Never been closer...

No property pictures in this post...if you've been following, you probably know what it looks like better than me by now.  We are scheduled to meet with Schumacher Homes tomorrow for the pre-construction meeting.  This is where all of the details get finalized, the dreaming diminishes and the comittment gets serious.  I'm thinking we have all of our design elements pretty well thought out, and the final product will work for us.  We won't want to slow things down (or ramp up the cost) with major change-orders after tomorrow.

There's some city permits and an official survey (including elevation) that's next on our to-do list.  Schumacher will also take care of obtaining the POA (Property Owners Assoc) approval for our plans.  Since it is a fairly conventional house, I don't anticipate any problems.  When we get a copy of the final floor plan, I'll post some pictures here.

In the meantime, our trove of the endagered Johnson's Bayou irises are barely hanging on.  They've survived moves from JB to Carlyss to Ponca City to Houston, and then to the rent house...where they are in an old 120 qt marine igloo in the back yard.  Buck keeps jumping in there to protect us from lizards - they did not bloom last year.  We hope to find them a good spot at the new place back in the ground where they belong.

And a new feature...todays' "Random shot of the day".






August 2012, Lake Superior, MI with Chris, Gabby & Maggie