Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Jane Henry and Her Hammer

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When we took the first wall down, we had hoped to be able to save all the block. We couldn't save it all...but we decided to use it instead for fill under the patio slab, thus saving us about $800. We knew it was going to be hard work to break it up...... Fortunately, we had someone come along that was pleased as punch to help.

Our friend, Angie, was just thrilled to come over and break things. She wanted to break things sooooo bad.....And break things she did....for over 2 hours, Angie swung that 20lb sledge and broke up block...
She only really stopped for a few breathers and a pizza break.....

...and to put some bandaids on her blisters....

She even worked at breaking up the lentil, but Matt wound up doing that. It had some rebar going through it, so it was very very sturdy:Surveying Angie's good work:There is another version of Take This Hammer here, along with a couple other 'work' songs.

1 comment:

Angie said...

Breaking things is fun! Everyone should break things on a regular basis! Thanks for letting me break things! Did I mention I like breaking things?

My apologies for the lentil -- I simply didn't have the muscles for it. Ah, I gave it the old college try . . .