Today we poured 45 or more yards of concrete on the farm in front of the north side of our new building. I say we because I did help. The girls and I went out to watch, take pictures, and give moral support but the longer I watched the further the concrete got away from us. So I picked up a float and pitched in where I could. My mother-in-law came to pick up the girls, then I was committed. My Dad is a do-it-your-selfer so it wasn't the first time I helped do concrete. If you have never poured concrete for a rule of thumb, you have to move quick, take no breaks and sweat you bum off. I have never been involved in pouring concrete on a day that is cool and breezy. It has always been beastly hot and the hotter it gets the quicker the concrete sets up and the faster you have to move. It is exhausting and you only have one chance to do it. LOL It is what it is.. So in the end it took 6 men and 1 woman to do a half-way decent job on our north concrete pad and all in a days work.
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