These guys even work on SATURDAY!

7:15am - The guys arrive to place the stem wall forms and pour! We knew they were coming, but when they got here so early, we were pretty surprised. EVERYTHING went great! My honorable brother came over to weigh in - a thing he does that we appreciate more than we can say! Even the plumber stopped in to mark his gas and water lines for trenching.

Next on the list of things to do: Remove the kitchen cabinets so the wall can come down! Tim & neighbor, Mike, finessed the uppers right down, so we can re-use them in our guest casita one of these fine days!

Pulling out nails - there are a zillion!

WE PASSED OUR 1st COUNTY BUILDING INSPECTION!

HIP-HIP.....HOORAY!! And there's more! Within an hour of a phone call, we also had a cement truck here. Which resulted (within minutes!) in footings. Hooooray!

Little Bird Farm had 24 hours of Peace & Quiet, and then....

....thankfully, the workers (and the noise) returned! At the end of the day, we now have footings dug and we are ready for our 1st Inspection by a county inspector! (Hopefully, our 1st of many "passing grades"! I must admit that I am having some serious test anxiety!)

Seems like much ado about a small dirt square!

This outcropping will be our fireplace. :)

All that DIRT?

Compacted, watered down, compacted some more.

Nearly ready to actually.....BUILD a kitchen!

And so begins another day.

Actually, these first 2 shots were taken last night when Commander got home from work and was amazed at the grandeur of the hole and resulting pile of dirt!

This morning.

A little reminder to Keep Looking UP!