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Day 226

Well, the weather has been spotty and as a result the concrete guys are behind.  So, no slabs were poured this week as hoped.

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They did apply some lovely waterproofing.  Though black is normally one of my favorite colors, I’m not loving the look here.

Good thing it will be covered up by dirt before too long.

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John was there this morning working on the grading by the garage.

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There’s still quite a bit to grade on this side so we don’t have to drive off a cliff into the garage.

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I found a new pile of dirt to take pictures from.  To me, it looks like our house is made out of giant legos.

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Oh hey!

I caught Josh drinking his coffee on the front porch.

I think this is the first of many thousands of cups of coffee he will enjoy on the front porch.

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On our way out, we noticed one of our neighbors seems to be drilling a well.  We will be doing this too at some point soon.  

Still so many things left to do for our house to be complete, but we are making progress, slowly but surely.

But mostly slowly…

 

 

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Day 212

We had a three-generation inspection at the property this weekend.  My grandmother, mom, and sister hadn’t seen the property in months so it was fun to see their reactions to the big changes since it was just a raw piece of land.

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Look at these cuties! I can’t wait until they are coming over for dinner and a visit on the reg.

It’s a little treacherous to walk around the house with all of the rock and dirt, but Grandmother was not about to stay in the car and miss out on seeing everything for herself.

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Grandmother, patiently waiting at the front door.  I love so many things about this picture.

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My seester, Eugene, asking when dinner will be served as she stands in the future dining room.

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OK, back to inspecting…

Over the last couple of days, the forms for the basement walls have been removed and the walls have been waterproofed.

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They put in a drain so we have a basement instead of an indoor swimming pool.

Thank you.

As we were there, John (earthwork guy) was busy filling in around the basement walls with gravel and dirt to get things leveled out.

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I forgot my ladder to be able to get down into the basement and really get a feel for the size, but don’t worry, that will be happening soon.

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Grandmother and Eugene were busy watching John in the bobcat…

…Kath was busy watching her firstborn climb a precarious pile of dirt to take this photo.

There’s a lot of rain in the forecast this week, which means it probably won’t rain.  I’m hoping by our next visit that some of these block piles will have been rearranged into the foundation.

We shall see!