Earth work - step 1

The first step in construction is to remove 3 feet of soil. Then they bring in new soil a foot at a time and compact it. Evidently our soil is heavy clay and prone to shifting. So by compacting new soil it will help ensure our foundation doesn't shift and avoid cracking of the stucco. So...no photos yet, because they wouldn't be very interesting. :)

On the home front, Karin Lynn has sold most of our furniture on Craigslist. She is amazing! We expect to do a garage sale the weekend after the fourth to try to get rid of remaining stuff. We have movers set to come on Aug 4 and we should be ready well before then. we can't store many clothes in the Airstream so we have to make careful choices. Since we don't expect to move in until January, we need to span a couple seasons.

Hopefully we'll actually have some pictures to share soon!

Let the construction begin!!!

We closed on the construction loan yesterday. Monday the bank disperses the money which means Tuesday ground-breaking can officially start. We'll be lucky if we are in to our new house by Xmas but that's okay. We are just pleased that we've gotten to this point.

On the home front, we've sold our Champaign home to a very sweet young couple. The closing is set for August 5. I will drive out to NM with Karin Lynn on July 15 and get her all set up in the Airstream. We plan to rent storage space there so we can move our things when the house sale closes. Then I will fly back to Illinois, finish any remaining packing and cleaning, see to it the movers pick up our stuff and turn our keys over to their new owners. I plan to stay with friends until late August. Karin will fly back and we'll drive the remains of our stuff out to NM. Would be settled in by Labor Day.

So that is the plan! We hope to start posting weekly construction progress photos soon!