Images

Here are several pics of how the The Project has developed over the past month...

Well, so much for keeping up with the Blog

So much for good intentions. Obviously, I haven't been keeping you all up to date on "The Project". Actually, all of the building activity since early October is posted on my Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=573864123&ref=profile). Nevertheless, for you avid followers of this blog (and you know who you are), I will provide a very brief update.

Despite our reservations (as noted in the previous posting) we finally decided to move forward with The Project in late summer. We put our Cook Street home on the market (many lookers but no buyers - yet) and got our financing lined up. In mid-October we finally broke ground. It's been a slow process since then. Too slow. The excavation through pouring the footers went pretty well, but since then it's been one delay after another. For the most part, I've had a three-man crew with only one guy who knows what he's doing. First, my guys were pulled off to other jobs. Second, they screwed up the rebar layout for the foundation walls. We've failed two inspections! I think we've got the problems resolved and were scheduled to pour the walls tomorrow (¡si Dios quiere!).

The weather has been great for November - perfect for pouring and setting concrete. Let's hope it lasts