A little bit of this and that

On the 4th I took my stitching with me to the family gathering. I started Kayden Christmas stocking. I don't know if it was the excitment of getting to stitch, because I haven't stitched sense the retreat or the excitment of starting a new project or a combo of both. Anyway I forgot to count down before I started the first band. So, when I stitched Kayden's name it only left me about a half an inch for finishing. I like a little more than that, but it is staying as is. LOL!
Picture of Kayden on the 4th of July. It was raining and a little chilly that day.
Over a year a go Bob saved a turtle from one of the pools we were opening. I took him home and he has been the best pet I have ever had. I named him Myrtle. You can see how much he has grown in a year.

My sister (Loretta) called last week and asked if I wanted another turtle. I said sure. Bob has always said Myrtle was lonely. I was suprised when she brought it over it was almost the same size as Myrtle. The new turtle was a litte scared at first, but is getting along fine now.
Brandon found a larger tank at a yard sale and cleaned it up for me. The new tank is 3 times bigger then the tank I had Myrtle in by himself. Then Brandon found some really neat things on the internet for their new home. I will be buying for them in the future.
It took a few days but I decided that the new turtle's name is going to be Millie.
I don't know how to tell the turtles sex. I was told that you have to wait until they are a few years old. I really don't know.
A while back I bought an outside pen for the Myrtle, but he can get out of it. He works his body up one of the metal crossing in the pen then turns himself sideways and pushes through. I put both of them in the outside pen the other day and Millie got out too. Will have to get some chicken wire to go around the pen.
Millie up by the glass and Myrtle right behind her.

Myrtle and Millie

Video is of Kayden. He still won't talk, just the normal MaMa and DaDa, with a few other sounds here and there. But he always knows what we are saying to him. Ask him if he wants to go outside he will shake his head yes, then go get his shoes. He knows that we don't wear our shoes in the house and if anyone walks in and doesn't take there shoes off right away he will point at them and make a little ahha noise.

I took the video over a week ago and he was getting a little tried.

Work...now that it is pass the 4th of July things will be slowing down and I should be able to find some stitching time here and there. We will be working a few less hours, instead of our 90 to 105 hours that we had been doing.
The retaining wall I talked about a while ago here is the video of the wall that goes around 3 sides of the pool we put in. We have just a little bit left to do, then it will be DONE!!!

Retaining Wall Done!

The retaining wall in Portage Indiana is done! If you look close you can see the small wall under the deck.

Retaining Wall

This is what it looked like when we arrived this morning.

Bob hard at work or play. Tee-Hee!

Tracey digging, for the last wall. Once the hole is dug, 8 inches deep by 12" wide it is filled with gravel, then sand and then you lay the stone.

Jay (the owner), Bob, Todd and Tracey. If you look close you can see the second wall.

Side view of the wall and you can see the curve at the end.

The first course of the last retaining wall.

Close up of the first wall.
Ran out of materials needed to finish the job today. Which is fine by me, we were all so worn out!!! And I couldn't wait to get home and shower. I have bruises all over my right leg from carrying the five gallon buckets of gravel and sand. It didn't rain on us but there was a few sprinkles.

The building of a retaining wall Portage Indiana

Dylan at breakfast. He slept on the way there and the ride back home.

Dakota at breakfast.

This is what it looked like when we arrived.

Todd, who does more talking then working.

Bob cutting the stone.

Bob and Dakota.

We moved 2 tons of stone Saturday. Will finish the job today, it is suppose to rain, hope it doesn't.

Still have to clean the pool. We installed the pool last fall, they didn't get to swim in it last year because it was so late in the year when it was finished. There is at least an inch of clay at the bottom of the pool from the wash out of the hill, where we are putting the retaining wall. This will not be a fun pool to clean.

This pool was a pain to install last fall. The owners bought the pool on line and thought he would install it himself. When they called us, there was just a hole in the ground and it was washed out because of all the rain they had. To top it all off the drawing were wrong and they sent us the wrong liner. The ground is all clay, not much fun to work in.