the inaugural post

We are having major internet difficulties right now, so I'm going to have to keep this brief.

We started this blog in order to keep a diary of our homebuilding journey, as well as keep our family and friends updated on the process. If some other people, randomly searching for information, happen to find our blog, great.

The two of us were first told that Andy would be given 1 acre in Blue Lake by his parents in December 2003. The plan was this: split the lot, deed the new lot to Andy, Andy takes deed to bank for construction loan, Andy builds house on lot. Sounds easy, right? Not a chance. It's now just over 3 years later, and we're still hung up in the lot split process. I'll try to give a succinct recap in the next post.

Our objectives with this house are fairly simple. We'd like to give the house as much of a Craftsman bungalow aesthetic as possible. We'd like to make the house as "green" as we can afford. We want to end up with a house that is comfortable, beautiful and functional. Some perks that we'd like to include: a printing studio, room for veggie and flower gardens, homes for an Irish Terrier, two goats, a few chickens, and probably a child or two at some point.

So... check back every once in a while. We hope to create some posts of interest. :)