. . .and we're off!

I guess we passed inspection, because the footers were poured today. Despite all the mud, it looks like we're officially started!





The truck with the cement block had to wait in queue until the concrete truck left:



If it's going to rain every couple days, I need gear for mucking around:

This morning Charlie showed me the color palettes he created for the exterior surfaces. He presented 5 different ideas, and we quickly narrowed them down to two. Then I went to Home Depot to get samples of the colors to paint on the outside of the house so we can see how they'll look on the building in natural light. The only one I painted today was the browns because they're being tested on the front porch. The test area for the greens is exposed, and since it's going to rain tonight and all day tomorrow, I'll wait to paint that when it's dry. When Keith and I reviewed the colors tonight we decided to also test paint the yellow palette. The browns look elegant (Keith's word), but safe, and we're not sure that's what we're going for. It's a working farm house, not a fancy country estate, so we might just want to do something a little more daring and fun. Of course we'll get John and Charlie to keep us in check so we don't embarrass ourselves! But this is the time to explore our options before we commit. For the record, I'm really glad Charlie is guiding us through the color selection process--it's much harder to choose colors than you might think.