Today they poured the footings: Facing south Facing north
New House – 05/25/2006
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!
New House – 05/23/2006
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
Site Survey
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
New House Diary
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
More Broken Arms
This week I was out of town at the Laguna Cliffs Resort for a Kofax reseller’s conference (Dataimage is a vendor of Kofax software and services. Incidentally, Dataimage just won Top Reseller in the Rocky Mountain region for 2005) when Nancy called me and told me that she thought Anne had broken her arm riding… Continue reading More Broken Arms
Buying a New House
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
What Would NASA Do Without Me?
Emily had trouble answering one of her homework questions for math class: “What is more accurate: a measurement given in centimeters or a measurement given in millimeters?” The author of this question made the classic mistake of confusing precision and accuracy. Precision is about being well defined while accuracy is about correctness. The unit in… Continue reading What Would NASA Do Without Me?
Buddy Goes To School
Samuel started preschool at Challenger School this week. After spending the last three years in the car while Nancy shuttled Emily, Anne, and Caroline to Challenger School, Samuel knew all about it and was excited to attend. Ready For The First Day of School Our kids have really enjoyed Challenger School over the years. Nancy… Continue reading Buddy Goes To School
I Was Walking Really Fast And My Shoe Just Flew Up On The Roof
Today the kids were in the other room while Nancy and I were in the computer room. Soon the air was filled with the sounds of Samuel’s wails. When Nancy inquired as to what happened, Anne said, “Samuel got kicked”. When we asked Anne who had kicked Samuel, she told one of the best whoppers… Continue reading I Was Walking Really Fast And My Shoe Just Flew Up On The Roof