Trials and tribulations

Hmmmmm.

We should be into day three of excavation. Yes, yes. We should be.

There's just a little problem with obtaining permits. And finding that our current design doesn't meet current zoning regulations. (Of note, our lot as it was platted 80-some years ago also doesn't meet current zoning regulations. This is a bitter pill, I must say.) And trying to reach the architect who needs to make changes to the plans so we can meet the current zoning regulations and obtain the permits.

OMG. We haven't even started and we're behind schedule. I really thought we had escaped the ever-loving foot-dragging, now that Tom the Builder is running the show.

O. M. G.

Cozy

No pictures today.

Rob, Sara and I have moved "out" for now, and I'll admit it was a little strange when I left last night, realizing that I don't have many -- if any -- more nights sleeping in our bedroom. Our new room has yet to be built.

Weird.

So for the next several months the three of us are huddled together in my sister's spare room. Actually we're not really all that huddled and for now we have plenty of room to sleep, get dressed, get away from each other, etc. But we'll see. We have a way of letting laundry creep in and surround us. Somehow though I don't think the sister will put up with much of that. :)

Excavators were out last week getting the lay of the land. We should be breaking ground two weeks from today. I can't wait!!

Windows: Before & after

One of Skip's first projects... Awesome! Hooray for windows that work!

Big doings this week! The porch is gone -- or at least going, in lots and lots and LOTS of little pieces. Skip and Rob both spent some quality time on the end of the jackhammer and the concrete slab is no more. Poor Sara looked out of Nanci's window and said "What happen my house? It's all broken!"

That's an understatement, sister.