I spent about a week at the quarry last month gathering blue stone for our driveway. The stones I chose and hand/machine loaded are just like the rocks we have on our path from our front porch to the dirt pad where we park our cars but they are much much bigger. Jerry and I spent one day about a month ago digging and laying rocks on the pad where we park with the help of a back-hoe. In our eight hour day, we completed an area about 8 feet wide by 15 feet long. And wow, it was hard work. I always get myself in over my head.

When I found out the city was going to come on Monday and blacktop our driveway, I decided that we needed to finish the blue stone before the blacktop was down. I don’t want to have a brand new driveway and then pay a back-hoe to tear it up days after installation. So, I tracked down a back-hoe on Friday night for Saturday and Sunday and recruited Jerry and Edgar to help me lay the rest of the blue stone.

Check out some of our handy work…fun with Apple iMovies: