. In every year prior to this, I was all too glad to have the sessions over with. But I could teach these kids all summer.