News

It has been a few days, so here's the news:

Our appraisal came in well above where it needed to be for the home equity loan, so we're ok to get the remainder of the 10% downpayment.

We accepted the offer on the house, and we signed the sales contract.

On Monday, the new house was staked out on the site and we met with Tom to look at it. We adjusted it a bit to center the house in the lot a bit better - he had it off to one side to provide a larger side and back yard, but we liked it better 20 feet over.

I went to the site to take pictures on Tuesday morning and the hole was already being dug. One of the excavation workers was someone I knew in passing from my time in the National Guard so we chatted for a moment.

By the time the boys and I went to the site that evening, it was dug out and filled with gravel. The footings should be poured today and the foundation walls will be up by Friday. Weather looks good for the rest of the week.

We will be meeting with the kitchen guy at some point before the end of the week and with Tom on Friday to go over a few details. By the time we get back home with Brittany next week, there should be significant progress, weather permitting. We're praying for rain on all weekends and none on the weekdays from now on!