Lumber Delivery

City Lumber delivered our first two pallets of lumber this past Thursday. I was standing ready with my camera to photograph the event as the trucks lifted their large beds to drop the lumber on the ground. My camera kept beeping while I was trying to take pictures of the event. This beep meant I had forgotten to reinsert the photo disk back into my camera. Rats! With all the recent rain the builder quickly covered the lumber with plastic to keep it dry.

Today we learned the framing is schedule to begin on Tuesday. I will be sure to have the photo disk in my camera on Tuesday.

Stormy Weather

The thunder storms rolling in and out everyday caused us to loose our Internet connection. We are presently on a wireless Internet connection. The storms damaged one of the towers in our area from which we receive our signal. This afternoon our signal finally returned.

Unfortunately I don't have much to report on regarding our building process. The framing on the house is scheduled to start tomorrow. Presently we are on hold until the weather dries up.

The gas line crew did return to finish installing the line to the house. They did a very neat job.

Sunday's Swim, Sun and Fun

Elizabeth's Sunday Bible study class had a great time together. Liz Anderson, their Bible study teacher is in the center of the photo, who is also the pastor's wife and just fun to be with.

Grammy Rita brought her famous River Mouse boat for the girls to enjoy. It is an old amusement park boat she found and restored. It was a big hit with all the girls. Aunt Debbie gave tutoring instructions on the "how to" of the tree swinging which made for a successful day of swim, sun and fun together.
The gas line up to the house is now completed and the trench is covered. The framing crew is presently scheduled for Thursday if the rain lets up. We have had a big rain every evening since Saturday. The weatherman says the rain should stop on Wednesday, hopefully the framing can start on Thursday as planned.

Prickly Pear Cactus

There has been no new activity on the gas line since my last posting. I hope their crew will be back this week to complete the gas line work from the road up to the house.
The next step in our building process is the framing. We are hoping the framing will also start this week.
The cactus are starting to bloom everywhere on the place, they are such a beautiful yellow. There will be many more flowers to bloom on this big cactus right inside our entrance.
Tomorrow Elizabeth's girls Bible study class is coming down to the River for a "Swim, Sun and Fun Barbecue," after church. We have been mowing, raking and sprucing up the River all week preparing for Sunday's barbecue.

Gas Line Ditch

Today the crew completed laying the gas line and covered the ditch on the street before we arrived. I am not sure when they will be back to lay the gas line from the road to the house. I thought I would jump in this ditch today to give you a perspective of its size. We had a big rain storm late yesterday afternoon which made for a very soggy ditch. Impulsively jumping in was not a good idea. I sunk!

More Gas Line

We started down the road to the property this morning and noticed a big plume of dust over at our place and we were five miles away. I was surprised at the amount of dust this machine creates. The machinery is massive. It digs a trench over three feet deep and two feet wide. Seems excessive for such a little natural gas pipe.

When we arrived the crew had just about finished digging the wide trench up to our back porch cement pad. I was able to quickly take some pictures before they turned off their equipment.

Gas Line Machinery

Paul bought a new yard tractor!

The Gas company crew arrived this morning to trench the gas line. They use some big equipment. This thing was huge! The machine digs through the rock with ease very slowly. They dug the trench parallel to the road and then turned south crossing the road to the nearest gas meter. This trench makes an impassable ditch in the road for through traffic. How do I know this? My vehicle is presently stuck on the property!