Hole in the ground

We now have a hole in the ground where the foundation will be poured. A four foot foundation that is, as opposed to the standard two foot foundation. One of the (not so) fun findings during the structural engineering phase of drawing our plans was that we were in an "Exposure C" wind zone. What does that mean? Simple: Exposure C wind zone=more expensive building costs. Additional costs include a deeper foundation, shear walls, lots of hold downs or Simpon "strong ties", etc. Basically, we will never end up in the Land of Oz searching for the Wizard. That's a good thing.

Blogging 101

Notice: I am the student & teacher of the Blogging 101 course I have just enrolled in. Hopefully I will learn to navigate the blogging world fairly easily and quickly. In the meantime, patience will be a virtue for the student, teacher, as well as reader. Honestly, in 1 million years, I would have never expected that I would create a blog. Here goes nothing.

I wanted to begin a journal of this venture we are about to begin. Unfortunately, I should have started this a long time ago~about 1 1/2 years ago. Yep, that's right, we started this building/planning/designing/property searching/you-name-it adventure way back in the Fall of 2007 when we began searching for property to build on. Finally, in June 2008 we purchased 2.28 acres in Castle Rock, WA....the location of our future custom built home.

Ground Breaking News!!!

The day that we have been anticipating for well over a year has finally arrived! We officially broke ground and began the construction phase as of yesterday, June 11, 2009. What a journey it has been thus far and what excitement we have to look foward to as we progress in the building phase of this chapter in our life. Hang on tight this is going to be a wild ride!!!