Months of Progress

We've had so much progress to work on we've had no time to blog about it!! You'll have to forgive me for the backwards photo display - next time I'll know to go in reverse order. So...the plumbers came and laid pipes galore into our well compacted pad, then we spent what felt like weeks threading rebar for the footing forms, and then finally we got to the concrete!! Dan's Uncle Jim has a great crew that helped us make our plans work and refrained from telling us we are completely crazy!! As of Nov. 2, we have the footings poured and the big exterior uprights in place. Dunn County Electric gave us a new transformer on Wednesday that will serve both Mom and Dad's house, their outbuildings, the farmhouse and our spread. Next week we'll pour the floor inside after we even out the pad and install insulation galore. The interior posts will then go up and the masonry heater will come to fruition, and we can slap a roof on this baby!! The plan is to do temporary fill between the posts with straw bales so we can work inside for the winter. Depending on how that works we may be able to lay cordwood wall by wall as the temperature allows - we'll have to see how a portable heater works/break in the masonry heater. All in all, even when you're beat, all you can do is move forward!!