It’s late so this will be a brief post, but I wanted to update everyone on the progress that we’ve made in the last few days. Mainly, the slab has been poured. Or, at least the slab for the interior has been poured along with the sonotubes that support the porch posts. The exterior slab should get poured on Monday, and then we’ll be totally done with the concrete contractor. (more…)
In the last post I talked about how Bre and I were going to be ordering our materials on Friday and everything was roses and unicorns. That all came crashing back to reality today. This is, in part, due to the low appraisal that I talked about, and comes full circle to my distrust and loathing of banks. (more…)
Or, at least it will be after tomorrow. I jumped the gun a little bit in that previous post when I said that our slab was ready for pouring. What I meant was, the site prep was done and the forms were in. Today, however, we also had the plumber come out and put in the waste lines and everything else that will be buried in the slab. Tomorrow, the concrete contractor will be laying foam and rebar. Then, we’ll be ready for pouring the slab – we’ll just have to wait for good weather. (more…)
Over the past few days Bre and I have been busy. Not working on the land directly – that part is still in the hands of our contractors. The slab site prep has been done and is ready to be poured. The plumber will be out next week to complete his work. Our recent work has been indirectly related to the homestead, and it will pay massive dividends in the future. (more…)
Over the past week or so a lot of work has been done on the most important part of our build process – the foundation. Our schedule had been pushed back a few weeks because the contractor’s other projects got pushed back. That, and we’ve had a lot of rain recently which made getting any work done difficult. I was pleasantly surprised last week when the contractor called me to schedule the site prep. We met out on the land to confirm the location and he told me that he’d start digging.
Last weekend we performed my father’s ash ceremonies. It was a weekend that I had been dreading ever since his passing. I had picked out a simple urn for my father’s remains. It was made out of reclaimed wood, and it’s been sitting on our bookshelf since his funeral service. When it came to actually spreading the ashes, I had two ideological oppositions to it that I struggled with, and it was difficult for me to overcome. I doubt that anyone going through this same situation will stumble upon this page, but in the unlikely event that occurs, I hope that this post will explain how I was able to rise to this occasion, and my thought process thereof.