Dirt Spread

I only had enough battery power this morning to take one shot of the dirt spread. Even though there is still so much to be done before we have a house, the difference between piles of dirt and spread dirt is incredible. Before the dirt piles were spread it was hard to envision the perspective/view that we would get once the slab was poured. In fact, I balanced on top of the forms to get the view picture I posted a while back. (Rich didn't think I could do it. He said "I don't think you're coordinated enough to do that." He was almost right. I am not very coordinated, but enough so to balance for a nanosecond or two.) I digress. Now that the dirt is spread out so that it pretty much reaches the top of the forms, and I can stand there pensively for more than two nanoseconds, I get a better feel for what life will be like on the front porch.

The plans we bought originally called for a wooden railing along the porch. We thought the house would be much closer to the ground so we told the builder that we didn't want the railings on the porch. Well, after seeing how high off the ground the porch would be, Rich said he called the builder, Bob, and told him to add the railings back in. I was surprised Rich did this because he was pretty adamantly opposed to having railings. But, he explained that with the house that high off the ground, we wouldn't want Willie falling off and injuring himself. Good point!