The plan was to camp-out in the basement for the final 3 weeks of construction, but when we arrived Sunday evening with two pick-up trucks loaded with stuff, we found the septic system installed, but no toilets yet. So the 4 boys and I are spending our nights in a hotel room with three dogs...the walls are lined with backpacks, ice chests, guns, tools, clothes (clean & dirty), etc.
Here we are enjoying some fine camp-out cuisine - Subway sandwiches (with lots of veggies). Other meals have included dinner of canned ravioli & beef-a-roni, pizza with veggies, canned beanie-weenies, canned fruit cocktail, lots of pudding cups (chocolate & tapioca), canned corned beef hash, donuts with milk (chocolate & white), peanut butter & jam sandwiches, Mug root beer, Gatorade, and tons of ice cold water. K2 also buys apples & bananas, which I occasionally see the younger boys eat. Tonight was Sonic Drive-In.
We are up early every morning and at the farm by 0730, and work until sunset, and many of those tasty menus are not eaten at a normal meal hour.
Does it sound like a fun outing for boys? It is!
In spite of our first big rain in weeks, we had an army of contractors working Monday...I counted 20 doing various jobs in and around the house!
Vaulted ceilings on the left and K2 framing walls in the basement.
The plan was to camp-out in the basement for the final 3 weeks of construction, but when we arrived Sunday evening with two pick-up trucks loaded with stuff, we found the septic system installed, but no toilets yet. So the 4 boys and I are spending our nights in a hotel room with three dogs...the walls are lined with backpacks, ice chests, guns, tools, clothes (clean & dirty), etc.
The air duct work will be completed Wednesday, 18 Aug, followed soon by the electrical and plumbing installs.
K2 and K4's hubbie R practicing Spanish
She did not want to be left behind on our neighbor's farm this morning. They also got 2 Alpines and are kind enough to temporarily board our girls for the next few weeks until I return permanently.
Look what S gave me this week...I'm in iPhone heaven. K2 & K8 actually are on it most of the time, especially using the very handy google map feature to navigate us around the big city and out in the country. Did you know that google map shows traffic congestion on the freeways? We discovered it about 2 minutes after we got on the Interstate and found ourselves in a 30 minute line of traffic waiting for a wreck to clear...we only needed to go 2 miles! The GPS feature is pretty handy as well.
