We weren’t sure it was going to happen today, but Morgan got up at 6am to start sawing the house off the foundation. Nothing more reassuring than having your house sawed off the foundation!

As it turns out they did show up, and up it went, 42″. I have a few shots here, but since I was at work all day, I missed the action. We will have a time-lapse video of it to post eventually.

We are mostly hooked back up– power and water are on, and the bathroom drains work. The kitchen drain is now blocked by one of the cribs that are supporting the house, so we will have to work with a bucket there. Creative solutions may appear, but for now it’s a bit messy.

We are still waiting for the permit. Technically, we have not built anything yet, so we are still ok. We really need that permit this week. Please, please, permit, please come this week! We’ve been reassured that things are lining up for us, but I will feel SO MUCH BETTER when we have that sucker in hand.

The house has a disconcerting wobble when someone walks through it now. I don’t really notice it when I’m walking, but if I’m being still and someone else walks through it is a little nauseating– not because it worries me, but because I have issues with motion sickness. I wish motion sickness was something I could “work on”, because this would be an excellent opportunity for that.

Stay tuned for time lapse coverage… Excavation begins in three days!