reflections on our summer vacation of '09

Well...it wasn't what we hoped or planned for but we had a "rock'n" good time on our vacation this year. We got a nice tan, lots of outdoor activity and worked out everyday. Isn't that what most people want? NOT!! Not, if they found out it also included digging out an endless amount of concrete for 5 days straight and then plowing through stinky top soil!!!

So last post I left you with some pics of our (Tuboo's) digging adventure. Well that continued for 5 more days. There was so much concrete and crap that we dug up more than "4 cubic yards of concrete debris".



I feel like puking just looking at that pic. It may just look like dirt but trust me, most of what is in that bin are rocks and concrete. This next picture is just a tiny sample of what we dug up. But it shows the variety in size we were dealing with. $%$#@ rocks!!! Yes I'm still bitter.



Luckily, we had my dad, aka he-man, helping us out that day. I can't believe he's 68! The way he was working the wheelbarrow was awesome.

Anyway, enough about rocks. This is what it finally ended up looking like by Thursday.









Sooooooooooo pretty! But it didn't last for long.

On Friday we got the top soil slinged in. Sure beats having it delivered and dumped in front of the house. The slinging system basically slings the dirt into your yard via a conveyor belt. It was pretty cool. Lucky Tuboo got to go right into the truck (see red arrow) with all the stinky soil to make sure the soil was getting out properly.



If it wasn't for a stupid pole and some of the bushes out front, the slinger could have sprayed the soil right into the position we wanted. But unfortunately we couldn't do it. Nonetheless it did save us about 2 days of hard labour.

So today we spent the day plowing through the dirt. We rented a big roller thingy that flattened out the soil. We are hoping for rain the next few days to help settle it all down. Then...dum dum da dum...we will be ready for GRASS!!!!!!!! Can't wait!