Day 17

Saturday, May 30, 1998

    Today we leveled the basement floor to prepare for the floor to be poured.  And believe me, its a lot harder than you'd think!     That's Uncle Dave up there waving.  Crazy fool that he is!  Anyone who'd volunteer for hard labor on vacation is crazy, but wonderful!!     We also leveled out the subgarage floor today.  We now have a nice quite, cool "lunchroom" for breaks (the few that are ever taken).  Dad also graded the dirt outside the walkout, and at the slope from the garage down to the subgarage.  You'll note there's a lot less 'tar' visible today.  We're hoping for rain tonight to pack in the dirt.  Although I sprayed it down quite heavily today with our powerful hose.  Soaked it is really a better phrase.     Here's the leveled garage floor.  As you can tell if you had looked at the pictures on day sixteen, we moved a LOT of dirt today!  But it probably all looks more like a driveway, garage, and the like!     Here's a view of the garage side from where the driveway will be coming in.  Its more like a driveway and garage now.  It will be even more so tomorrow, we have to prepare for them to come Monday and start putting up the walls and floors!!   Pretty good for only have been on the land for 18 working days, not all full days!    If you haven't looked at the plans... go here:  PLANS Or see another day's activities: Day One - May 12 Day Two - May 13 Day Three - May 14 Day Four - May 15 Day Five - May 16 Day Six - May 17 - NOTHING (no work done) Day Seven - May 18 - NO PHOTOS Day Eight - May 19 Day Nine - May 20 Day Ten - May 21 Day Eleven - May 22 Day Twelve - May 23 (May 24-25th Vacation - days won't count) Day Thirteen - May 26th -& Day Fourteen - May 27th NO PHOTOS Day Fifteen - May 28th Day Sixteen - May 29th Day Seventeen - May 30th Day Eighteen - May 31st Day Nineteen - June 1st Day Twenty - June 2nd Day Twenty One - June 3rd Day Twenty Two - June 4th Day Twenty Three - June 5th   We've begun buying tile and have our carpet picked out:  INTERIOR