Spring Break Part Two

So the rest of our spring break was spent just as productively as the first day.  Another thing I have wanted to do is build a fire pit.  We have this huge back yard, and tons of fire wood, but no fire pit.  So I decided that Little Man and I were going to build one.  The Chief, a little hesitant, decided not to fight it, and just let me have my way, again.  

So you think it is easy building a fire pit?  Maybe in Texas where under the grass lays dirt.  But in Connecticut?  Under the grass is rock...with maybe a tablespoon of dirt.  So this ended up being quite the task.  A four hour chore, turned into a three day chore.  I started off with a shovel.  I knew that we needed to dig a hole to start with (yes, yes, I did my research).  So digging a hole is one of the hardest things I have ever done.  If you don’t remember my “rock” blog, go back and read about how rocky this state is.  There were rocks the size of my head under the soil.  NUTS.  Made digging a hole REALLY freaking hard.  

While digging this hole, I was sending texts to a new friend that I made.  She had already made a fire pit and had experience.  She was telling me how wide, how deep and step by step what I needed to do.  So I send her this picture.  

This is how our conversation goes:

Me: Is this hole wide enough?  The rocks are freaking killing me!

Her: LOL. Is that silver shovel a snow shovel?

Me: OMG! It IS a snow shovel!  I was trying to use it until Little Man informed me I had the wrong shovel.

Her: LMAO! Oh my god, U are such a girl! Only thing they use that shovel for in Texas, is shoveling shit! LMAO!

Me: Very funny.

Her: LOL.  You need a pik ax.  The first problem is the shovels.  Can’t dig a hole with a shit shovel and a midget shovel.  Were you going to hire little people?  Why didn’t u buy a big shovel????  LOL.  

Me: LOL.  We r rookies, thats why!!

Okay.  So maybe I didn’t do THAT much research.  How was I supposed to know that there was a certain shovel to dig holes with?  A shovel is a shovel...or so I thought.  

So, three days and an almost broken finger later, we were done.  And it looks AWESOME.