Year 6, Day 21 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 5/21/2026, Clifty Hill 3. 7am in the morning Lowe’s calls and says the block order will be arriving in 11 minutes. Oh no. It is raining and it is a soaking cold rain.
Lowe’s truck and a subcontracted tractor trailer arrive. Two moffets work to unload the block and type S mortar mix. A moffet is a specialized, three wheeled truck-mounted forklift that attaches to the rear of a delivery truck or trailer. They are so cool. Steve’s brother John uses one with his Kuiken Brothers Delivery truck. The tractor trailer parked on the road and the Lowes delivery truck pulled up by the foundation site. One moffet pulled into the muddy road into the foundation and the other moffet just kept bringing the pallets up to the site from the main road. The tractor trailer was unable to come up the driveway. There was no way he could turn around to get back out.
The 90 bags of mortar may not be usable. Three of the bottom bags were broken open and we are hoping the rest of the bags did not get wet. I did report it to Lowe’s customer service and there is no problem returning any of the 90 bags. We immediately covered the pallet with a tarp as soon as the pallet was unloaded.
The mud in the area is disgusting. Take a look at my sneakers. It got to the point that it was hard to lift my feet. There was so much mud on my shoes.
It took two hours to unload the trucks and place the block where we wanted it. In the afternoon we attended Spencer’s kindergarten graduation. How sweet it is. The Adair County School system had seven kindergarten classes graduating. That is a lot of children. The area is certainly growing.
Daily reflection:
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