patio update

Yesterday, we were able to get 60 pavers put in. Today-- we did 145. That makes a weekend total of 205 in the 205.

the big date

After putting down 60 more pavers yesterday, I went out on a date. We want to see Knocked Up at the 5:10 showing. Issy (no, I don't know her real name- just her name on Grey's Anatomy) was very good in this movie. The script must have been very easy for her to learn because she seems to drop the F Bomb every few minutes. She was very angry for most of the movie. The movie did have quite a few funny moments. And, the movie had some not so funny moments like when they showed the actual birth of a baby. One of my favorite actors was in it.. Marshall (from How I Met Your Mother). Not for the weak stomach! After the movie, we went to a new store here called HH Gregg. We didn't buy anything. We are looking for a little refrigerator that would hold like 6 cans of diet coke for work. After the shopping we went to a restaurant called Stix. It is a cool place because one side is Japanese and the other side is Chinese. We ate on the Chinese side. We had sushi, steamed dumplings, crab rangoons (my fave!) and hot and sour soup. It was very tasty.

Rain

Why oh why do I not have my camera to document the fact that in the last 2 days we have had a little over an inch of rain.

an apology to my readers...

I am without my camera. I left it somewhere and I will not be able to get it back until mid-week. I have seen so many things I wanted to share with you. So, I apologize that you will not get to see great blog entries on the following things I have witnessed lately:

1) a beat up car in the Books-A-Million parking lot with it's hood held open by an axe handle
2) a herd of 5 white-tailed deer we saw just last night less than a mile from our house
3) the finished pottery painted by my sisters-in-law and my mother-in-law
4) pictures from the first day of summer school and my new little angels

I hope that you will be able to cope with all that you are missing out on!

the patio saga coutinues

Today was a do-over day. There was no getting around the fact that no matter what we tried, the ground was just not level. I have been very perplexed by this for the last few days. When you are laying the bricks, all looks great, but when you walk away from them, or say, looked out the window at them you could totally tell. Even though doing double work is our pet peeve, we decided to do the right thing and go back a few steps. I can not tell you what a difference it has made! Today involved a little tamping...

and a little bit more sand here and there...

and lots and lots and even more leveling. This way is level, that way is level, check it once, check it twice....We added more sand and then the sweeping started....

Now... Finally, something that looks positively amazing......

only about 800 or so more bricks to go!!!

I will keep you all posted as the saga continues!

Speedy

This is Speedy. He will be visiting the Blue Class this summer. He actually belongs to the 1st-3rd grade class, but no one wanted to take him home for the summer. So, we took him in. We also took in several potted plants. The plant watering lesson will have to be very popular this summer.

Rain.... sort of

Today, I heard it raining and I ran to get the camera. However, by the time I got outside the rain had stopped. Not even one little drop landed in my new rain gauge. I took this picture of the sidewalk. Maybe one day it will really rain.