Countdown has begun
Gretchen and I met with the construction supervisor (or “soup”, as he says) Eric today out at our development. To our surprise, he committed to a June 1 completion date, which means we have about 90-100 days to get our current home taken care of. Good news though, since we should start seeing major progress [...]
Ice Palace Follies
We meant to post these a week or so ago, but you know how life gets in the way sometimes. In case you haven’t heard, the annual St. Paul Winter Carnival was enhanced this year by the NHL All-Star Game coming to town, so they went all out. Included in this year’s festivities is a [...]
Holy hole, Batman!
The wife has confirmed that there’s a big hole where our house is gonna be. I haven’t seen it yet, but we’re gonna go get photographic proof tomorrow. Actually, there’s probably a bunch of snow in it so we may not see much. I proceeded to tell her last night that the hole really is [...]
Time to cut the ribbon
Believe it or not, they’ve started to dig (apparently)!! I haven’t been out there myself, so I’m a bit apprehensive, but Jim called today and said they have been breaking up the frozen tundra for digging. Once one of us gets time, we’ll be back with pics to prove it.