Well, another week has gone by...and we did notice a little settling. We have decided to wait still one more week and see how much more settling occurs before we decide when to pour the footings. In the meantime, Rock
Structures has completed all the work they can until we pour footings and cut in the driveway. The terraces look great and we have a nice pathway down through the backyard. It is difficult for us to get a good picture of the whole backyard right now. We would have to cross the creek and stand in a neighbor's backyard. Hopefully we will be able to do that in the future... We plan to clean up some of the area along the creek this summer, and also to plant some ferns from the yard of our current home in the trees here at our new home. We do plan to leave much of the area along the creek very natural. There are some birds that live down there, and we don't want to displace them. We will just clear an area where we can access the creek and also find a spot to put in a fire pit down there. We also have noticed that there is a hawk nesting in one of the big trees in the "woods". We think that is pretty cool!
While all of this waiting is going on, I am meeting with kitchen designers. I am really excited about the kitchen - since it is basically my office! We want the kitchen/great room area to be the focus of the home! I am looking forward to choosing a design! Then it will be on to the tile...
