We survived Day One of filling in the old pond. The excavator didnt get here until after 9:30 yesterday morning and the fuel tank wasnt full. The delivery guy said somebody took the excavator the night before when they werent supposed to and that is why it was late. And I guess that is also why we got cheated out of a quarter tank of diesel.
Tracey started the digging and later I took a turn. The old pond is about 1/2 filled in and with a few more hours of digging we should have the ground leveled out.
We cut the phone line TWICE while digging. I wasnt surprised the 1st time because it ran right through the middle of the pond but I dont know how I managed it the 2nd time. I think perhaps it was tangled in a tree root that I plowed out. Anyway we have that all connected back together but now we have to bury it so I cant dig it back up again today. What a mutiny we would have around here without Internet!
Ben arrived home just before 10 last night. He will probably spend a lot of time in town at the Turkey Festival. I expect there will be a lot of his friends coming and going for the next few days.
MjL 06 Jun 2014, 6:28 a.m.
Geez...didnt you call Julie?!?! Stay away from those lines!
Ahhhh...the sounds of young ones in the house....so jealous! I will get to see at least 1 of mine Sun. when we celebrate my nephews 17th bday at my dads house. Im not sure if my boy will be in town or not.
Tammy 06 Jun 2014, 7:24 a.m.
Good Morning Tammy, We knew where the wire was because Tracey cut it on purpose years ago when she dug the pond. Of course she would decide to dig a pond right over the phone wire!
So the 1st time we cut it yesterday was on purpose because it was right at the bottom of the pond. We rewired it with extra wire and routed it off to one side and thought we had buried it deep enough. Evidently not. So now it is above ground until the very end and we just have to work around it.
MjL 06 Jun 2014, 7:40 a.m.
We also have piles of rubber pond liner and landscaping bricks that we will have to sort through and dispose. We didnt want to bury the pond liner so that that is why we scooped it out of the bottom snagging the phone wire that was just below it.