Building Update....

The whole for the basement was dug Saturday and Sunday. We have two massive piles of dirt out there now and a very large whole. One of the piles will be smoothed out for the shop pad that will eventually be built sometime. The other pile will be used for back filling around the basement walls.

Monday, the basement guys started setting footings. Hopefully they can finish putting all the footings together and pour concrete this afternoon. Chris is hoping they can then start on the basement walls by the end of the week.

Backside of the house, looking toward the road.
The square of dirt that isn't dug into will be the garage.
Footings, day 1.


Madi's fourth tooth on the bottom came through this weekend. Thursday and Friday she didn't sleep well at all and she started with a runny nose again last Monday. So, I was glad to see it come through Saturday. It must still be bothering her because she didn't sleep well again last night. But neither did I, my allergies are just horrible right now. I got some Claritin yesterday and took it before bed. I slept good for about two hours and then was up most of the night blowing my nose. I need to get some Benadryl and take that at night, it always knocks me out pretty good. But I'll have to wait until Madi is feeling better and sleeping all night again.

I've been getting ready for a busy weekend. We might try to go to the Central/South football game on Friday. We have Chris' moms family reunion Saturday. Sunday is Madi's baptism. It will be a fun weekend, but busy, busy, busy.

Have a great day! I also have more pics in my photo albums to share.

Love, Amy

Finally got my camera connection fixed so I could download some photos.

Madi's new big girl toothbrush.
She loves picking the sunflowers out at the land.
Jumping on the trampoline. She new exactly what to do when she got on.


Chris put in the driveway last week and we received our building permit. Yeah!! The basement is supposed to be started tomorrow, but with all this rain, it may not happen until later in the week or next week.

Happy Birthday to Ella and Emily, and Thomas, Linda, and David T. last week! Have a good one!!
Love, Amy

Love This Weather!!!

It has been so nice this week. I have had the windows open since Sunday and it has been great. Plus, the electric bill will be going down, another big plus!

Last weekend Madi and I went to the lake to spend time with mom and dad, Jason and Tabatha. Jason and Tabatha bought themselves a boat and we all went out Saturday. It was gorgeous out, no wind, sunny, a beautiful day to be on the lake. Chris had an auction to go to and then helped Bob with his Taxidermy booth at the Gun Show on Saturday. Sunday he took a back hoe out to the land and dug a trench so the Health Dept. could do a test to determine if we can do a lagoon or a septic tank. Of course, we want to do a lagoon, but we still had to have the test done.

We had the test done yesterday which was supposed to give us our building permit today. But now we find out that we have to have our entrance done before we can get our building permit. It sure would be nice if someone could tell us what we are required to do in the order that they need to be done. It's not a huge undertaking to get it done. We just need to push some dirt into the ditch and lay rock down, but we could have had that done a long time ago if we had known. We also got our loan approved and paperwork signed. And we are now counting down until next Wednesday when the basement contractor can get started!!!!

Madi is doing well. She runs everywhere she goes and is non stop most of the time. I have some new pics, but my USB cable isn't working. I hope to get that fixed and new pics on soon.

Enjoy the great weather!! Happy Birthday to Grandpa Tom!!

Love, Amy

We finished the second bathroom this weekend. It took all three days to do, but we finally got it done. I need to put the accessories up and Chris needs to put a new supply line on the toilet and it will be done. What a sense of accomplishment, getting the two biggest projects done.

Finally rescheduled Madi's baptism for September 30 at 8:25am at First United Methodist Church. Anyone that would like to attend is more than welcome. Let me know and I will make sure to save enough seats for everyone. I think afterwards we will probably just go out to eat and celebrate.

Not much else going on. Chris and I had an evening out Sunday. We went to Bellville and watched the races. Had a great time and saw some good racing. We haven't been to the races since before Madi was born, so it was a nice treat. I couldn't believe all the people that bring their little ones to the races, like less than a year old. Not for me!! Even at Madi's age now, I would never be able to get her to sit or be content for that long of a time.

Madi still has a cough and runny nose. But she is sleeping well and she isn't cranky anymore so that's a plus.

We are still waiting to hear about our loan from the bank. Once we get the okay, we will start with the sewer part of it. We have to do a ground test to see if we can do a septic tank or a lagoon. It will more than likely be a lagoon, the neighbors weren't able to do a tank, so it shouldn't be any different for us. Then we dig the pit, put up fencing, run the main lines and we can start on the dirt work and basement. Our basement contractor can start in two weeks. So, once we get this started, we will be pretty busy for the next several months. We are going to have someone do the basement, framing, plumbing, heating/air and drywall. The rest we will be doing ourselves.

Short week!!! Have a great one.

Love, Amy