Down to the Creek

Today I had three choices to get to work. I could go the slow but sure way to work. Or I could take a 2-lane highway that sometimes moves fine. The third option was to take the 4-lane expressway that gets backed up a lot. I chose the third option. The traffic was very heavy. I regretted this choice until I heard the 2-lane highway was actually shut down.

When I finally got back from work, I did not see Little Kat or Kit Kat. That was strange. I got back late. Momoko informed me that she sent them down to the creek at the edge of our property. Momoko needed samples from the creek for tomorrow's science class.

I had a little light left. So what did I do? Yep. I cut the grass. You got to be responsible with your work. After that I got back on the computer and did some work from home. My reward will be to watch some animation late tonight with Momoko and Kit Kat. That animation would be The Twelve Kingdoms.

Getting Rocks

Our back yard slopes down to a creek at the bottom of the hill. This is nice because all the water runs down to the creek and not into our house. However we do have a problem. The water seems to be washing away our hill.

It is getting so no cats can walk along the back side of our house. The water has washed away the ground. So all that is left is a steep slope. Time for Black Cat to come to the rescue. My plan is to build up a retaining wall to hold up our dirt and form a level path.

So far I have dug four holes, and secured four posts into the ground. I have also nailed up long plywood to form our wall. If I were a slacker cat, I would just pile up the dirt now to form our path. But if the water got stuck in all that dirt, we would have a landslide. Dirt with water is heavy. I need to build up some drainage. So today I bought a couple drainage pipes, and a bunch of crushed rock.

At first I thought I would need the store to fill my truck with the rocks. However I found out from my bro cat that they sold crushed rock in small bags. That was perfect. All this cat and his truck could carry was 10 bags today. That should make for a good start. Tomorrow I might return and buy another 10 to 12 bags of rocks. I will take some pictures when I make more progress on my work.