70°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 87° today. Looks like we may have some storms moving in Tuesday and Wednesday. We could use some rain here.
Shop was closed at work Friday, so I went home early. Got home to find the contractor finishing up their work on the pond project. They smoothed out the few rough areas left, did some last minute leveling here and there with the skid steer and dozer, dragged a harrow through everything and spread some grass seed and fertilizer on all the bare areas (with a JD 4066R cab, for those keeping score), and finished just as the skies opened up ... but only for about 5 minutes of moderate rainfall. The end result: it's finally DONE!!!!! (doing the happy dance here)
Only one casualty last week. A rookie on the skid steer bumped one of the maintenance tubes on the septic tank and shattered it. He was able to contact the company who installed and services it, and got a new tube from them, which he installed himself.
Now that the big stuff is done, we still need to install an aeration system and a fountain in the middle, and toss in some koi. Then, it'll be truly done.
And, it only took 17 months and two contractors. I let the contractor know that we appreciated him completing in 7-1/2 days what the other guy couldn't get done in almost 17 months. Nice to finally have that one off the list.
Lack of rainfall here made mowing unnecessary this weekend, so that freed up time to get other little things done. Checked some stuff off the honey-do list. That always feels good, too.
Wife took the foster dog for a meet-n-greet Sunday morning with a doctor in St. Louis. Nadia cuddled up to her immediately, and got along great with her other dog. The Wife even taught her a new trick right in front of them. They were impressed. So, she's leaving next Saturday morning for her new furever home.
We picked the last of the peaches yesterday, and the neighbor across the road came over and grabbed some as well. I went over to their place later to help them move a couple of loveseats. They are having some new furniture delivered, and wanted to get rid of one and move the other into it's place downstairs. He sold his classic Ford F-100, and his new Chevy hasn't been delivered yet, so we used our F-150 to move one of the loveseats down by the road. For my efforts, his wife gave me some of the peach crumble she'd made from our peaches. Excellent payment, even if unnecessary.
Busy but productive weekend. Not Ted-like productive, but pretty good in my world.
