Ass Backwards

We are so enthusiastic these days about our project that we're going a little ass backwards. It's hard not to get the work done while there is a willing and able person there to DO the work. When we started with the bulldozer guys we had an idea for our house. Well, at some point we changed part of that (we can change our minds, no?).

So yesterday we were there- dragged the whole family ( I say dragged because it was a little of that. The kids next door have some video game crap that's just enthralling them all). Twas an absolutely GORGEOUS day. Not one cloud in the sky. We needed to stake out where the house was gonna go. Ummmm... we have an idea for the house, but not plans for the house. I guess other people usually have house plans before they start dozing a house pad. Nevermind that.... we're not like other people!

So we were staking our house. Saul, buldozer guy tells us that we're standing on fill. Like it's not solid ground because he's filled it in, rather than cut it. Okay.... so we moved the house a bit in the other direction and shaved off a few feet- see the beauty of NOT having plans?? The flexibility!

The whole house plans thing had also come about because the pool builder guy.... who's ready to start (after pulling permits) said that usually you pull the permit for both the house and the pool together. Or at least there are house plans pulled 1st. Peter, the other pool guy (and also the water tank guy) said he could try and pull it sans house plans... in any case we're working on house plans.

GB, in fact, stayed up late last night drawing, while I snoozed heavily with Luka. I put him to sleep and never got up to hang with GB.... so he was on his own.
And yes, that means that we decided NOT to go with the kit homes. We heard another bad thing about working with the multi-facetted dude and decided to just trust our instincts on that anyways.

The plan is that we draw up our own plans and then give them to a draftsperson Val, who we worked with before. It won't be as fast as getting the kit, but it'll be ours : )

The road looks great. The rock walls are coming along. Things are happening!