Do you remember in my previous post entitled ~ Herringbone Pattern ~ how I took pictures of My Captain starting to lay our patio pavers? Remember how he worked, and worked, and worked, and I captured the whole process on camera, (entertaining myself hugely in the process,) until he walked off in a big, “Hurrumph!?”
That was fun, wasn’t it? Remember how supremely pissed he got that I wasn’t helping?
Ahh….good times! Good times!
Today we bought a big ol’ pallet of sod to put up against the laid patio pavers.
God Bless our friend Muddy for helping us with that! My Captain pulled his sod-laden Chevy Silverado up to the back yard, and then, at my insistence, went inside the LIttle Cottage to do some prep-work for his meeting with Chief, later today.
(When one meets with the big CHIEF, it’s best to be ready! They had a lot to talk about, and if you know My Captain at all, you know he had it all written out, itemized, italicized, and highlighted…. The Chief is a busy man, and it never pays to waste his time, so getting ready for a meeting with him? Oh yeah, it’ll buy you a pass out of laying sod, that’s for sure!)
But our rolls of sod had to be laid TODAY. I looked to my left, I looked to my right, and realized, the ‘layer-of-the-day’ would be…drum roll, please….ME. So with a big breath, and an “I think I can!” attitude, I began to unload the sod from the truck bed, and lay those puppies.
It’s heavy.
It’s muddy.
It rarely co-operates with the way you want it to fit.
And somehow, the dirt gets in your boots, no matter how you wear them.
After a while, My Captain took a break from typing up his talking points and came out to see how the progress was going, camera in hand.
**Click, Click**
“How’s it going, there, Honey?”
**Click, Click**
“Looking Good, Babe!”
**Click, Click**
“But that piece is a little crooked.”
**Click, Click**
“Come here and say that.”
Nrrrrrr.
The story has a good ending. My Captain survived his smarty-pant-ness. Chief Lohr was very pleased with My Captain, and, if I do say so myself,….
the sod looks really good!
(Just go with it. Lie to me if you have to. I’m too tired to fix anything!)
Mama Boe 