A "lot" happening

Before I went out of town.... the lot was cleared.  Dale & I went out and a laid out the house and marked the corners etc.   This is always a time that you begin to get an idea of size and shape of things.  It seems like it always looks really small when you just have strings lining the outside of the house.   I always ask Dale " are you sure it is big enough"  and he always says yes..prob too big!   I loved the picture of Dale & I looking down into the basement casting our shadows... I named the photo "5:00 Shadow"

Dale and Mike Garner( who by the way did an excellent job with the lot excavation and is very high on my list for promptness) did a great job of digging the basement.  When I returned today I went to the lot to find a hole in the ground that was awesome and it is done!   Dale loved playing with Tonka toys as a child... I asked him if it felt like playing!  He loves it. 

Utilities are next - water, power and those meetings will take place this week.  Plans are with the concrete wall installer and hope to get a final price and commitment this week.  Dale has met with framer who made some good suggestions and we are still tweaking the plans to accommodate those and the changes that we want to make.