the stoop

i think i said i'd post something about the continuing construction saga that surrounds my home.

i present 3 pictures for your entertainment. the first one was taken just before i left for work on friday, ~20 mins before the pair of 90lb. jackhammers arrived.



the following picture was taken that evening when i got home. the damage isn't quite as much as i thought it was going to be, but it was good enuff for KO i guess. i thought the original plan was to remove the whole thing. KO did say they found a beer can and a newspaper from 1973, so it's a safe bet that's when it was installed.



the final picture was taken wednesday morning. KO finished building the steps on monday, but the top step had a shorter rise to the landing, and after talking to a friend, he decided that he needed to even the rises out (logic being if you are going to take a digger off of the steps, the first one is a good one to do so). so he spent tuesday evening repairing his newly built steps. so the ones in the picture are actually steps v2.0. and they are a bit easier to navigate, so i think it was a good choice.



so, all in all, kudos to KO for getting this put together and braving the heat, humidity and rain to get this finished. as you can see, it's not completely done as the railings need to be constructed, but for the moment, it's done. once it is really done, i'll post the final product.

bonus points goto LO for helping KO saturday (in the heat and humidity) when she would have preferred to have been shopping on the tax-free weekend.