The morning started with a huge continental breakfast and then we hit the outside to tackle the wood crib project. Rick, Jackie and Alex unloaded the fallen and bowed crib and then we moved it to its new location. The spikes we have wouldn’t fully bore into the ground – ergh! Jackie, Rick and I split wood and eventually it was loaded to the new – okay not new; repaired – okay not really repaired; stable – okay not really sure about this either…wood crib! Many, many hands make for much lighter work! We are appreciative of the help!
Alex gathered up a bunch of rocks for the rock garden and I put out gourds and pumpkins for decoration – and whatever critter is going to eat them up!
In between all the chaos – we were in the midst of a giant rain delay – which lasted the entire day. The weather was a total change from the day before and a greater disappointment since we were finally able to coordinate a get together that included able bodied and willing helpers. What we got done was great – but we weren’t able to tackle our chain sawing multi-tree project. Now we can only hope to not lose the wood to weather or thieves! We were able to tag team several batches of wood from the easement that the electric company left in manageable pieces, but the wood wasn’t good enough for inside and will eventually end up in the fire pit.
We got lunch together so Rick, Katie and Jack could leave at 2:00. They were right on schedule – we even got in some family pictures – in the pouring down rain!
We kicked back, even napped due to still being in our rain delay, until Jackie and Alex left, which was around 7:00 pm. Katie even posted a picture of a tuckered out Jack on the car ride home!
The evening was spent cleaning and moving furniture back to our non-company configuration and we called it a wrap at 10:00 pm, as it continued to rain!
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