Subfloors started

And storm shelter base

Floor joists almost done

104+ degrees today

Progress continues...

On a hot hot day  (Day 15)

Framing has begun

Although we need the rain, it would be nice if nothing gets wet until we have a roof!

Wooden You Know It

Lumber is here!

It's HOT today. I'm picking up rocks from what will be the crawlspace under the house.

That way it won't be so creepy to go under there once the house is built. Less nooks for critters to hide :)

It was 100 degrees.  I was hot and dirty. 

More blocks

And fishin in the catfish pond

More building blocks

Aaron and Brandon have both helped to lay the blocks. The main block-layer guy is named "Bones". The rest of his crew didn't show up, so he needed some help.

Brandon helped Bones from 10:00PM to 4:40AM.  Better than working in the heat of the day I guess.

First Day of Summer

Mailbox

Block laying

Concrete Truck is here

I'm surprised that big truck made it up the hill. Let's hope it makes it down in one piece.

Footings are being dug

Ground has broken

 (Day 1)

Rub a Dub Dub...

We were looking for an old-fashioned claw-footed tub.  Found one a few miles away.

Alan found a place in town to powder-coat paint it. Looking forward to the "after" pictures.

Getting site oriented

We met the builder at the home site to determine orientation.  We're eager to start this week, but looks like rain for the next couple of days.

The builder studying the plans

Our Loan is Approved, ready to break ground!

Our banker worked very quickly to get our loan application submitted and approved in only 4 days.

We met with the builder and now ready to break ground on Wednesday of this week!