The Life for Me

One good thing about the rain is that it gave us an opportunity to get rid of a couple of brush piles. Don't let the picture fool you -- those flames are at least 30 feet tall.

What do you get when you mix an art guy turned builder with a physics guy turned carpenter. Not a clue! Actually it wasn't that bad once we figured out which side of the tape measure to use. That's me (in the red) and my good friend Steve working out the math for squaring up the footings. It took us a little bit to get things straight, but in the end we made significant progress. To bad the hole for the basement wasn't big enough. Oh well. It was good practice anyhow.

Reality is setting in. We now have our first real deadline related to the construction of our house. The foundation crew is scheduled to be out on December 5th. We are still waiting on building permits and the footings aren't constructed yet. Who knew that concrete could be so exciting!

Home building has taken a back seat to road building over the past two weeks. And I can tell you -- IT'S A LONG WALK TO THE MAIL BOX! We decided to bring the road up along a contour line instead of shooting straight up the back. It made for a much more manageable slope but added significant length. I can't wait to try a full speed run down the hill on the bike. Hopefully we will get enough snow to try the sled out as well. If you come through town stop by and try it out. Happy motoring!

Colors are really starting to show. If the weather holds out, this would be a great weekend for a Parkway ride.