As you all know, we signed our construction loan paperwork on August 23. It has now been two weeks since that took place and we are hoping that we start to see some kind of activity this coming week.
Last Friday, September 3, Black Hills Energy surveyed the electric lines that will be installed and put the survey stakes in place. Our power line will be put underground, so they will start digging the trench for this power line as soon as payment is received.
This weekend Hans rented a backhoe and played construction and road engineer for the weekend. Sad to say, our driveway suffered a lot because of his "playing"! However, it is wider, more rocks were exposed, he got out the "iceberg" rock that was threatening everyone's oil pan in their vehicle, and re-dug trenches for the run off of water. Every little bit helps.
We closed our original fire pit this weekend with a ceremonial last fire, took ashes from the original fire pit and Hans dug a new one! The new one is so deep, if I stand in it, all you can see is the top of my head! We placed the ashes of the old fire pit into the new one to give it a fresh beginning. The old fire pit was in the way of our new circular driveway, so it had to go.
Many of you wonder why such a large fire pit...well, we have wood to burn! Excessive wood to burn. Char LaBounty is our official fire marshall, and as such, she is usually the one to burn the most wood. However, when she is not around, I become the fire chief and burn as much wood as possible.
We are hoping to hear from Steve the Builder this week to determine the date for breaking ground! He must realize this is a great opportunity for celebration and we need to know!
It has begun!
We all know how much Char loves to play in the fire, she's the queen! Love ya Char.
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