Sinkhole invoice round one

Another mystery nut

Front screen door. I suppose the squirrel will retrieve it someday!

King sized bed but that won't matter to two tiny girls

They will somehow expand into greyhound size when I get in there.

Happy girls

Me holding my little heifer - Baby Shelley

Born August 2015. Campton, KY. 

Spoiled chihuahuas with morning eggs prepared by tommy

Cranberry Apple pie out of the oven

Apple cranberry pie - in oven now

Crazy Bird card ideas

Key lime pie - fruit from my tree

Graham cracker crust. 100% homemade.

Practicing water color technique

Funny looking flock of flamingos

World travelers

Ok, stateside but still... Nice to have a decent dog friendly hotel to rest our weary heads.

Haircut!!!

Engineers are taking ground core soil samples - Seffner sinkhole

Bobcat filling the Seffner sinkhole. One bucket at a time!

Seffner Sinkhole - dirt / sand fill

Monday morning the dirt started arriving.  One truckload at a time. These pictures were shot Tuesday AM by my neighbor.  He said they are dumping it by the road/tree and then transporting it to the hole.  I will stop by in a couple of hours to check on the progress. 

We might be a day behind due to the rain.  I will find out today. More later! Thanks for stopping by.  Check back daily for updates. 

Seffner sinkhole is in the home stretch - hopefully

The crew has finished with filling the sinkhole with grout.   Monday it will be topped off with fill dirt.    Tuesday the engineers and geologists will return to take soil samples and test the ground with that fancy equipment.

I met my tenant there today to get a key to the apartment because the engineers will also have to inspect the inside for structural damage.   If they deem the building safe and there is no new sinkhole action on the property, the county will remove the evacuation signs and she can move back in to her apartment.

What a long strange trip this has been.

I was obviously stressed. I am still in shock.

I just read some of my blog posts over the last week. Man oh man did my writing, grammar, spelling, punctuation, everything.... SUCK!  

False alarm - Seffner sinkhole drama

I learned that recently filled sinkholes are steamy.  To someone, steam resembles smoke. Of course that someone called Hillsborough County Fire Rescue and reported a fire at my sinkhole tonight.

Seriously.

False alarm. I'm sure Bay News 9 will be at the scene soon interviewing anyone who walks by.

Seffner sinkhole Friday morning Nov 6

They will add about six more feet of filler today. Then eventually top it off with fill dirt.

Prepping for filling Seffner sinkhole

They put this plastic down every day to protect the ground and make cleanup easier. The cement truck backs up to this little hopper. The hopper is full of the foam which gets mixed with the cement and creates the grout filler.

Day 4 of filling the Seffner sinkhole

Cement mixes with the foam to create a grout that is lighter than the soil/sand currently in the yard. 20 trucks so far this week and probably 3-4 more today. They expect to be done with this process this afternoon. Next the ground is tested again. After that passes, top soil will be added and they are done.

Ten truckloads today - grout (cement mixture) Seffner sinkhole

I've been calling the filler cement/foam for three days and they like to call it grout. Getting closer to the top.

Garage door opener died. Of course

Anything else? Please happen now so I can deal with it...

Gary is installing the new opener right now.

Seffner sinkhole – Thursday morning pictures