On your mark, Get set...

... I think "Go!" will happen next week.

We received our street address today! So giddy! Technically we could notify the post office, pop up a mail box, and start receiving mail at OUR residence! Er... almost residence.

Other notable highlights:

- We have electric and gas accounts

- The driveway is completely laid out all the way to the road

- The quote is expected to be complete today and is UNDER budget

- The surveyor arrives on Monday to lay out the house and garage

- The site work (pushing out stumps and grading) starts next week!

- The kitchen design is almost complete.

We have a lovely little sign at the road front touting the names of our Builders and the street number!

Could it be?

Will we actually start breaking ground?

NO WAY!!!

Well, maybe yes way. :-)

The plans are back from the architect, and Mike and Melody are getting pricing. We were given the supplier list this evening, and first thing tomorrow we start calling to make appointments.

The kitchen design, siding, roofing, and flooring are the big ones to get taken care of this week.

And GET THIS! Mike and Melody said we might even break ground in another 2-3 weeks!

Wouldn't that be something? When I heard that, I had butterflies in the stomach!

Our "Scrapbook"

I've never been proficient at scrapbooking, but I wanted a way of capturing the building of our new home. A blog is the perfect way for two "techies" to accomplish the artistry of capturing memories.

We moved from the Midwest to the East Coast in October 2008. We found our building site in November 2008, and broke ground in October 2009.

Henceforth, The Building of Blackthorn Ridge.