The foundations

Here they are, ready for concrete. From this view, they don't look like they are adding much to the house. But when you stand inside and see where the new walls are going to be, it's great. Granted, the living room and dining room are not going to be huge. They will just feel "looser" than they did, which will be much appreciated. The concrete is supposed to be poured on Tuesday. I've also added some pictures to the photo album, which include views of all the new drain pipes in the bathroom. They replaced everything with plastic and it will get covered over with concrete on Tuesday as well. I don't know how long it will be before they can start the framing, but I'm looking forward to it.

We met with two different cabinet places on Friday and are starting to get the ball rolling for bids. As always, what we want may be out of our reach, but we'll see. We are really starting to see how fast the money will go, and are almost certain that with the decision to do the kitchen & bathrooms we'll go well over budget, even with the savings from the roof. Oh well. It just seems silly at this point not to do stuff when the house is torn apart. I think our summer rates are going to have to go up :)