A Boy's Life

Some rain came this weekend, not as much as predicted, but enough to make the lot pretty "mucky". Shimmer stayed in the car while we checked out the placement of the house. Not Shine though... he has loved this land since the day we first walked it. Lots of logs and sticks and things to find. Today he enjoyed getting his crocs nice and muddy and then tossing some stones in a puddle :)

Location, Location, Location

Saturday brought very high winds into town. Branches down everywhere and even some trees. We took a drive over to the lot so I could see how the house was staked out and make sure I was happy with it before digging starts. I value the opinions of our crew and with the garage yet to be added on the left side and a screen porch off the right side, I think the lot is made for it to be right where they have it. The house will sit perfectly through the opening of trees left standing out front. Glad to see they are still standing, too! If they survived today's wind, they can handle a lot.

Meeting of the Minds

Word has it ground may be broken today! Met Daddy at the lot after dropping Shimmer and Shine off at school. He surprised me with a "Mc"Mocha... enjoyed that while our general contractor, excavating and foundation crews walked the site, measuring transits, for drop and drainage, and all those things that are important, but beyond me. Apparently the forecast for the weekend predicts rain of over 1-1/2 inches, so the group decided to hold off on breaking ground until Monday. Spent quite awhile at the site anyway, discussing foundation, utilities and bilco locations. They staked out some corners before I had to leave for a Mother's Day Luau in Shine's class. Spotted another pretty wildflower on my way out...

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Clean-up from clearing our lot is finally nearing the end... still a few more stumps and some brush to remove, but our excavator has pushed those piles out of the way and he has also done some grading in preparation to stake out the site our our new home. Amazing what a difference that makes (as I breathe a heavy sigh of relief)! He was even kind enough to haul away the remaining scorched trees that hadn't completely burned up. I stopped out with Shimmer and Shine this evening as the sun was dropping in the sky to take a few photos. Listening to the sounds of nature around us, this really is a beautiful setting.

Production Day

Excitement today as we understand our exterior package has hit production at Connor Homes in Vermont! They build one house at a time, normally within a week's time. Would have loved to be there, but Gail (their director of business development) will send us a photo of our drawings being hung up in the factory. I'll post it when we receive it :)

Take Them Away!

We stayed and watched the digger finish loading up the dump truck with big old stumps and roots. From what I understand, our excavator has filled at least 17 loads!!!! So thankful that he had a place to dump them for free... truly a blessing and "gladder" than you know to see them go!!!

Stumps... Take Two

Better luck today for Shine and I. We got out to the lot just as our excavator was finishing up another load of stumps. So happy we got to see the digger in action. Better watch out! Looks like he might just get you, Shine!