Wow, great fireworks!

I hate to say it, but we needed a break from building our dream home. So off we went back to Martha's Vineyard for a long weekend. It was great; better than expected. This past weekend was the end of the summer fireworks extravaganza in Oak Bluffs. In a word - intense. Lots of fireworks and lots of them groupsed together. I felt like I was back in 'Nam.

This past weekend was also the annual agricultural fair. It's your typical local ag fair with horse riding competitions, rides and greasy fair food. We ended the weekend with a sunset dinner on the beach in Menemsha. It was one of the best sunsets on MV that I've seen in a long time. The sun's rays bouncing off the clouds was stunning. I wish all my weekends were like last weekend.

Now it's looking like a new house

Here comes the good stuff. Digging the big hole in the ground for the foundation and cutting trees down is over. Moving dirt around is mostly over. Building the house has now begun. They started framing the house and it looks gorgeous. The two dimensional drawings we've been analyzing for the last 5 months are now three dimensional. We can actually walk into our great room and visualize ourselves kicking back on our couch watching tv or the trees in our backyard.

One of the most exciting features of our house is our 10 foot bay window in our kitchen that looks onto our back yard. Simply put, it's huge. I don't think we've seen anything like it in any other house. And I don't expect to see anything like it anytime soon. It's definitely a defining characteristic of our house and I'm so excited that my lovely wife suggested we do it. See for yourselves.

So much progress, so little time to process

The lot is not just a piece of dirt anymore. It's actually turning into a piece of dirt with a house on top. We've stopped calling our visits, visits to the lot, and have started calling them visits to the house.

Things have moved along very quickly, maybe too quickly. They've already framed the first floor and tomorrow will put on the flooring for the 2nd floor. We should be ready to seal the house in two to three weeks when we get the windows. Then we won't have to worry about the weather. Everything is working out really well. Let's keep the ball rolling. (Crossing my fingers.)

Here's some pics of the foundation goind in and I promise to update the site more often!