Happy Thanksgiving!

Speaking of homes, wanna know where your turkey might have been living?  In a turkey coop.

And this one is for sale on Craigslist. (I'm not selling it)

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

5 Walls

We have a cistern floor and walls.  Yay!  Does that mean if we don't go any further we have a pool?  I am very excited, but nervous too.  I am getting worried about all the things that could go wrong, from not having enough money to my contractor turning out to be terrible (he has been great so far, I just worry). 

The back wall is supposed to go up next.  It wasn't originally scheduled to go up next, but since it has been raining so much lately, the contractor wants to put it up to prevent run-off (the mountain from falling).   Then the pillars that will hold up the floor will go up.  We just need it to stop raining so much.

We are going to meet with the contractor this weekend to discuss some small changes to the plans and to look over the budget and make sure we aren't over budget already.

With WAPA rationing water now, I really appreciate having a cistern.  

Its Starting to Form

I didn't get up to the site until late today, so my pictures came out pretty dark.  The crew has started putting up the forms for the cistern walls.  I'm so excited.

On another note, we have finally been approved by the bank and are getting some last things together for our loan.  We have to close in less than 60 days.  If everything works out the cash will flow smoothly and we will be in our new home within 6 months.

Enjoy the view.

Stalled, but made some Progress

It's raining. It's pouring. Pouring rain, not concrete (at least not anymore).

We got started. Yay!  Some land was cleared (again) and the footings for the cistern have been poured.  I hope I'm saying that right.  I haven't got the construction lingo down yet.  The next step is to put up the cistern walls.  As soon as the weather dries up for a few days, the construction workers can get back to work getting the forms ready for the cistern walls.  That should take about five days.  I can't wait.