Hasn't been anything too exciting going on. Couple little things, so progress. We have been enjoying the pool, so the housework, and stuff that I am supposed to be doing isn't progressing as quickly as it should. Our PB was in the hospital for a week, some new tick disease, but he says he is feeling much better. Next week should be a good one, but here are a few updates of note.
After the electrical conduits were laid, I very carefully staked to mark it, at the fence company's request. The fence is going to be placed very close to where that line is.
When they came to fill the trenches, they took out my stakes before I noticed. I am still shaking my head wondering what they were thinking. I called the fence company, and they said they would be digging the holes by hand, and would be as careful as they can. I marked the area as best I could with rocks. Kimkats, that little gray conduit is for the potential post light you suggested. We both thought it was a great idea! Thank you so much for the idea!
The gas line got trenched, and the hard line was run over the rock wall, with a concrete block and metal support rod, then dropped into the ground and run to the heater.
I finally got all the wood planks from the sawmill out of the yard, and into the shed. Those slabs of oak and maple are heavy! The ones on the bottom are 2" thick, the ones on top are 1" thick, and they are all 8'-9' long! Now, we just need to get a fan out there to keep the airflow going. Looking into solar fan options, but they are really pricey. Thankfully air circulation falls into "techie" category and therefore is Hubby's problem
The pool house is coming along. I gave my son designer status, for the project. He is thrilled, I was really nervous. The sparkly turquoise fabric he picked out for the ceiling scared me, and the white with gold beams idea made me cringe.
However, once the fabric was just a single layer, it softened up and we found a gold paint that looks like wet beach sand that he liked. We found a nice remnant of vinyl flooring that has just a hint of the turquoise that I am very pleased with. It is really coming together. Overall, I am pretty happy with it so far.
My son and I made this sign to hang up. He fell in love with the saying at the store, but it was all the wrong colors. I told him we could make our own, in our own colors. It was a good project last week on the rainy day. I tried to convince him to use pool instead of beach, but he didn't like that idea. Now he wants to make another sign that says "Just Relax, it doesn't get much better than this". Next rainy day, I know what we will be doing.
The pool builder came by on Friday to drop off the final bill. We went over the outstanding items that needed to be done at the same time. There are still quite a few, I was shocked that he said he would like to pick up a check in a few days. I am hopeful this means there will be a flurry of activity on Monday and Tuesday!
The mini excavator came yesterday to dig a trench on the uphill slope to continue the dry well from around the house out past the pool house. He couldn't get the trench to pitch down all the way, there were just too many big rocks in the way. The plan in to line the trench with pond liner, lay the perforated pipe in it and back fill with gravel. I think it will be fine, there are only a couple areas where the pitch isn't what we would like. I need another project like I need a hole in the head, but what can you do? Chin up! He left the excavator, and said they would be back Monday with the bobcat too!
So that is where everything stands now. I really can't wait for the fence to go in. After walking on all this gravel, I think I might actually come to love my "cheesy deck carpet" this year.
