It was a banner day for spring project completion at the house. Another 105 sq ft of pavers were laid and the alley to the backyard is bricked. and the eastern front yard bed has been raked and trimmed thanks to Sandy’s efforts. I also cleaned up the east side by the HVAC unit.

We hit Red Lobster for dinner since Sandy is Boston-bound tomorrow. Her mom’s birthday is on Saturday. We were going to drive up but couldn’t find a campground at all in MA. I guess they’re closed until at least 4/1. Just as well. it looked like diesel alone would have been $1.5k. It’s amazing to be able to travel like that but cheap it ain’t.

Still more to be done around the house but super happy about the progress to date.

I’m not sure how it happened but I got Sandy involved with yardwork and we took it to the Nth degree but we got an amazing amount done. I got some cleaning done behind the shed, more dirt moved, leaves picked up and bushes trimmed. We had a ridiculous amount of bags out at the curb. But it’s all done and looks fantastic.

Finished all this by late lunch and headed to Bronco’s for cheap burgers.

Although no bricks were laid, I did make some progress with the excavation of the dirt and relocated it to the ramp to the shed which was never to my liking. There’s a lot of dirt that needs to be removed. Well, it’s not a lot but with the tools I have (shovel and wheelbarrow), it’s a lot. A skid steer would have had it done in about 20 minutes. I should look into that.

We picked up a pork loin and carved 1-inch pork steaks out of it. Tenderized and friend and that’s good eats. Tomorrow is a carbon copy of today so we’ll be, hopefully, finishing up the brickwork.

Also, we got the part from Lectric so Sandy’s bike is operational once again. Damn mailman finally delivered it at 5:27 pm. Lazy bastard. I had already pulled the old display so it only took 10 minutes to put the new one on and we were off and riding.

Finally, the garage fridge one has been decommissioned. While it still works great, there’s no need to have that many refrigerators for two people.

The crate is put together. As far as crates go, it seems like a very nice one. Although now that it’s been built, the damn thing looks huge. Admittedly, if turned on its end, you can put the bike in with relative ease. But the extra weight of the crate, means that once the bike has been placed in the crate, it’s going to take two people to get that crate onto the truck. I’ll have to do some measuring and checking but I think it’s something we can work with. It doesn’t look like there will be much room for anything else. Once the bikes are crated and in the bed. Although if the generator is moved to the back of the RV, the only thing that will carry in the bed is gas and the bikes and a cooler. It should work.

I paused the outdoor activities today because it didn’t get over 50 and it was gale-like winds. I didn’t get a bunch done today but I did get some cuts done for the crate to transport/store the eBikes. Naturally, I didn’t take any pictures but I’ll get some tomorrow when I get the prototype put together.

The home improvement project is moving along, slowly but surely. Today I started moving dirt and decided to clean up and brick the west side of the barn. That area has always been a no man’s land because there isn’t enough room to do anything and it just kind of grows over. I put 4 X 16 + 3 and it looks nice.

Unfortunately, I caught the smell of death when I was cleaning out the alley and managed to pull the carcass of a possum and a cat from under the barn. I think that does it for me and I’m going to close off access to the underside of the barn. As much as I don’t care if an animal makes a home under there, I don’t want it to turn into a mortuary, dead animals smell…