The Fence

The Fence, what do I say?  For 3 years we have been off and on having the fight about it with the neighbours.  When we moved here 5 years ago our nice, wonderful, awesome miss them like crazy neighbours Janet and Dave lived next to us.  They put up the fence and when Dave retired we just kept the fence and left it where it was.  A few months later the not so nice neighbours moved in. We had a word or two about the fence it should be right down the middle between the two yards but unfortunately the electrical boxes and such are right in the middle so the fence has to be on one side or the other.  The husband has always said he does not want the fence moved it is fine the way it is but the wife wants it moved. 

When we had the last big rain storm and had no power for almost 24 hours her side of the house leaked and now as a result (there is more to it) she is saying that her side is not safe to live in and has moved to a emergency housing (thank heavens no more dogs barking for hours and hours and doors slamming) but the big wigs from the base came and didn't like the fence (I am sure she took pleasure in saying something about it) so we got a notice in our mail box to move it.  Also I got a nasty message from the wife and she called my fence hideous.  I know that it is not fabulous but I am not wasting money on a stupid fence, you can not take it with you when you move and no body will buy it for the money that you paid so why spend money on a fence?  Not me.   My friend who just moved when they put there fence in it cost them $500 when they got posted they tried to sell it but nobody would buy it they had to give it away.

So Friday Dex and I went out and got the dog house and swing out of the way so we could start taking it down to move the "hideous" fence.

Friday we got the string tied off to where the fence should go then the mosquito's got bad and it got dark.  Saturday Dex and I went out about 8:30 to start taking down the fence we got a good start then Paul came out and helped us with the screws that we could not get out.  Paul and Nick had to leave for hockey around 11:30 so then it was just Dex and I.  Nick, Dana, Sasha and Gabby had fun playing in the dirt.  As you can see it has and was raining.

Dex and I figured out the best way for us to do the fence and worked steady.  After getting in a few posts we took a 20 minute break for something to eat and give the dogs a bath they were both so dirty.

Friday night I checked the weather and it said that it was going to be a nice day.  Well it rained almost the whole day just a light rain and about 5:00pm the sun came out so we were able to dry off.  It was still fun, Dex did a good job helping me and we worked good together.  This is what Dex and I got done while Paul and Nick were gone to hockey.  I was quite proud of Dex and I for all that we got accomplished, we had never built a fence before just the two of us.  Sure we had helped when we put up our other fence but we were on our own now.  We did awesome.

This is the neighbours side you can see the electrical boxes and pipes, we moved the fence over just under 3 feet.  This is our side.

When Paul came out to help we were just getting ready to pound the next spike in the ground.  When we got to the second to last spike we had some fun trying to get it in so we used the little shovel, we found rocks you would expect rocks but not broken glass and concrete.  So we decided that we would bring the fence in more to our yard.  We had spent an hour on the stupid hole so we were all happy that when we moved it in the spike went right down.  Yippee.  We were almost finished.

After hockey practice Nick had a shower then he came out and I told him that he had to watch Sasha and Gabby so they would not get all dirty again.

The fence is finished what a day.  Paul and I went along the fence and screwed pieces along the bottom just to make sure that Gabby could not get out.  Dex jumped in the shower and Paul and I put all the tools away.  I got out the leftovers for supper and then swept the floor, and while I was in the shower Nick mopped the floor, that night was hockey so Paul and Nick watched that Dex, Dana and I watched Ever After in my room.  Then at 1:30am the phone rang and Paul had to go into work till 4:30am because of a security breach.  So this is Paul Sunday afternoon.