Foundations and Frames

No, not make-up foundation. :)

I got a call last Wednesday (The 8th) that our foundation had been poured a few days before and was curing, and that the lumber package was to arrive that Thursday or Friday. Art said if the lumber arrived that week, they would start framing. Shane and I wanted to go get pics of the foundation to go with our pics of the empty weed-riddled lot, the staked out frame, the footings, etc.

Shane had such a busy week that Thursday was his only day off. We thought it far-fetched that the framing would actually begin that week and decided to use our one day off to get a few errands done and take some time for R&R. Sunday, i was on my way out to a birthday party and passed thru the town where our house is going up. I thought i'd go by and get a peek at the foundation. Imagine my surprise when i come around the corner and see this:


BUSY BEE'S EH??? I was so excited!! I jumped out in my WHITE SHORTS and FLIP FLOPS and ran around looking at my new "house"! I didn't come prepared and had no markers to go write our names inside the walls, but we'll go back this week to do that. We also planned to put together a time-capsule to put inside of a wall before the sheetrock goes up. At this rate, we'd better get that peanut butter jar full of 2009 coins and the boys' drawings together QUICK!

In the meantime, the bank is calling about the house we've been renting. It was foreclosed on last month and they want us out ASAP, of course. So i'm trying to hold them off and while i'm totally shocked our house is coming along so quickly, i consider it a HUGE blessing cause we're going to be cutting it VERY close.