The Fourth of July comes, complete with scattered thunderstorms this morning. That means that we did not get any work done on the fence before our trip to visit my sister in Springfield. The party was a cookout and my first opportunity to see my sister’s new house. It is pretty nice and has an […]

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Backup arrives! Today, my cousin and brother-in-law showed up to help. My Dad had to work, but we succeded in hanging the major stretches of chain link and driving the posts for the double-swing gates that Norman suggested. By the end of the day, the only tasks we have left are hanging the double-swing gate […]

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Day Two began early, mainly because Teddy’s medicine makes him need to go out every 3 hours. That put me awake at the ripe ol’ hour of 8:30 in the morning. I called National Rental and made arrangements to pick up the chain link stretcher and Sawz-All for the next two days, and picked them […]

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Despite flagging motivation levels for such things, we began work in earnest on Saturday to install a chain link fence in the backyard so Teddy could run free and harass the local wildlife. Day One started just after my Saturday morning workout. We decided that we would drive the appropriate posts today and focus on […]

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