I'm happy to say that we finally have progress on the house but let me back up a bit first! Tired of watching and waiting for some action, Geo emailed our Project Superintendent to find out how soon we could expect something, anything!
The Reason
We needed to break out of our
"Groundhog Day" cycle with something
that would better pass the time like an RV trip!
The Bad News
He told us that it would be awhile
before anything happens like 2 to 3 weeks.
(Turned out to be 6 weeks!)
The Good News
We could hop into Rama-Lama-Ding Dong,
hook up Bee-Bop, and scoot on down the road!
With summer vacays in full swing, and more RVers on the road than ever before, I knew finding a place to go at the last minute could be an issue. Immediately, a park in the Pigeon Forge area came to mind as a strong possibility, and sure enough we snagged their last spot for seven nights which I documented in my last three posts. You can read them here, here and here. It was the perfect, delightful break we need!
We returned July 2nd, and stalked our homesite almost daily seeking to discover something encouraging happening on our lot.
July 21st
A drone photo of the
foundation almost ready to pour. 
July 11th
Here she is!
Ready to pour.
Proudly displaying her pretty, chalk-white
PVC like a green NASCAR flag indicating "Go!"
July 23rd
Alas, the foundation was poured!
If you look closely, you'll see little blue dots
on the foundation which are the workers
smoothing out the concrete.
We were excited!
A 360° drone vid.
August 3rd
We met up with our Superintendent, a very nice fellow, who told us that he couldn't tell us much! Due to last year's pandemic, all building supplies are unpredictable, from lumber to framers to paint to appliances to windows, you name it. None of it was a surprise to us though. Insert heavy sigh here.
The superintendent promised that we'd get an update email from him every Friday from here on out. You can bet your sweet bippy that we're looking forward to email Fridays!
The most disappointing info was finding out that we won't be moving into the house this year! We so hoped to be in by Christmas but that's the way the Christmas cookie crumbles.
His best news was that they'd be dropping lumber for framing anytime from the next 2 days to 2 weeks. If that's accurate, we'll be getting it within the next five days!
Sooo, as we've been doing since
October, we continue to watch and wait.
Life is a wonderful journey though,
and this is merely a little rut in the road!
Keep Smilin' Y'all,
(We are!)
D~~~~
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