Progress

All I had to do was leave town for a week to get things going!

The Beach

I'd like to thank everyone (Jerry, Rita, Kevin, Kevin, Alex, Andrew, Sarah, Jessica, Matt, Henry, Amanda, Amaya, Martha, Tom, Jordan, Sam, Ava, Ree, and Jill) for a wonderful, relaxing week at the beach.  For those of you who missed it, I hope to see you very soon!

Fun with Dirt

After some trouble with soft soil at the back of the lot, the footings are ready to be poured! We ended up having to over excavate and put several tons of crushed stone wrapped in filter fabric beneath the footings.

I'll be very relieved to finally have something permanent in the ground.

The Big Dig

Stimulating, Don't you Think?

I received my economic stimulus check on Saturday, and after a dream involving George W Bush, decided to spend all $600 on pizza.

Jedi and Lucy got to eat plenty of sticks

Nice try Jedi

Slow Is OK

The silt fence is almost in place, which means excavation for the footings will begin soon.

While I was working on the fence tonight, I met a guy named Tom who is going to help me cut up the rest of the wood tomorrow evening in exchange for some of the firewood.  He heated his house last winter solely with a wood stove!

Here's the stream the city won't even let me put a deck within 15 feet of:

Don't see the water?  Neither do I.

Night Moves

My building permit was approved yesterday!  What better way to celebrate than to hike up Looking Glass Rock in the middle of the night with some good buddies.

Look closely, you can see the full moon at the top of the photo!