Now we are movin'!!

Well, there is no turning back now! Katie and I drove out to the property on Tuesday night to meet with our mason. The footers were poured on Monday and even though we had lots of rain, everything looked OK. We decided where the vents would go and where the opening we wanted would be placed. The mason will actually take care of all of that for us. That is a relief. I was disappointed to find out that the other maple I was trying to save had to be taken down. It was close to the foundation and when doing some site work, our excavator had to cut some of the major roots and he felt the tree would not make it. We will plant someting there to replace it! We hope things with the foundation will be close to finished shortly after the Fourth of July.

Here are some photos of our trip on Tuesday.




UH OH!!! Someone got their new boots dirty!!

Finally!!!!

Well, I am happy to report that things are moving forward!! On Sunday, the excavator was out there leveling the site! I have included some photos. I also started taking apart the deck in front of our trailer. Then tonight (Monday) Katie got a call from the block layer and said that they had gotten the footers poured. I was a bit nervous about the rain, but apparently it was not that bad!! We were asked to drive out there tomorrow and meet with him to discuss a few things like the final height and any openings we might want. This is pretty exciting for us!! We have been waiting for this for a long time!! It is finally here!! Look for some new pictures and info in the next few days!!

Getting closer....

Well, here we are a month later and things are not progressing as hoped. My inexperience as a contractor is not allowing me to say the right things apparently!!

As I speak, the foundation is not in yet! I have talked to our excavator and he "says" that things will get done this weekend! We shall see. I hope to go out there on Sunday and perhaps have a few pictures. Stay tuned!!