Manual Labor - there is a reason for education!

Friday:
I took a vacation day on Friday to begin preparations (read lots of digging) for my new Patio. I spent about 10 hours on Friday removing sod, leveling the ground and adding 14 (60 lb) bags of sand. All of this for a 12'x8' patio and a cold glass of lemonade (and I don't even like lemonade).

Saturday:
I spent the morning moving 100 lb pavers (2'x2'x2") from the driveway to the patio spot in the back yard. The pavers were fairly easy to work with (of course I've been sweating over this for a month). 24 pavers total to make a really nice patio. Once the patio was finished I moved my 2 Adirondack chairs and the fire pit out to the patio...If I say so myself...it looks awesome!

I spent the rest of the day weeding the flower beds. Managed a total of 8 hours of labor.

Sunday:
Spent four hours power washing the driveway, stairs into back yard, the deck and the space under the deck. Finished early enough to to see Tommy at the Village Theater.

Monday:
Transplanted a beautify big Azalea, mowed the lawn and finished some weeding...was finished by 2:00pm. Another light day...boy was I tired. Cosmos (the wonder dog) was exhausted too...we hung out on the bed reading a novel for a couple of hours....his reading is improving!

Monday night was the neighborhood picnic...and it was really nice to see everyone and meet a couple of new neighbors...there were zillions of kids in all shapes and sizes...some of them even rode bicycles....oh yea....I should be riding bicycles.

The good news is that my Spring yard work is just about done. I only have a few small things to do...nothing that will take much effort or time...so now I'm ready to start planning some fun bike rides...maybe Whistler and Bend Oregon?