Construction Progress,

 Well Campers, another week has gone by.  Not a lot of "Big" things going on.  

This  Big Thing was seen out the back door of our current domicile

Got another big thing.  We had an on-site meeting with our contractor to look at the site and measure where things are going to go. 

Notice the Electrical Connection on the right and the water connection to the left of the big tree in the middle of the picture.  Progress!!

 

But to our, unprofessional, eyes some of the areas that were cleared of trees and brush are not clear enough for the buildings that are going into those clearings.

Specifically, and most importantly, the clearing for my Brother's cottage has two large trees in the center of it.  Didn't know if that was an oversight or just waiting for the tree clearing guy to get us back on his schedule.  Hence, one of the reasons for our meeting.

Upon meeting with the contractor, he said that the clearing guy was coming back this week to take down the mature trees.  What he'd brought out last week was to clear the brush and small 2-3" saplings.  Okay, that makes sense. 

The other clearing area in progress is the area for our hobby huts.  A workshop for me and one for Mrs J who affectionately called hers  a "She Shed".  As can be seen below, we need to take down a few saplings and small trees to have enough room for those.

Another factor that's got to be considered is order of construction.  The house is obviously a big deal in that schedule, but we need to get shelter and fence for the horses before they bankrupt us at the horse hotel they're currently staying at.

Oh, and off topic, when you're mucking stalls and shoveling "you know what" into buckets, it serves you well to inspect the bucket and insure that it isn't covered with fire ants.  I didn't!  The little bastiges are brutal and numerous.  Spray Benadryl is an integral part of our mucking equipment now. 

Back on subject, juvat!

On subject, aye Sarge!  

So, the horse area has high priority.  Not sure of the priority for our house versus my brother's cottage and time to construct for each.  Hence the meeting this morning.

Mrs J has been working hard on the designs of the structures mentioned.  Once we get the "wish list" settled, the Contractor can take them and turn them into blueprints which will take 2 weeks.  At that point, construction can start and he estimates it'll take 8 months to complete.

He then can move his teams around all four  projects so things can get done simultaneously.

So, that should speed up completion a bit or at least make the 8 month date more of a reality. That's where we are in this project.

Just to change the subject and given the time of year.  Mrs J sent me this funny, but true screenshot.  Enjoy! 

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‘True Dat!

Peace out, Y'all!