Getting up to speed.

Ann says it's rained more than 16 inches since we started construction. That, paired with difficulties with bank draws and the holidays, have made for not much progress on the job site. Here's a photo of what we've got so far:


That picture was taken a week ago, and it looks the same today. You may notice it's a little blurry... I took it from inside the car. What?! It's cold and wet here! (Andy did buy me a pair of work galoshes for Christmas so I can get out there and help build the house in my free time. Ha! Free time! That's funny.) So yeah, those are forms, and they're ready to pour the exterior wall of the foundation when it stops raining for enough days in a row.

Speaking of Christmas, we had a good one, and we hope anyone reading this did as well. I've used up my quota on our flickr site this month, so there will be Christmas photos coming in 2009. (That makes it sound so far off... maybe it's just me. I am still dating checks 2007.) And, right on time as usual, I have our "New Year cards" ready to go out, just need to get around to doing it. Too many things to do, not enough time. It's going to be rough when I go back to work full time. (Nothing's for certain yet, but it will happen sometime in 2009.)

the latest.

There are more adorable photos of me on my flickr site.


We are now a two-car family. We bought this '03 Toyota Rav4 from a nice guy here in Eureka. It was a deal!


This is the best built pump house ever. We know this is an indication of building to come, and we are thrilled for what this means for the rest of our house. We're meeting with a couple of the subcontractors tomorrow to discuss things. We anticipate them starting the septic system tomorrow, too.


I went walking with my co-worker, Heidi, last week and captured this with my cell phone. Now imagine it looking 1,000 times more awesome in real life. We walked a few yards further and a flock of little shorebirds flew right at us, split around us and then reconvened just past us. It was so cool to hear them chirping and flapping their wings as they realized we were standing there in their path.