Morgan works by our new front door.

Lots of vertical here.

buphalo measures twice.

Notching it out.

Looking down at our future entry area.

The timber framed walls are going up to complement our vertical concrete. This part is fun– you can really begin to see where the doors and windows will be, and the plan is starting to take on three-dimensional reality. It’s hard to believe that the timber posts and beams that will be supporting our house are up to the job, but the engineer was paid well and it’s probably just because the concrete seems so fortress-like in comparison.

We have a date to set the house back down on October 20– One week from today! I don’t think I get a toilet immediately following that, but the chances are much better that a temporary sewer situation will be granted to me once the house is no longer shifting around in space. My wildest dreams!

And just to reassure all who read my post about some of the more challenging aspects of this process, we are doing great. We are not all that stressed or bummed out. We are getting a sweet new home situation out of this eventually, and we have had the most amazing, longest, warmest, driest summer in Seattle history to help us out. We are thrilled to finally be doing this instead of talking about it. It’s actually happening! That’s almost better than indoor plumbing… but ultimately, I get both!