Yesterday was quite the day. Got the boys to school then headed right to town in the nifty fog that burned off quickly.
Stopped to get concrete at Home Depot. Got four 80lb bags unsure exactly how much I would need.
Got to the job which again looked super dystopian with the fog lingering.
I started with the lowest fall rock and mixed up concrete then set the slate. I used my level to make sure the proper angle of it to direct water where I will want it to go.
Then I set the middle 2 fall rocks in concrete as well. They set quite nicely and rather level.
Then I mixed the rest of the 2nd bag of concrete which was just the right amount for the top rock. I had enough to build the side wall funnels which pushes the water more towards the center of the fall rock.
I got the pvc redone at the outlet on the top which had melted in the fire.
Then I took the pump down to the main pool and was able to plumb it in rather simply with just a 45 and length of pipe. Thankfully I had the piece of flex hose that was left over from an old pump from years ago.
The hardest part of the day, and messiest, was washing river rock. I used milk crates, shoveled a few scoops of rocks in, then sprayed it with water as I shook the crate. It worked pretty well and I got the rocks washed that I had on the old liner and in buckets by the upper feature.
Those rocks went back into the stream and upper small pool. I had to remove some of the basalt to make room but that give me the rock to use on the sides to help hide the liner.
While I was working an larger excavator was working on one of the nearby house remnants scooping up debris and loading in dump trucks.
My truck crossed over the 170,000 mile mark as I was headed for home. My legs and feet were soaked from the rock washing and I needed to get the trailer hooked up for my next job.
Had time to eat my lunch before heading out and I had turned my truck and the trailer around then began to back into my client's to load up this pile to haul off.
As I began to back up the power steering was gone, the battery light was on, and I barely got it to where it parked. I opened the hood to find the fan belt snapped. Hence no power steering or battery charging. I called @stryeyz who was not yet back to work and she was able to come up and bring me my sockets and ratchet then we went to Autozone in Deer Park where I got the new belt. It then took me about 30 minutes to get it on the truck but I did manage it.
I need to go back to haul off a mass of leaves for my client in the next day or 3...
I got the truck home and emptied the trailer to the burn pile then the bed of the truck to the side as I need to empty bags of the needles.
It was a lot of driving then. J got home from school then shortly after we headed north to the Camden grange for his D&D evening, which got me to pick R up after STEM in time. Once home I found that the last of the air lift pumps had finished printing enough... Ran out of filament but it was done enough.
Have a person who want to buy 50 lbs of potatoes which I have and will meet up with them Friday morning.
At 5:40 I headed back up to the Grange to pickup J then once home got dinner made. Watched the Kraken for a while but then went to bed half way through the game. Apparently the squeaked out the win in OT 2-1.
This morning it is raining, I will get the boys to school in a bit, then I load up all my tools and head to the valley to build the wall frame for a client that will be the new bathroom/bedroom wall and closet space. Just the frame though so no worry about insulation or sheet rock as she will do that herself. I may end up back up at the leaf haul off job this afternoon as the rain is to stop by mid day.
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| 2026 Y/E Goals | Yr Start | Goal | Current | +/Week | +/Mth | Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hive Posting Streak Days (since 5/25/20) | 2047 | 2,412 | 2,3 | |||
| Duolingo Streak (since 10/23/22) | 1140 | 1505 | 14 | |||
| 2500 Miles Cycled | 0 | 2500 |
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