Friday

Today is sort of an exciting day. Although today is a day when a lot of money will be paid out, it is in preparation for that big step tomorrow. The master builder will measure how much cement (Ready mix) we will need to pour that floor. From that we will go to the company and order. They will send out their guy to measure, and we will all come to an agreement on how much we need and what it will cost. Then first thing tomorrow we and they will be out there ready to start pouring! YEA!

We had to prepare a way for the big cement trucks to come in. When we first used them back in February and March they entered through our neighbor's farm, but he has since planted trees there. It was closer to the actual construction than our entrance is so it was mighty handy. Not only that, our entrance crosses an irrigation canal so it has a little cement bridge over it. Over the gate there at the entrance was a cement header that was too low for the bigger trucks. So last Saturday after the team and their bus left, we reinforced the little cement bridge. We had torn down the header a couple days before. To the bridge we added an extra 8 inches of cement with plenty of rebar. Then allowed it to set for 7 days. (Tomorrow will complete the 7 days and the trucks will start rolling!) Each time the master builder or anyone else, including us, went to the farm we had to park outside on the street! We'll be glad that is over. :-)

One of the reasons I am so excited about this step of pouring the floor, is that it puts a roof over the first floor, and that means we can start working on finishing out the two downstairs apartments. The sooner that is done the sooner we can use them. And after seeing our last team sleep outdoors, I am certainly ready to have rooms with a roof!

Until tomorrow!