Each time I drive over to Indiana to check on the progress of the house it's like Christmas! There are always new surprises awaiting me and today was no exception. First surprise was that the walls had a first coat of paint and even better, the paint matched the paint chips I had selected. The place was crawling with subcontractors and so noisy that the locust were almost drowned out--electricians worked on the switches, outlets and lighting; flooring guy was installing the laminate floors; HVC people were putting in the air conditioner and the builders worked on the steps for the back porch. Meanwhile, the excavator was providing beautiful background music for this dance of the subcontractors. He's moving the massive pile of rock that was unearthed to make the basement. It will be dumped down a long ravine at the back of the property to create a dry creek bed in an area where there is already run off during a rain storm. All of it was a delight to my ears and eyes because it means in a few short weeks I will actually be able to stay there. Can't wait!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
the dance of the subcontractors
Each time I drive over to Indiana to check on the progress of the house it's like Christmas! There are always new surprises awaiting me and today was no exception. First surprise was that the walls had a first coat of paint and even better, the paint matched the paint chips I had selected. The place was crawling with subcontractors and so noisy that the locust were almost drowned out--electricians worked on the switches, outlets and lighting; flooring guy was installing the laminate floors; HVC people were putting in the air conditioner and the builders worked on the steps for the back porch. Meanwhile, the excavator was providing beautiful background music for this dance of the subcontractors. He's moving the massive pile of rock that was unearthed to make the basement. It will be dumped down a long ravine at the back of the property to create a dry creek bed in an area where there is already run off during a rain storm. All of it was a delight to my ears and eyes because it means in a few short weeks I will actually be able to stay there. Can't wait!
Each time I drive over to Indiana to check on the progress of the house it's like Christmas! There are always new surprises awaiting me and today was no exception. First surprise was that the walls had a first coat of paint and even better, the paint matched the paint chips I had selected. The place was crawling with subcontractors and so noisy that the locust were almost drowned out--electricians worked on the switches, outlets and lighting; flooring guy was installing the laminate floors; HVC people were putting in the air conditioner and the builders worked on the steps for the back porch. Meanwhile, the excavator was providing beautiful background music for this dance of the subcontractors. He's moving the massive pile of rock that was unearthed to make the basement. It will be dumped down a long ravine at the back of the property to create a dry creek bed in an area where there is already run off during a rain storm. All of it was a delight to my ears and eyes because it means in a few short weeks I will actually be able to stay there. Can't wait!
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I am so excited for you Sharon. You are just going to LOVE staying in the woods... Your place is so cozy!!! I always look forward to seeing your videos. -Sally
ReplyDeleteHow exciting Sharon, everything looks so wonderful....you did good, haha! It seems like it went really fast, I'm sure not so much for you, but it's going to be complete very soon. Just in time for some fall planting! I wish I was able to come down for a weeekend and help you.....maybe by the Spring life will slow down a little bit....yeah, right! Congratlations....I'm very happy for you to realize another one of your dreams.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm pretty sure there is a 'u' in congratulations somewhere, haha.
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