Wednesday, March 9, 2011 PM

I'm finally back to writing again.
I've been really sice with a bad cold/flu and pnemonia.
I stayed in bed on and off all day today.
Yesterday was cold and windy, and I worked at the new house all day, and I guess all the wind and cold got to me.  I'm pretty exhausted, too, and my resistance is low.
Bobby and crw and I got the floor of the fount porch knocked down.  It was a lot stronger than I would have thought.  It took hours of sledge-hammering, spudging-stick, and hard pounding to get it all broken and dropped to the ground.  The walls I had built didn't meet with Bobby's approval, so I had to tear them down and nail wood there to keep the sand (for fill) from pushing the stucco off the walls.
After they left for the day (about 4:00), I waited for the sand to get there, and picked up stones and rocks from all over the place to throw in to fill the space.
Rocks are cheap, and my labor is free.
I also dug the yellow solid bricks out of the old sidewalk to re-use in a patio area for later.
I left there about 6:00, and dropped by the Family Dollar for a short visit with the ladies.  I drank a cola with them, then came home to get a bath, shampoo my hair, and go to bed.  I was whipped.
I was also pretty dirty.
Bobby was not coming to work today, so I just laid around and got some rest.
I'm terribly stuffed up, and it's hard to breathe.
Elaine said I didn't post often enough, so I'll try to post more often.
I've already called ahead to price block for another wall beneath the front wall of the house, and Lumber 84 is the cheapest price around on concrete blocks.  I'm going for them tomorrow morning, after I meet Bobby at the house and get them to working.
I'm going to have Hugh Morgan tear out the old chimney that runs up through the kitchen and upstairs bathroom, and we'll use it for rubble in the front porch, too.
There's so much to do, but I'm still tired, even after a day's rest.
More later.