Halloween started with Concrete on the brain. Chris has been wanting to pour a larger concrete patio for over a year now. He framed it in the heat of summer "2007". We kept putting it off due to wanting to spend money in other ways. The time finally came and we scheduled the concrete to arrive on Halloween. Chris kept saying that something was going to go wrong.....I thought what a poor attitude....he just worries about this stuff too much. He checked the forecast and it called for sunny and clear skies.
Chris woke up at 5:30 am because he could not take the waiting any longer. He was like a kid on Christmas morning. The sun began to rise and it was overcast.....but no rain. It did not take long as the concrete truck was pulling behind our house, and sprinkles began to fall from the sky.....
The boys are looking to the sky and pointing that the clouds are coming....Not to worry, Oscar phoned a friend who purchased a 20x40 tarp. But the worries soon came because when they opened it, the tarp was only 20x20...well our patio is over 20x30. You can see our problem. I was sent on a wild goose chase to find a tarp big enough while the guys put up a make shift idea to hang the tarps. By the time of my return, the patio was soaking wet with a large puddle on top!!
The boys worked long and hard....all I have to say is Thank God we had Paul because he is the jack of all trades and put together the best concoction of tarps, 2x4's, stakes, and bungee cords.....
At last, the tarps were secured.....
And poor Oscar and Keith spent a ton of time using their concrete skills to remove all of that water and still make the slab look great.***Next year, we will have the slab stained and hopefully it will be a clear, sunny day....we are not even going to chance it this year***
