Today had to be the nastiest weather since I started the back yard project, just walking outside was enough to start sweating. No problemo though as it just happens to be the first Friday that’s occurred this week and we all know (or should know) what that means. Before I wax philosophic about the impending celebrations, I spent a couple more hours on wall construction this morning and resorted to using the garden hose to soak the back of my head a few times. I was faced with one of the most concerning aspects of the wall build – the link up with the other wall when I completed the circuit. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good because the walls came together like I knew what I was doing and we all know better than that. With the bases of the two walls connected, all I have left to do is add a few more bricks to complete the build. That will happen tomorrow before traveling to the hometown brew fest (psyched!!!!!!).
Day 26 Completed 
Favorite Panamanian Snapped Some Pictures Yesterday While I was Working 
Dermatologist Should be Happy, Long Sleeve Shirt and Pants
I
made a tactical error while I was chipping away at the face of the hill to fit
in the wall blocks. My new Apple watch doesn’t like the physical blows the arms
take when I run into a rock which is virtually every time I strike the hill.
The watch has a magnetic watch band which loosened every time this happened.
The error I made was putting the watch into my pocket, secretly hoping I would
still get credit for all the activity (Soxfather passed on his fascination with
closing the activity circles each day). After I finished up and put the watch
back on, it notified me that I needed to reset it since, as it was bouncing around
in my pocket, it kept looking for the pass code and getting the wrong answer. 
View Towards Deckzilla, Pipe I had to Cut Out on the Stairs
My
“kids” are my usual “go to” resource for anything technology related, but they are
both gainfully employed so I didn’t want to bother them. I went online and
asked google how I was supposed to reset and then resynch my watch to my iPhone.
While it wasn’t without some issues and some pretty blue language from a certain
retired military officer, I eventually figured it out. My son and daughter are
now picking themselves up off the floor where they fell from the sheer surprise
at that last statement. Even more astonishing, I’d actually created a backup of
the settings (don’t know how that happened). I used that to restore and resynch
the watch and it’s as if I hadn’t pulled the boneheaded pocket activity grab in
the first place. I may have just snuck into the 21st century,
technology-wise. Now – it’s on the First Friday!!!!
Daughter and FBR Sweating Out a Bike Ride Yesterday
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RECURRING CHARACTERS:
ABFA – Amazing Best Family
Athlete - my daughter
in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter
#3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel -
second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue
about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter
acquired during her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions
once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite
Panamanian - the wife (of course); FBR
- First Blog Reader - first granddaughter; First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since
high school from my home town of Keene, NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited
with after many years; Maine and
Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my
wife is the 3rd musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew – son of Great Aunt and
Soxfather namad after me; Neighborhood
Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member; PanaGals – female relatives /friends of
my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; Pittsburgh
College Roommate– high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in
Pittsburgh; Riggins - also known as
the Grandpuppy, son's dog; Soxfather
- my brother in law; Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my
son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s
mom, of course
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