pushin' rocks
we have been on the edge of our seat waiting for the gas company to install the gas line. they FINALLY showed up. but the installer saw there was a pile of rock in his way and made a speedy exit. shannon tried to chase him down to ask when he'd be back and how much time did we have to move the rock; an hour, a day,....? the guy refused to respond and just drove off leaving us all feeling quite rejected.
funding is running low so instead of paying for manual labor I made my kids (age 4 & 7) help me part that pile of rocks like moses parted the red sea!
the kids did work hard and I kept the moving them but the reward was great. unlimited lemonade!
durring this process I was reminded of my brother Phil. he used to call theids regularly using a gravelly voice and say, "this is JOE!, I'm calling about some rocks I need moved! I need some KIDS to push these ROCKS... can you come push these rocks?!".
My daughter is so good hearted. she would actually try to explain to "Joe" that she was "just a kid and can't move big rocks by myself, but maybe I could move some of the smaller ones". so I called him to say the kids were finally pushin' rocks
and for those blog readers in NORCAL, my brother Phil (you can call him Joe if you wanna push rocks) has just opened his new restaurant; Bleaux Magnolia in napa
they also have a website in development http://bleauxmagnolia.com/
they are having the grand opening on April 29th. ask for Phil, then ask him where he stands on the child labor issue. My mom will also be there as a hostess.
back to modern home building in austin, we are expecting more utility trench action today. this will be the THIRD attempt at getting this trench right. the trenchers get an hourly pay so let's hope for no rock and a wider, deeper and straighter trench by end of day. I really want electricity and running water in this house soon.