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| digging the foundation for the shop |
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Need to do a little catching up here - and get some pictures loaded. I spent all of last week sick with the crud so I had little energy for the house. After 2 doctors' visits, 2 x-rays, and 5 prescriptions... I'm finally feeling better. We (well, actually, Todd) have been moving dirt around getting the site ready. Todd is a wizard on the bulldozer. We have more or less finalized the house plans. Thank goodness, Shawn (the builder and expert) and his dad came by to help us "visualize" and stake out the house. Funny how it looks big on paper and small on the land. I'm sure it will be plenty for us. We decided on a 3 bedroom/2 bath ranch with a very open floor plan. But of course, the shop is going up first. Tommy has convinced me that he and Todd need that space up and running in order to work on the house. So today, they are working on the framing for the concrete foundation. The shop will be 24' X 40' with a concrete slab. In addition to a shop, the space includes a 12' X 24' room along one end for a sort of "man cave" space. I'm not crazy about that name for it - but what else can you call a place that will house a small bar, pinball machine, jukebox, barber's chair...recliner (of course) and TV. Tommy sees it as very rustic and sort of his space. Fine by me.
The weather continues to be just beautiful. Today should hit 75 degrees. Once we break ground on the house itself I'm sure it will be rainy and cold. Still finding my way around Dublin. Found out the population here in "greater" Dublin is just about 20,000 so getting from one side of town to the other is pretty easy. There are some beautiful old homes in town...lots of character.
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