A NEW DRIVEWAY ON EAST DONORA RD.

    TIME TO REPAVE THE DRIVEWAY...IT BADLY NEEDED IT AND THAT FRUGALITY STUFF WAS PAYING OFF.  ARLENE NO LONGER HAD TO WORK, BUT WE STILL WERE ABLE TO PAY CASH TO HAVE IT DONE. THOUGH IT WAS'NT THAT IMPORTANT TO ME, I CAN'T SAY I WOULD MISS HAVING TO GO OUT IN THE HOT SUN EVERY SUMMER AND DO SOMETHING TO THAT DRIVEWAY. THE CONTRACTOR DID IT OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD....FRIDAY JUNE 7 AND MONDAY JUNE 10 2002.  I WAS OFF WORK AT THE TIME AND WAS OUT THERE WITH THEM.
     THE NEIGHBOR, TRACY AND HER KIDS, CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AS THE CONTRACTOR WAS REMOVING THE OLD ASPHALT....WHAT WAS LEFT OF IT. TRACY TELLS ME THAT SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING THERE. I TELL HER....NO PROBLEM... I UNDERSTAND. ANOTHER NEIGHBORS KIDS ALSO COME OVER TO WATCH THE BIG EQUIPMENT REMOVE THE OLD AND BY THE END OF FRIDAY GET THE FIRST LAYER OF NEW ASPHALT DOWN.
     I ALSO WATCHED AS THEY SCOOPED OUT THE OLD ASPHALT, THAT SURVEY PIN BEING SCOOPED OUT ALSO.....OOPS.  LONG FORGOTTEN ......1989 TO 2002.
     THE CONTRACTOR  BID THE DRIVEWAY ON REPLACING THE ASPHALT EXACTLY AS THE OLD. THE ONLY THING THAT I WANTED DIFFERENT WAS A SLIGHT SLOPE SO WATER WOULD RUN OFF ACROSS THE WIDTH AND NOT DOWN THE LENGTH. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE SLIGHT UP HILL GRADE WERE IT MEET THE ROAD COULD BE EASILY  FIXED AND I AGREED.
     MONDAY THEY CAME BACK AND ADDED THE SECOND LAYER OF ASPHALT, AND THEY WERE DONE. I'M SO GLAD I DON'T DO THAT FOR A LIVING....THEY DESERVE EVERY PENNY THEY GET AND THEN SOME.