Along the Front and Left side of the house we have some red lava rock for landscaping. The front of the house has always had a retaining wall to separate the yard from the landscaping. The left side of the house though just had a plastic separator. The separator hasn't been doing a good job! (The lawn mower can attest to that!). We decided to finish the wall and have it wrap around the left side of the house.
We ran to Menards and purchased over a ton of blocks. They guy at Menards thought it was funny for me to ask how much the blocks weighed. I told him I had a car and ding, he understood. 2000lbs = 2 trips with the trailer.
Funny story. Anna and I were loading the trailer. Anna wanted to have me put the blocks on the trailer (she didn't want to be responsible if they broke) so that meant she was getting the blocks from the pile and carrying to me on the trailer. A lady walked up and gave me a scowl. Here I am 'making' Anna do the hard work. I mean it's obvious I, the Man, should be doing that! And on top of it, poor Anna, the lady thought Anna was a cancer patient and gave her a big hug. Turns out I wasn;t 100% bad... The lady said "Well at least he's on his knees!"
We dug up the grass where we wanted the wall. Flattened it all out. We put some pea gravel down and started laying the blocks. Oh the description sounds so easy! Well a full day plus later, we have a new wall! We're proud of the work we did. Go team!
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