All we wanted to do was put up a fence you wouldn’t think it
would be so hard but calling 811 was a pain in our booty. We needed to dig some big holes for the posts
and papa had to say that he thought that there were possibly power lines in
line where we were going to dig. After
that all I could hear was that darn commercial “call before you dig to be safe”. The hubby put the work order in online and we
had to wait 48 hours for the utility companies to come and find their
lines. Well two days came and went and
no one showed up, I immediately regretted following the rules but that’s what I
do. I called and asked why it hadn’t
been done and we got the reason that we didn’t give them good enough directions
to our marked address. I didn’t know it
would be so hard for them to find our house, well they finally were able to
locate us and the lines and we were able to move on with our fence project.
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| Look at my favorite people working so hard. |
The fence is
coming along perfectly papa put in most of the posts and then he yanked the
telephone poles up with Colonel Mustard for the first gated driveway. The hubby man hugged the poles and rolled
them into the holes, the cement got mixed in the wheelbarrow and down the hole
it went. Once that was done we laid out
all the fence boards and one by one they went up. Fencing has become our newest family
activity. Papa is the muscle, back and skills and we hand him tools and get in the way at times. Everyone joins in and helps,
even our little lady. You wouldn’t think
a tiny little tot could help but she gets right in there and picks up fence
boards and hands them to her papa, the look on his face is full of love. Somehow our estimation on the number of boards
we needed was not correct and now we must return to the home improvement
store.
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| There's more than one way to move a gigantic pole. |
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| Oh so many fence boards and we still need more. |
The following day
we celebrated Valentine’s day and got another telephone pole in the
ground. I wanted to do something fun
with the hardening cement so we all picked a rock and placed it around the pole
with our first initial and the year. Now we just have to wait for the cement to
cure and we can complete the project next week, keep your fingers crossed
nothing gets in our way. I'm quite impressed with the way it's looking so far. With the rest
of our week we went for a short drive and spent a few hours sledding. I stood on the sidelines and took pictures
while everyone spun and rolled down the hills.
We enjoyed some lunch and put in another half hour to satisfy the kiddos
need for playing in the snow. With all
that work and play our house looked like a tornado ripped through it, so once
the rain arrived we did the not so thrilling chores of dishes, laundry and
picking up the piles of toys. Our week
was quite successful with a good balance of chores and playing, couldn’t have
asked for a better week except more of it.
Alright back to the homestead.
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| Down the hill they go!! |
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| Wow it's coming along beautifully. |
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