Friday, September 5, 2008

Building a Patio

I've mentioned before that we are attempting to build a patio. Last weekend, since the weather was so nice, we figured we would try to get it done. We didn't get it done but we got a lot accomplished. I dug dirt. A lot of dirt. About 2 weeks ago. I think I had about 20 wheelbarrels full. So this week, James leveled it all and did the "smart" work.

We laid crushed stone and sand!
Trying to figure out the pattern to do. Everything looks weathered because James is "borrowing" bricks from a job he is working. They're only going to throw them away so we might as well "borrow" them for a while. Who knows how this will turn out. Neither one of us has ever attempted to build a patio before so we're kind of just winging it.
James has been busy running electrical wire. I forgot to put this one up a while ago - but he wired up an outdoor flood light for the back yard. There's a sensor on this one too so the raccoons will get startled at night when they go to eat all the food our kids drop out back.

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