Day 4 and 5

So we were finally starting to make some headway.... AND IT STARTS TO RAIN AGAIN! For the love of....

So when I mentioned to the kids that they weren't going to be recieving an allowance this week they were spurned into action...

My youngest wanted to prove how strong she is...

After about 45 minutes of arguing with me they finally got it all cleaned up and did this much work!

It took me about 1 hour to remove this first strip of grass. Lets just say that it required the use of a buddy's shovel. Mine wasn't up to par...

Now don't think I am lazy or slow. I also used part of that time to cut up the rest of the grass. Cut it into 1 ft. by 2 ft. pieces of grass. Made it easier to handle but still very heavy.

Day 5 Begins...

I spent another hour and a half on the next day and was able to get all of the grass up. This is the first sign of how big the patio is actually going to be.

After removing the grass I was reminded that I was going to have to move a couple of sprinklers. Something I have never done before, but it can't really take a rocket surgeon to do. (I have seen some of the landscape folks around here!) So I spent some time and dug a few trenches.

And now this is where the first sprinkler is going to go. Nothing like getting to dig a 7 foot trench.

And When I started to dig the other trench I found a little suprise. Apparently the landscaping technicians ran two pipes right next to each other. So I get to do a little more digging to give me some working/cutting room. Can't wait... :(

More to follow I am sure...

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