Monday, July 09, 2007

MOVIE: Back Breaking Work



In My Yard from gulde and Vimeo.
After almost 5 weeks of permit h-e-double-hockey-sticks, we got the piece of paper allowing us to dig 9 giant holes in our yard. Saturday, Dennis, Paul and Matt flat went to town. It was a sight to see. I wish I could fully explain or convey in video, however, this is the best I can do. It was back-breaking work in crazy hot weather with no shade tree in sight. Speaking of shade trees, a couple of the holes took HOURS to dig because they kept hitting tree roots. Apparently our sad excuse for a back yard used to have a beautiful giant tree in it. We miss you tree.
The good news, the inspector came out today and gave us the thumbs up to build the deck. I would guess we'll have a deck this time next week...hopefully.

6 comments:

katherine petillo said...

makes me appreciate my job even more. wow. can't wait to see the finished product.

Kristen said...

big beautiful tree -- we miss you! i can't wait to see pictures of that kitchen in progress! good luck with the deck!

Thomas Petillo said...

i feel for those guys. really. katherine and i had been married a bit over a year when i decided i would build a fence at our first house. i had the one man version of that contraption, and it beat my hips black and blue. i swore i would never again dig post holes. and i've kept my word.

Sally said...

Then you know... this video doesn't capture the anguish. It was hard damn work. And I'm not kidding, they thought it would take 3 hours and it took 10. It was hard to watch.

Matt's hands are a blistered mess of good intention.

donr said...

Meanwhile, HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY from the Roedner Ranch, sweet Sally Cat. You're my favorite Cancer ever...

chacha said...

Holy crap! I knew Dennis was an angel before, but this video proves that his place in heaven is assured. Even I would have called in sick before digging posts this past Saturday....yet Dennis knew he couldn't keep sweet Sally Gulde waiting one more second for her new deck.