Pouring the Footings

Last Thursday we poured our footings. Well, actually, a big ol' concrete pumper poured our footings while these guys ran around trying to control the thing. Since then, we've had several days of rain, and that's not necessarily a bad thing for the concrete. It needs the humidity to cure correctly.






Granny & Big stopped by to see all the goings on, and they took some time to visit my busy little helper with his dump truck who was trying to run the entire show.

Rain, Rain, Go Away.

The last several weeks have been very frustrating for us, but disastrous for others. Our area has had a tremendous amount of rainfall over a couple of weeks. Many roads were flooded, homes were destroyed, and schools were damaged. Fortunately, our home site is still on the map.

Of course, the flooding has affected us in other ways. We've been reminded that we don't have to be in a flood plain to encounter serious problems with water. Although we were planning to build on a downward slope, no one - not even our builder - suspected that we would have such porous soil at rear of our house site. God works in the most amazing ways! We've been delayed more than three weeks by the rain, but have discovered this problem because of it.

It looks like we have two options: leave the house in the original location with wider footings (the more expensive and time-consuming option) or move it forward about twenty feet. We're weighing the benefits and drawbacks of each option . . .and weighing . . .and thinking . . .and talking some more. We might come to a decision by Thanksgiving!