We're building a house! Finally! We've had house plans completed for over two years, and now the timing is finally right to get this project going.
There's been all sorts of red tape between the flood plain, the county, the bank and more. But we got that all worked out and our builder is wrapping up the project that was before us in line and that means we're next! This past week, Ben scraped all the crop residue off the building site (aka, he got rid of the corn stalks). The lumberyard brought in supplies, and then dirt work happened!
We won't have a basement so the dirt work was minimal, which lead directly into getting ready for the footers.
While I was away at work (I'm going to have to get used to missing out on this stuff) a concrete truck came in and pumped concrete into the footer forms. See that square in the photo below? That will be our storm shelter - disguised as a bathroom.
On Friday the "concrete guys" took away the footer forms and unloaded the foundation forms. They'll get those set and poured next week.
It's been pit-in-my-stomach scary to see this project get started as well as I-can't-believe-this-is-happening exciting. So far, the one thing I know about our building project is that it's growing my ability to be patient and expanding my trust in the skills and knowledge of the workers.
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