Saturday, October 17, 2009

T.........he Big Dig

Bang!! Bang!!! Bang!!!! I jumped about three feet at 7:30 am. I knew that construction workers had arrived but didn't know they needed to take a sledge hammer to the bricks on back of the house that soon. Our new kitchen had begun! After I had picked myself up, we ran out to see the first steps which included ther use of some very large and interesting machines. How they maneuvered that power shovel in such a small space was amazing and here you can see the first scoop and the finished trench. The last photo is of the workers beginning to frame up for the footings. The only glitches were a few unusual pipes that came up during the dig, which had long been out of use. Will the new kitchen/crafting area be done by Christmas? Stay tuned for more construction updates!



















9 comments:

BeadedTail said...

Let the fun begin! Hope everything goes well and that it is done by Christmas!

Live, Love, Laugh, Write! said...

Good luck hanging in there through the construction!

Memories for Life said...

New craft room??? Awesome!!!
Looks like they're off to a great start!

glassgypsy said...

Patti:
That is great news, would be so kewl to operate the earth mover.
Hope it is dine soon!
peace,
jim

Splendid Little Stars said...

Wow, Patti! That's awesome! You get a combination kitchen/crafting room?! How great is that?!

Anonymous said...

Construction = yuck

Completion - happy dancin

Why are they digging in the ground to build you a new kitchen?

Erika said...

Wow! Are you adding a whole new kitchen? What a great holiday present for yourself:)

storybeader said...

how exciting! hope they finish before bad weather... if you do get it... Funny about the pipes. Luckily, they weren't in use! {:-D

TiLT said...

wow! lots of work...hope it won't take too long...or start that early everytime :P