Pictures of the house moving

First, a shot of our goslings. Aren't they cute?

 

And now, the house....

Starting the last leg of the journey, coming across the field.

Beginning to back into the basement.

Partway there!

Starting to lay the block up.

The block is laid up 7 courses on one side and the back now, but it took to raining again, so things are kind of at a stand-still right now. There was talk of trying to lay block despite the rain, but things are pretty mushy down there! We'll see... Meanwhile, we started tearing into the inside of the house some. Still trying to make up our minds how much we should do and how much we can leave. :-) But, that's part of remodeling an old house!

The house is HERE!

Just to let everyone know, our house is, as I write, being jacked into position to lay up the basement walls! The trip across the field was rather eventful, as they hit a couple of very soft spots, but it's here now. Tomorrow the work starts in earnest. Pictures coming later!

Update on the house

The house is still sitting across the field, waiting to be moved over to it's new location. The mover wanted to wait until things were a little drier before taking it across a hayfield! The date for the final move is tomorrow sometime--and we're excited about that. But even with it up on the back of a truck, we've still been in it checking stuff out more thoroughly and I've even removed a little wallpaper. Couldn't wait to get started at the mammoth task ahead of us! Once it's hovering over our new footers, and jacked up somewhat higher than we want it to end up, someone is coming to lay the block for the basement walls. Meanwhile, we'll be starting some work inside of it, ripping up flooring, tearing out a bit of drywall, and starting to remodel one bathroom. It's going to be a very long process, as Jere is still planning to work on the job as much as he can. I've been working some at making curtains, while we wait to be able to really tear into things, and we're working at refinishing an old claw-foot bathtub, so there's no lack of things to do.

Meanwhile, life goes on. We have two week old goslings we're raising, hoping to end up with all but 2 or 3 in the freezer--hope we like goose! :-) I just planted the sweet corn yesterday, and am waiting on a little more to be tilled so I can put in the muskmelon and watermelon yet. We're growing a gorgeous crop of weeds, if nothing else, and I need to make sure I spend more time out there pulling them! We had a stray kitty show up that Jaron quickly adopted, and he's been faithfully taking care of it. I'm hoping it does OK for him--it had a handful of deer ticks on it when we found it, and an abscess on it's lip. It looks much better now, though still a bit wild.

On Father's Day we joined family at a state park for the afternoon, and had a lovely time enjoying the sunshine and fresh breeze. Next weekend (June 28-30) we go to the Twin Cities for a very special birthday party. It looks like we have puppies coming in August--anyone want to speak for one now? ;-) I think that's most of the odds and ends for now...

Of puddle ducks and house movings

And here is a late night shot of our house going down the road! It was an exciting night for us last night, as it was moved from it's first spot to the log yard. The plan is that next week they will move it across the field and set it into place--hopefully Monday, if it doesn't rain too much over the weekend!

 

Here is a shot of the basement after one of the last rains...

And here are my puddle ducks! Sweet!

Jere put a plank from what remains of the back deck to the other side of the excavation, so we can get outside without getting too muddy. It's Leanna's favorite place to play now, as she bravely makes herself walk from one end to the other without help.

Pouring concrete!

The Lord graciously held back the abundant rain we've been having lately long enough to finish the digging and get the footers poured yesterday. It's raining again first thing this morning, and we are SO glad we were able to finish yesterday in enough time for the cement to set up before it gets wet again! Here are some pictures of all the goings-on here. Enjoy!

Jere and my dad adding to the dirt pile. (Finishing the digging.)

Starting get the footers formed.

Jaron and Uncle Judah digging out the loose dirt in the bottom of the frost wall pit.

The cement truck arrived!!!

The first cement coming off the truck.

Jere working the cement in the frost wall pit. Isn't he handsome?!

Working the concrete.

The little ones entertaining themselves.

Jaron working hard. He worked like a man!

Jere showing Eliott how to do it.

Eliott working hard with his own little shovel.