Week 3 - The "Good Karma" House

I had my first round of inspections this week and the inspector passed it with no hitches. He apparently was raving about the great quality of work by the builder...this is obviously all very good ;-) I walked by on Thursday to take some photos and got to talk with Paul about the progress. Paul is an interesting character and makes the endeavor that most more of a fascinating prospect. Anyway, he looked me in the eye for a moment and said, "you seem like the kinda person I can say this to, this is a good karma house." He went on to explain that so far everything has gone very smoothly. He said the land likes what is happening to it and good energy surrounds it. Well, what do you say to that? Thanks! I am glad and actually it feels good to me to. Now, no laughing...I live in Sedona and this is a normal occurrence here, and I have to say, I much rather that than the alternative.

As far as the construction. The retaining wall is nearly finished. They have added the drains and will back fill next week. This metamorphosis of the land is truly fascinating. One day it looks like a tiny house and the next it looks huge. I imagine it will continue to fluctuate like this throughout. It will be roughly 2000 square feet, which most of you know is more than twice the size of my old house on La Junta Ave...so I guess small is truly relative as it is not 800 sq. ft. In all it will be a 3BR/3BA with a "great" room down stairs, 2 car garage, and an oen plan kitchen livingroom...so it will be cozy with room for guest.

Week 2 - The House...and some politics

I decided daily updates are not practical and really, unnecessary because the changes are so slight now that you would need better photos to see the changes. But changes there are...The footings have been poured/laid, whatever...they are there ;-) and week 3 will see the building of the retaining wall and the back filling of the dirt once the wall is complete. Windows and door have been ordered with the hope the framing will begin at the end of the week and be done into week 4.

It really is amazing just how much planning goes into building a house and how all parts are interrelated. Kind of like this world if we could just figure that part out. The notion that we can accomplish anything without others is absurd, we realize that in building but not in life...hmmmm...go figure. But then with notions like, "Troops to Teachers" with no competency exams, it becomes painfully obvious how out of touch we are. It is amazing how everyone is an expert on how to teach simply because they went to school, could you imagine telling a doctor what to and how to do something simply because you've been to one before? That simplistic thought is dangerous for an already troubled institution...yet there will be some who think it is a brilliant idea, which is REALLY the scary part.

Funny, this did ot start out about politics but once I made the analogy about building my mind took off ;-) I just changed the title to give you all fair waring as to what you were about to encounter. I am sure this will not be the last time, so be forewarned ;-)