Happy Tax Day. I filed mine way back in February, or maybe it was late January, point being, no worries for me! My taxes have always been really simple, though this is probably coming to an end. Next year I’ll have a husband and a house, which appropriately are the two things most visible in this picture:
Speaking of the house, we checked it out again last night. Not much to report since last Friday, although the foundation is obviously dry enough that they’d driven some kind of vehicle across it — as evidenced by the tire tracks. They also removed all the boards that were used to frame the foundation in the first place, though we couldn’t tell if they have tensioned the slab yet. (The ends of the cables haven’t been cut yet and I don’t know what to look for otherwise.) We’re planning to go back on Friday, at which point framing should have started with any luck. There were red lines all over the concrete which aren’t really visible in the photo, but they plotted out everywhere there will be a wall. It was cool to walk around the slab looking at the red marks and picturing where the walls will be.In other news, I RAN last night. Slowly, but YAY. The weather was awesome. I wish it could be spring year-round.
Also, my brother went to Ecuador recently (his girlfriend Cindy is from there, though she now lives in Miami) and this morning he emailed me a few photos. Punk hasn’t put up a whole gallery yet so I have to make do with 4 measley photos to appease my ever-present wanderlust. Get with it, Brian! I can’t wait to go to Belize…in less than two months!
Time to put on your Engineer’s hat. I love to walk through partially completed houses. I got it from my parents who used to take my brother and I to partially build houses all the time. You would not believe the number of mistakes we found. From closets with no doors, to mistake walls badly ripped out… You name it, we saw it. So now is the time to really start look over your builder’s work.
Take a good look at the red lines and make sure they match what you envisioned. Make sure the walls go on the lines, that the walls are straight and level, etc.
Keep the photos coming. I’m have a great time watching all of this unfold.
I think they wait a few days for the slab to cure, then apply the 25-30 thousand lbs of force with a machine, cut the cables and fill the little holes on the side of the slab. They almost never crack.