May First!!

The weather held out almost all weekend. The rain came later in the day on Sunday.

Friday, at almost dark, Tom started mowing grass - front yard, side yard, etc., until it was quite dark. On our errands during the day Saturday he bought more diesel to resume mowing at a later time.

On Saturday we worked on the patio project. We went into 'town' to rent a machine to compact the pavers and the sand mix, a 'plate tamper.' It did a great job, but was filthy when we got it, took over an hour to clear the dried mud and stones out of it. I wet-vaced the patio over and over, getting the mud, debris and stones out of the crevices.

David and a friend came to shoot his machine gun (yes, machine gun) because the range that he frequents won't let him use that weapon there. Between the wet-vac and the plate tamper machine, we could barely hear the guns going off.

On Sunday we went to the 'old' house, cleared the yard debris out, Tom repaired the lattice that had fallen during the winter. He also repaired the latch on the gate, sanded the brick walk. We mowed grass, too. Move-in date is May 15. Don't have that many more available days to address issues, but it is coming together.