Grading and future of blog

Well, the blog has been quiet, but I have not been idle! Neither has Troy!
Here are some pictures of the grading of the yard. They did this on the Friday after Christmas, in preparation for the installation of the walls - the SIP panels - I'll tell you more about those later!

Here, you'll see the walkout basement (you couldn't see it before because of the piles of dirt!) This is facing the back of the house. The trees are on our property, and they'll provide some great summer shade!

Here, you can see the grader sinking in the mud! It was quite muddy that day, and the grader was nearly lost into the woods behind it! But they were able to get the job done!

Do you ever wish there were about 40 hours in a day? I do! We have been busy with Christmas celebrations, illness, and some of the biggest events of the house building! I think the hardest thing so far for me has been that I have discovered that I can't be involved in the house building project AND keep up with all the things I normally do in a day or week - we just won't ever get 40 hour days!

I have been learning so much about alternate energy & healthy home issues as we have been going through this process. I am anxious to share them with you! I will be linking to other sites with some great articles and even kids activities, so if you would like to learn along with me, you can! We are so excited about getting to move into this new house and see how our health improves, as well as our utility bills!

I'll add more later, but in the mean time, you all take care and stay warm!