progress!!!!

After what seemed like forever of watching the rain and more rain and concrete dry, we made some great progress this week...... Monday we were still watching the concrete dry.......

Tuesday brought us a passel of contractors, and tools. They started to put in the drainage system around the foundation and insulate the inside.

Wed. brought us a backhoe and driver.....and 16 truckloads of dirt to fill the foundation. They dumped and pushed dirt around, and dumped MORE dirt until the whole thing was just about full to to top.

On thursday, they dug the holes for the dry well and cistern. (which yogi promptly fell into AND jumped back out of - that doggie can JUMP)

Friday, we met John the digging plumber. He came and dug out the trenches for the drains. It's pretty cool because now we can start to see where the bathrooms and the kitchen island go.

This week, we also got the light fixture for the office, and spent some time looking for other light fixtures as well. Next week, they'll put abs drain pipe in the trenches and Steve the electrician will be here to put in the in-floor conduit for the outlets and island, then it's on to the radiant heat. We're expecting to have walls in about 3 weeks. Oh, and by the way, the plumber dropped a little bombshell today. The contractor is hoping to get the house on the master builder tour of homes in August. Better get going!