Carey on May 30th, 2008

We arrived back home from our 2 week vacation to Yosemite and Utah. Keep watching for posts, photos and updates from the trip. Tata for now… )

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Carey on May 10th, 2008

Paver project – Day 7: The day started out with Gino renting a stone cutter (that’s probably not the technical term) to trim down some of the paver’s around the edges. He wanted to get all this trim cutting work done before leaving for vacation in a few days. It worked out really well! Making [...]

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Carey on May 8th, 2008

Paver project – Day 6: Well, it’s coming along. How does it look? Gino has been going out in the evening and working hard on our pathway. He’s doing a really good job! It looks awesome! Corner area. Pathway to backyard. The area beyond that (on the right upper hand side) will also have a pathway as [...]

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Carey on May 8th, 2008

Paver project – Day 5: Again after dinner, Gino heads out to work on the pathway. Beginning the layer of pavers with a base of sand. Close up of pavers and boarder. A couple rows of the completed pavers and boarder. Getting dirty. Day 5 complete.

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Carey on May 8th, 2008

Paver project – Day 4: Isabel and I headed to church that morning while Gino stayed home to finish up using the compactor; that needed to be returned to the rental place by 1:30 pm. After we returned home from church and returned the compactor, we headed over to Lowe’s and purchased 250 pavers. Unfortunetly, [...]

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Carey on May 8th, 2008

Paver project – Day 3: The day was a bit of a disappointment, but that’s the weather in the Pacific Northwest! Gino ended up working outside by himself in the pouring rain. We purchased 3 truck loads of a gravel/sand mix and then rented a compactor to compress the mix between the 3 loads. Load 1 of gravel/sand mix. [...]

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