Up in the air

Yesterday (Wednesday 4/21) they lifted the house up to dig for the basement.  It is about 6 inches higher than it will be when it's all finished.  I didn't realize how much higher the other houses were that are next to us.  To make room for the sewer lines under the basement floor we will be about 8 inches higher than our next door neighbor.  It seems like we are way up in the air, but once we fill in the yard it will look very nice.  We are able to stay in the house while they are working, although it feels like a trailer does with the floor flexing and you can not only hear, but feel everyone walking around, even on the other side of the house.

In the pictures you can see the ladder we are using to get into the front door.  There are a LOT of BIG cracks in the drywall on the inside also.  We knew there would be cracks, but didn't realize they would be so big.   In one of the pictures near the bottom you can see Tucker holding up the end of the house!!  ;)

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Progress...

Lots of work done in the past two days.  I knew this was going to be a big project, but the hardest part is making decisions about where things are going.  Like the staircase and the bathroom that will be in the basement.  We have to decide that in the next week or so.  The plumbing for the bathroom goes UNDER the basement floor so we have to decide the location now, and the staircase may determine where the beams go that support the house.  John wants a circular staircase going into the basement, that would be cool.  Click the "read more" to see the pictures.

Day 1

We are having a basement put in under the house.  The current foundation (a crawl space) is falling apart and it is a muddy, yukky mess under there.  John can't go under there in the spring because it is so muddy.  We can't use the attic fan either, it just brings up musty, moldy air into the house.  Although John already took down the mudroom between the house & garage, they started bringing over equipment today so today is Day 1 of construction.  Read more to see the pictures.

Finally got Benji's glasses

Well I finally got Benji glasses, again.  Hopefully these will last more than a few weeks.  You can't tell from the pic, of course, but these have a camouflage pattern on the sides of the frames, very cool for a 6-year old.

I really messed up this time...

Well, I thought I would change my blog a little bit.  I should have known to save my template before I started, duh!!!!!!  I really messed it up and at one point it was in Spanish!!!  Good thing it saves the blog posts in a separate place.  All I lost were the gadgets on the sidebar.  Now that it's 4 in the morning, I should probably go to bed.  :(

Hoben Poetry Jam

The kids had a poetry jam at school a couple of weeks ago. Both Hannah and Benji read a poem. I was very surprised that Benji wanted to stand up on a stage and read a poem. Both of them did a great job!!

Alex's Eagle Court of Honor

Alex's Eagle Court of Honor will be on Saturday, June 5 @ 7:00 pm at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (7575 N. Hix Rd, Westland -- just north of Warren Rd).

The Great Race

Why does race matter so much? I just filled out an application for Tucker for school for next year. Of course, it had the "race" question. I did not answer this. I NEVER answer this question. They called me and asked me what the answer was because they "had to enter it into the computer". I didn't argue with them, it wasn't the person's fault who was on the phone, they were just doing their job.

Am I being manipulated??

I went shopping yesterday and took Tucker with me. He was great, didn't give me any trouble. Except for one incident. I was "in" the freezer inspecting the veggies, deciding which ones to get. Tucker started pushing the cart down the isle. Before I realized it, he had just about run over an older woman. When I turned around and saw what happened I went down and scolded him for pushing the cart into people. I told him to apologize, which he did. Then we went on our way. A minute later he starts crying and said to me, "Mama, you broke my heart!!" Which, hearing him say this to me with tears running down his pudgy cheeks, broke my heart. Of course he said this because I had hurt his feelings when I scolded him for pushing the cart into people, he's very sensitive that way. Is he learning to be manipulative an early age?

I can't believe it passed :(

I can't believe they passed this health care fiasco. What a disaster this going to make the system. Good grief!! I'm so disgusted with politics lately. This proves that the politicians don't listen to their constituents anymore, they don't even pretend to listen.

I'm wondering which industry is going to be next. The federal government bails out the banks, takes over some of the auto companies, now it's health care. Which one will be next? Hmmmm....