Day 10 & 11 -- Building the basement!

I am combining the last 2 days because it's been pretty much the same thing.........building with concrete blocks!    Basically the 2 masons slap some cement onto a 12x8 concrete block and carefully line it up...tapping ever so carefully to fit it into place.  They use levels, ropes and wood planks.  It's a very tedious and long job (I think we counted about 500 that need to be laid), but with music playing and sun shining the workers don't seem to mind.  And they are doing a very nice job..not only on the building, but also keeping my girls entertained!   It rained a lot today so they only got 3 hours in....hoping they get more done tomorrow and the rain stays away! 

Also, Joe and I have been discussing siding colors!  This is one of the most difficult decisions we have to make!  What color house do we want?    We are pretty sure we want green or grey.  Leaning more toward green than grey.   And we are like 90% sure we are going with Hardie Siding.  So our color choices would be Mountain Sage, Heathered Moss, Monterey Taupe or Timber Bark..........with white trim!   You can see all the choices here:  http://www.jameshardie.com/developer/colorplus-palette.shtml

Soo that's where we are right now!  Hoping to have the rest of the blocks laid by the end of the week, and the steel ordered for the existing footings that need to be repaired!  We go away on vacation on Sunday..and so does John.  I'm not sure if anything will be happening while we are away, but we should know more by the end of the week. 

~Gianna~