Author Archives: mark-diane

Apparently, this now takes the number one spot for the biggest pain in the butt under-road power drill.  Lucky us!  Regardless, it is now done.  Tomorrow, the power will be connected.  The residents in the area will be powerless for … Continue reading →

This really, really happened today.  A massive pumper truck showed up.  He had come by earlier in the day to see if he could make it up our fou-fou driveway…oh yes he could! We love our driveway! He came back … Continue reading →

So…the digging continues, both in the road and on the property.  The footings are being formed.  They are supposed to be poured today!!!  These photos are from yesterday (lower one) and a couple of days ago (top one). The “pig” … Continue reading →

Here is the initial digging for the footings.  I have to look up footings, because I honestly don’t know what that means. While this was being done, the other guys were out in the street trying to push under the … Continue reading →

Right now, I would like a big, juicy steak.  One cooked on the grill and just barely done.  Oozing with juice.  Inhaling the aroma.  Lovely thought. Okay, so, it snowed a couple of days ago and we went to the … Continue reading →

We had a date to set the house stakes for yesterday morning at 8:30.  Well, it poured rain all night and all morning.  We cancelled. Thirty minutes later – out comes the sun.  Along with the sun came massive winds.  … Continue reading →

I’m quite sure all of this has been foreplay. Thus far, we have been playing in a delightful pile of mud.  We have thrown out and tossed out decades of life.  We have had trenches dug and pipes buried in … Continue reading →

The Island continues to surprise me.  It is one of the very, very best places to have solar panels in place.  We are in the shadow of the Olympic Mountains; therefore, we get more sun and less rain.  We get … Continue reading →

I always thought a rain delay in a baseball game was an indication of what a bunch of wussies were playing the game.  No one cancels football.  It just isn’t done. Digging in the mud with very heavy equipment is … Continue reading →

The previous post was all too correct.  We are all over the place with the wants and needs of the powers that be.  Someone needs to attend “Engineering Drawing 101”.  Just a thought. That being said, the last trip to … Continue reading →