Our bonus room...

The design called for a full basement. Once the excavator started it became clear to us that the slope of the land in back called for a walk-out basement. We scrambled, ordered 4 more windows and bought a door. And the foundation ended up being about two thirds concrete and the side of the house and part of the back of the house turned into 3 stories. We'll get an extra room down there, one with lots of light. And a door out the side.

Rick is still talking building the model railroad again, so we are still negotiating exactly how much space I can have for my books.

Other pics from the weekend...

How do they do that???

More progress, and lots of shingles in the back that you can't see

The loft

Our first piece of mail arrived...

Well, the mailbox has been up for ages (almost 6 weeks now) and it's been empty. Not even junk mail...so what's a person to do?

Send themselves a letter and see what happens (that's what I did). I carefully addressed an envelope and mailed it off on a Tuesday morning...on Thursday I got a call from Rick telling me the mail had arrived! Well, now I know the mailperson can find us...LOL

It's the little things that make you giggle...eh?

Back to construction...

Eric standing in the center of the master bedroom...











Window on right is the bathroom window. The window on the left will be part of the bedroom.












Eric looking out the bathroom window. Of course this view is from the loft, and won't be possible once the interior walls are up.












The ceiling...Oh my...

The things we saw.......

A nature walk with Jess...

The wading pool

Jess splashing in the wading pool

Continuing on our walk

First look at the shingles