Well, the good news is we were able to finally pour the footers for the pool. The bad news is (shockingly) it was way more work than I had expected and we didn’t get the concrete poured until yesterday. In fact, we weren’t done until nearly 5 PM yesterday, nothing like leaving things to the last minute!<\/p>\n
Other than the expected chore of cleaning out all the holes with their winter accumulated plethora of dirt and crap it turned out that probably 2\/3 of the holes we had tediously created (almost all in bedrock!) last year were off by enough to require extensive jack hammering and even some chemical assisted rock removal. <\/p>\n
Things started out a bit slow as my wife’s parents arrived from the Philippines the Thursday before we took off and naturally there were parties, etc. to attend. In addition to only having a few hours of daylight to work before heading off to the get-togethers, we wound up staying well past my normal bed time. Friday night we didn’t get home until after 2 AM on Saturday, Saturday night we didn’t get to bed until after 4 AM Sunday! Sunday night we managed to beg off and got to bed around 12:30 AM on Monday, so were finally able to start regular work on Monday. <\/p>\n
The parties were the usual ‘small family get-together’ of 30-40 people. It took me a while to get used to the noise and action, but now when I get to a party with ‘only’ 20 people it feels strange. We played a lot of poker (due in large part to some of the family not really understanding poker, we stick with Texas Holdem) and because my brother-in-law insisted on playing no-limit we were able to change our normal routine and have some more fun. Well, I didn’t really have any fun until Sunday evening because I got thoroughly shellacked on Friday and Saturday and had to play conservative because I kept winding up with the losing hand on my all-in efforts. I almost made up for the earlier losses on Sunday and was finally able to play the game I prefer.<\/p>\n
My wife took a video of the concrete pour, I aim to stick it on YouTube soon and will provide a link for those who might be interested. I am glad this milestone is finally achieved, after ‘only’ a year. Hopefully the pace of progress will pick up a bit now that we are in the more familiar area of construction.<\/p>\n
Thank you all for your patience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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