Folks -
Okay, well the pad is scraped and the backhoe fellow has started on the trenching. Only problem is that on the first long wall, he kinda veered off of the marked line and now needs to trench over about a FOOT for about 15 of the 36 feet. This afternoon I ended up putting the batterboards back up and re-marking all of my cutlines and checking things for square. rrrrrrrr.....
He spent most of the morning pulling out a vexing stump that blocked the backyard. The tree was rotten through, but you'd never know it from the stump. Lawdy! I ended up pulling out a section of fence so that he could dig around it. Ended up with a pit more than a yard square and deep. I don't feel so bad about 1) busting my shovel handle in my puny attempt at digging it out and 2) my bro- in-law not being able to pull it with his truck and a tow strap.
Anyway, the yard is secure, and I have posted a couple of pics of the day's progress in ABPW. I hope things go better tomorrow.
John