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In which it’s XDay
It’s Monday morning or in this house X Day. No, not Xmas Day…that’s Christmas. No, it’s XDay as in Excavation Day. Here’s the story.
10 years ago we built a house
… this house
We put in a pool
It’s in the backyard
Next to the pool is a paver deck
Behind the pool is a wood deck
The wood deck cantilevers into the woods
BUT
The paver deck keeps shifting
… and shifting
… and shifting
so it’s basically pushing the wood deck away from the pool
… towards the woods
so that I worry that the deck is going to fall into the woods
because, I forgot to tell you this,
it’s on a steep incline
SOOOOOOO
We decided that we should dig deep down
No not me
Have someone else dig deep down
And put in a retaining wall
To stop the patio from shifting
Therefore stop the deck from shifting
Then we can push the deck back towards the pool
And hopefully we’ll all swim happily ever after
BUT
In the meantime
We have a crew here
And a gigantic excavator
Too bad Daniel is 19 now
And in college
Because he would have loved this
He loved equipment when he was a little boy
So did I
Don’t tell anyone though
That’s my tale of the day. I also have a busted water heater therefore no hot water and no dishwasher but that’s a story for another day. Perhaps tomorrow?
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Ah, what a cool set up! Take pics for Daniel
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Adorable! Like the way you describe your day!! it’s nice :-)
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thanks…its not well written but whatever
I had to look up the word “cantilevers” in my handy Webster dictionary. If anyone else is wondering, it is a projecting beam or structure supported only at one end. Your welcome.
what would i do without you???
Noooo they’re all sliding awaaaaayyyyy. Come baaaack
everything is falling apart around here…including my joints
Hope it all goes well!