French apartment renovations, Day 619: Concrete

Never a dull day over here. Today we poured concrete on the peripheral regions of the floor that weren't covered by the Fermacell subfloor. We started with a sand & gravel mix and quickly realized that the aggregate was way too big. We were picking out large pebbles and cursing whenever they kept bumping into the trowel.

We sent Eric to the local hardware store for rough sand and it was perfect (0/5, which means the largest bits were <5mm). Now that the concrete is all laid, we are DONE with the cement mixer! I listed it on the online classifieds and hope we can get rid of it soon.

We got out all of our ski clothes and made a quick trip to the sports store for kids who had outgrown everything. We haven't found Zari's ski pants yet. I hope they're somewhere in our attic.

I have a big grocery trip tomorrow; I like to buy the entire week of groceries before we go skiing. I'd rather not spend time grocery shopping once we're there (plus it's lots more expensive). The kids have requested fun flavors of chewing gum and "snacks, lots of snacks."