Seems like I did so little, yet I worked about 4-5 hours today, Saturday and eliminated the other clay pile. I pretty much erased evidence that we had dug a hole for the soakage trench ( Read more... )

Another nice day and I was inside at work ( Read more... )

* Last night I went to bed early at around 9:40 p.m., but although I thought I was tired, I could not sleep. I felt something akin to "pins and needles" in my hands primarily but throughout my body. My heart was not beating faster but this sensation could not be ignored and I couldn't relax. I felt as if my body was shutting down. So after an ( Read more... )

Today I made good progress on the soakage trench. While not finished, I would consider that a milestone was reached today when I completed the pipe side fill with concrete shards, mortar and brick fragments...and filled in with gravel. Then I was able to cover the rocks and pipe with landscape fabric and shovel back in clay dirt I had removed at ( Read more... )

* Bad House neighbors partied until 4:30 this morning. Yak, yak, yak ( Read more... )

Rained the afternoon into the night. Never pouring, but always present ( Read more... )

The test on the drainage piping passes ( Read more... )

Was just beginning to become productive in the back yard when clouds broke and rain fell. I pulled all my tools inside and then took the opportunity to have lunch ( Read more... )

Yesterday worked from shortly after 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with a one-hour lunch break around 12 noon. You would think in that time I could have done what I intended: "Basic drainage should be finished by end of day...maybe most of the soil will be in ( Read more... )

To do over the course of this week ( Read more... )