We’ve been digging a small footer in the back yard for the last week. Any day laborer worth his salt would have it dug in a day but we’ve been struggling and the whole street knows it. The earth in this part of our yard has not been disturbed since the ice age so the sand is on its way toward becoming sandstone rock.
One of our neighbors brought us some unsweetened Honest Tea green tea today and our next door neighbor who has been snoopervising all week suggested we rent an electric jack hammer at Home Depot. We took his suggestion and Peggi came back with a 70 pound jack hammer. It worked great, it cut so well it went straight down and I could barely get it out. Peggi took it back and traded it in for a 35 pounder. It cuts almost as well and was much easier to lift over and over. We have to have back by noon tomorrow so we might have to set the alarm.
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