Category: The Daily Grind

Today they poured the footings: Facing south Facing north

Turns out it only took two days for some action on the new house. Today they put in the forms for the footings. Looking southwest from about where our driveway will be Looking north We’re getting excited now that they’re actually doing some work!

They dug the hole for our basement and foundation today. We have 9′ walls in the basement so the hole is actually deeper than it seems in the pictures – deep enough to need a ladder in order to climb in and out of it. Looking south from the street side of the lot I’m… Continue reading New House – 05/23/2006

At the end of May, some activity finally occurred on the lot (we signed the papers in January) – the site was surveyed and staked out to show the house position on the lot. We actually don’t mind that the construction process is taking so long because real estate prices in the Salt Lake Valley… Continue reading Site Survey

As some of you already know, we’re building a new house in South Jordan. Our current house is cramped and lacks enough bathrooms for a family of seven. Of course, when I say cramped I mean cramped by Utah standards in 2006. I often wonder if I’m being too worldly in building this house when… Continue reading New House Diary

One of our recent big news items is that we’ve decided to take the financial plunge and buy a bigger house. We seem to be bursting at the seams in our existing home. We originally looked for homes on the east bench of Salt Lake City. My sister Lori lives in that area and we… Continue reading Buying a New House

Nancy’s been bugging me to start updating the website again. I hope you like the new look and feel of the site. I’ll be making changes to the layout and format over the next couple of weeks. The old site is still available as well. UPDATE: 06/25/2009 – Removed references to old domain I also… Continue reading A New Start