Today is Wednesday March 26th (2008) and David Musser and I are waiting for the concrete truck. An online standup comedian friend of mine says, "Love + Lust + Liquor = Honda Odyssey" ... today, "6 yards of concrete + one very out of shape 61 year old man + impatient concrete truck driver = one tuckered out 61 year old man."


The truck arrived and we began to pour... we discovered that we hadn't braced several of the inside forms as well as we should have resulting in a thicker wall in two or three places than we planned. Happily, the "swelling" was on the inside so it won't cause a problem...the outside form that Mike Harris and I set stayed square, straight and plumb.


Three hours later the 8" X 16" stem wall is poured and the tools cleaned (today's wall sits on a substantial footing that was poured 15 months ago).


Tomorrow we'll let the concrete cure and Friday David and I will remove the inside forms and fill the inside with gravel...hopefully my plumber friend can get the plumbing in the gravel by early next week and I can have the slab poured by the end of next week... the completion of the slab will be our first MAJOR milestone.