but we have a building permit for the driveway.  Mixed weather is predicted for the weekend, but we may actually get something done.

The idea for the driveway is to curve it slightly to provide some privacy from the road.  Of course, the road is pretty off the beaten path and is not even close to being high traffic, but still.  We’d like some privacy for our drug-dealing and money-laundering activities.  (Just kidding, Moms!)

The only real matter of concern for the driveway is a large 2X3 chunk of granite right in the middle of the planned path.  Our options are to fill over it, which would create a large hill right at the beginning of the drive (not ideal), or to somehow dig it out.  Presuming, of course, that it is just a single rock and is not connected to the giant piece of granite ledge which, as far as we can tell, runs beneath the entire state of Maine.  (As an aside, you should have seen the panic in people’s faces back in the 90s when they found out that granite releases radon.  Our whole state is granite!  Ah, well, the cold will probably kill us all before the radon gets started.)

Anyway, if the rock turns out to be ledge, here are our plans:

Cherie: "We could explore possible different driveway placements to avoid the rock, or, at last resort, hire someone to blast a little."

Michael: "Hit it with a sledgehammer."

Cherie wants to state publicly that if Michael injures himself this weekend, she is not at all responsible and SHE TOLD HIM SO.

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