The Babe phoned yesterday afternoon and said "They've started breaking ground on the new house!" Well, hot damn!
After she got off work, we drove over there and took a few photos. Earlier, there had been a mini-cat or two grading the soil. By the time we got there, there was a layer of gravel on the base.
The lot's rather small, which is both "alas!" and "hurrah!" While it's nice to have lots of land for gardening, someone has to do it, which someone usually ends up being a landscaping company. We've a 1/3 of an acre right now and the backyard's incredibly pretty, but it costs a bit of money to keep things trimmed, weeded, and mowed. The new back and side yards shan't be nearly so spacious (alas!) but we won't have to have someone in as often or have them do as much (hurrah!).
The nice thing about our particular location is that the house next to us has their backyard next to us (they're on a corner lot) and the house behind us is also backyard-to-backyard, so we'll be looking out on a much greater expanse of greensward and the occasional decorative shrub than many of our neighbors.
The house is likely to be done around September, so we'll be packing in the hottest part of the summer. (Oh, boy!) I've explained to the Babe that I've already done the vast majority of the packing and moving for her twice: once from Seattle to Fort Wayne (and two houses, at that!) and the second from Fort Wayne to Eugene. I think that that's plenty for this lifetime, so she's going to be equally involved in the packing on this move. In fact, we'll also have Susan doing some of this, too. And because we've not unpacked so many of the book boxes, a lot of this will be less work for the packing than it might otherwise have been.
We're starting to think about local moving companies, too. I'm quite sure we'll have uno el mondo garage sale/donation run prior to the move and one as we unpack. We've never really conjoined our households yet: a number of things have stayed in boxes since our first move. Getting everything unpacked and sifted will be deliciously freeing. I expect to dump a lot of books and miscellany as part of this. It makes me feel good. :)
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