Memorial weekend was one of those power weekends, even though it started out raining, and the patio stones we had meticulously cleared two weekends ago now looked like this:

Mom and I thought we’d get creative with the shade fabric/curtains to try and keep the rain out.

This worked about how you would expect, which is to say not at all. [...]

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I’ve only been awake for about 45 minutes today, and so far I’m not sure which part of my day has been the worst:1. The seven phone calls between 7:30 and 10am. 
2. Waking up to the exhaust of Ricardo’s cobra shaking the crap out of the house.
3. The obligatory 3 margarita hangover.
4. Or this…

 I’m like 80% [...]

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Today I was surrounded by kick ass women… but before I get to that, let me tell you about the trailer.The big plan for today was to hitch a trailer up to my Xterra and go pick up a half a dozen more big pieces of flagstone. I didn’t have much of a plan beyond [...]

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That’s the story for the weekend.Friday night I got a bug up my butt about getting something done, so I decided to start on the bench that will cover the concrete ledge/foundation so that Moms and I could get in some serious laying-of-flagstone on Saturday. I dig my holes approximately where I want the posts. [...]

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 …well, it ain’t China, but it’s something.First, let me just say, every muscle in my body is incredibly pissed off at me right now. (I had a dream I was back in my days as a dancer, so I must have been having muscle pain in my sleep as well. lol.)  There’s no big saga about this [...]

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