Old Dogs
While we wait impatiently for permits, the excavation and grading has slowed. This is due to the garage move and a couple other significant changes. I've had two requests to meet Skip (builder) and Ralph (architect) at the site. This gets me excited each time, because it means they've been at the site and thinking and talking together about the house--and sometimes I think I'm the only one who can't stop thinking about it. At the first meeting, one of their suggestions was moving the garage--which I initially balked at (not the suggestion itself, just the suggestion of a major change)--but it was a brilliant move and now I'm so thankful they thought of it. Their second idea that day was moving the whole project ten feet east. It would affect the grading--creating a more gradual slope to the west of the house and driveway. That sounded desirable and easy enough to do. Another worthwhile change in the plans. Today's meeting was a cage-rattl...