Today we applied for the building permit at long last. The plans are drawn, the engineering is done, the septic field permit is in hand and all the necessary steps have been fulfilled. We are told the permit will be issued in about a week and then we can begin actually pouring concrete.

In the meantime the work will continue. The excavator will dig a big hole in the front yard tomorrow. We'll also pull the porch off the old house and move all of the organic dirt around the side as well. We'll put it to good use later as we shape the yard when construction is done.

Two of the signs for the contractors are now done, ready to put in place when the construction begins.

The excitement builds as the countdown to construction continues...

-grampa dan