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The Instant Relief Came As A Shock
I thought I would be limping for a lifetime without a sexy strut
Our family home in the swampy valley was finally built. The children and I were able to put away the shovels, hammers, saws, ladders, caulk, and even the laundry now that we had put in the hard work of building our own home together. Comfrey was the last thing on our minds at that time.
By ourselves without any equipment, we had managed to accomplish a 30ft x 16ft build that contained a kitchen, living room, bathroom, bedroom, and a loft split in half that fit two children into each side.
Preparing the ground for the pillars our home stands on was the beginning of the worst swamp experience I’ve had still to this day. The holes were dug for concrete pads to be poured but they were filled to the brim with water and snakes.
Our water pump and I met more snakes in each hole than I’ve seen in a lifetime as we tried to clear a way for the concrete pour in all twelve 4ft holes. (You may already know that the water table is ground level in a swamp.)
After a while, I decided that mixing the bags of concrete in the wheel barrel became more appealing than crawling in and out of those…
