Year 6, Day 13 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 5/13/2026, Clifty Hill 3. Home excavation day 8. It is a cool breezy day heading to exercise. Grumpy when I start but oh how that physical activity releases those endorphins to improve your mood. Have you noticed that regular consistant movement and stretching besides improving your mood and giving you more energy. It also keeps you pain free which allows you to sleep better. A few days of without going to the gym and you feel the difference. So most days I am at the gym at 9am.
Steve heads right to the worksite. It is interesting to look at the housing and feeding labor work being done side by side right in the back yard. Foundation area is leveled off at level needed for the new home and the farmers wheat is gone.
Concrete has been ordered and will arrive 7am Monday morning. We have to call back Friday to let SRM Concrete know exactly how much we need. Monday’s concrete pour is for the footings. We anticpate we will need over ten yards. A full truck is ten yards and costs $2,037.15 ($184.00 plus tax per yard). Forms have to be built before the concrete arrives. Justin will be coming to assist on Monday. Funny the plant manager asked me what slump number we needed. Wow – never heard of the term slump before. Anyway slump is the measurement of a mix’s consistency or flowability. Learned something new today. We want the truck to arrive with a stiffer mixture for the steps and then it can be wetted up on site to pour the rest of the footings. The cement plant manager told me most people use number 4 slump for footers. The higher the slump, the wetter the mix. Four-inch (4”) slump is very common with normal weight concrete and is a good average slump for pumping.
Day 8 home excavation video tour.
Daily reflection:
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