Forms and fittings and pours, oh my!

Lots of changes this past week. They finished digging the basement; put in the forms for the footings; poured the concrete footings in the casita, the basement and the pool house; and have begun the installation of the septic system. I actually don't really understand what all that really means, but Peter's coaching me on the terms!
He has been on-site each day - keeping tabs and taking pictures and ready to share the events of the day with me. Tonight we just stood on what will be our patio and savored the view. . . . ahhhhh.
It's quite amazing and more than a little exciting to see the plans we've been looking at on paper for so many months coming to life!
The next "pour" will be on Thursday morning - check it out on the web-camera if you want to see it in action. I'm going to try to be there to see it live!

News Flash!! We have broken ground!

Our last entry to this blog site was 8/7/07 (yes that is 07 - not a typo) -- we've been asked many times "are you ever going to make another blog entry?" So this is it - the blog is back and we are SO excited to announce that construction has begun! We were actually in Santa Barbara with our friends Darlene & Art on the day of the actual ground breaking - 10/9/08 - so watched it via the web-camera (see link).

For anyone who hasn't kept up on the events of our life the past year here's a quick recap:

We still have the house in Seattle, where we live sometimes; we've rented a cute house on the beach on the south side of Samish Island, where we live the rest of the time. And we manage to both be in the same place about 95% of the time! We changed contractors a couple times; redesigned (aka downsized) the house; finished the shop with insulation and tons of shelving; and managed for the most part to stay sane and happy! So here we are - building our home!

My promise to Peter is to keep the blog updated on this journey called building a home - so he's giving me a crash course in blogging 101. Enjoy!