Framing

I really don't have much time, but I didn't wanna leave you hanging. Am I talking to myself? Maybe. But in case anyone out there wants to see the progress on the house, here are a couple pictures.

Framing day 1: I-beams installed and subfloors started

The first wheelbarrow-full of our very own well water! Oh boy!

We love it up here!

Elijah building a desk all on his own.

Framing Day 2: Main floor (this was SO EXCITING! SO fun to walk through!!)

Our view out the front window (North). Not too shabby, eh?

My dish-washing view from the kitchen (South).
Sigh. So beautiful.

Special delivery!

This week while we (mainly Abram) were unloading our firewood at our new land,

we saw this truck driving up the highway. It was loaded with lumber - specifically trusses. Then it slowed down at our road.

It was for us!! Special delivery indeed!!

McKay couldn't take his eyes off of the trusses being delivered. But I'm glad I took my eyes away long enough to see and capture the special moment from another view.

Two days later the rest of the lumber arrived, along with the hardware for framing.

The well was also completed this week, including the pump, water tank, and electricity hooked up to it.

Shortly after, the garage floor was poured. Too bad we didn't get there soon enough to put our hand prints in it! ('Course, we may have ended up with boot prints, too, so maybe it's a good thing.)

Starting Monday the framing goes up. They said if we get the Mexican crew, it will be done in TWO DAYS! If it's the white guy crew it will take 4-5 days (which still seems awfully fast to me!).

Stay tuned.

Making progress

Well, we're making good headway! They put the footings down, then molds for the foundation.

 The power company put up a pole and strung wires across the road for us. Since then, the electrician has put a box on the pole, and tomorrow (Tuesday) it will be inspected. Upon completion (and passing) of the inspection, the power company will be returning to add a meter and charge it up. They said they will do it tomorrow.

 And look! The molds got filled in and we have a foundation! Hooray!

 And the well has been drilled. At this very moment, they are up there setting the pump and the tank. We will have water as soon as the electricity gets hooked up!

I don't have pictures yet, but they have back filled now and have dumped a load of gravel for our driveway. I will post pictures later this week.

In the meantime, we have been packing and moving boxes into a storage unit. Next week we plan to move into our friends' big camper up on our property, hooked up to septic, water, and power. We'll use propane tanks for now and get a permanent (big) propane tank later. Abram and I have also been working on some of our own projects, which I'll have to post pictures of when I don't have so much to do. Back to work!