Footings anyone?

The cement guy has arrived...yeah! The footings have been poured and hopefully the blocks will arrive tomorrow and the walls will begin to go up. The weather is growing cold and we are looking forward to closing up the house again!

More house pictures

Here are a couple more pictures of the house. Block will be laid for the walls and the hope is to have this process started on Thursday. The weather here is growing colder and as you can see there is not a lot of insulation on the one side of the house.

Digging deep!

The complete basement has now been dug. My husband finds it awesome to not use the backdoor to enter the house....I have warned him that he is not the only creature to have that ability. What possibly would someone do if a skunk came into their basement?? Honestly, I had not thought of a skunk...I was thinking more along the lines of a raccoon. Goodness, a skunk...I doubt I will sleep tonight! I am also sharing some pics of the girls borrowing Grandpas new toys. They have probably put more miles on than when the original owners bought them. I remember riding on these while in high school and have warned the girls to go slooooow because they can and do flip.

And we are raised...

Up 1/2 of an inch off the foundation. Our major house repair has begun and we hope without any problems. As you can see from the pictures only 1/2 of the home is being supported. This section will have a complete basement dug out beginning tomorrow. The plan is to have a 18x30 basement with 9 foot ceilings. The purpose of this new room will be a family room.