On Saturday we got to work on our patio out at the lake. The delivery came early at 8 a.m. and dropped off 4 pallets of patio block and rock for us to drag down the hill. We had my Dad's wheelbarrow which promptly deflated its tire on the first trip down the hill. So, we met up with our builder to get his wheelbarrow and also buy the showers for the bathrooms for him to bring out to the lake this week. My Dad came before lunch and helped me re-inflate the tire of the other wheelbarrow so we had 2 to work with. For the next few hours my dad and Dan figured out how to create a level area to put the patio blocks on. It took more brain work then, but after that was figured out then the heavy labor started! Dan and I took load after load down the hill and worked long after dark to finish the job. But, when we were almost done we realized we didn't have enough paver bricks! Menards didn't have enough apparently, but didn't remember to call and let us know. So, we had 9 left and had to leave and hope it didn't rain and ruin our perfectly packed final grade. They finally delivered more on Monday and Dan and I took the day off to finish the job. But, alas, another problem... the new bricks were from a new batch and were MUCH tanner than the other gray bricks we'd already laid. It was obvious which ones were new so we had to call Menards again and have them come pick up the bricks (which we had to push back up the hill) and then Dan had to drive to a different Menards to see if we could find some that matched our original color. He did, so luckily we finished the job Monday!
We also laid the rock around the patio and around 2 sides of the house. Saturday was probably the hardest day I've ever had in terms of physical labor, but Monday was a close second! While I finished the rock around the house, Dan wired inside for our sound system. After the framing inspection (hopefully will happen Wednesday) they will insulate and then start sheetrocking. So, it was good Dan got his wires in before that. We're hoping to be able to start painting and take some more days off of work the week of October 8th. But, a lot of things need to fall into place by then so we'll see! We've had to push back plans before, but it would be nice if it would work out between my travel schedule for work. October is going to be a crazy busy month, but lots of fun to see progress on the cabin :)
Getting started
Dan working on smoothing out the area for the patio
Putting the first two layers of bricks as we made the final grade
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