December 3rd is the Date!!

So..things have been happening pretty quickly now. We had some down time the end of October into November, as we got 10 inches of snow right before Halloween. It was a little strange to think that we had almost a foot of snow in our new, unused basement already! The weather set the well-digging back a week or two. After a week or so of cold and blistery winter weather, fall came back with avengence and we have been experiencing warmer than normal weather since...well, until today! So, the well diggers came about 10 days ago and started digging. Taylor decided to start a pool and all his employees guessed how far down we would have to dig. The winner would ge dinner for two at Lisa G's. We were quoted 400 feet, but I had a good feeling...or maybe I'm just optomistic; so I guessed 263 feet. They stopped at 76 feet and said they had to wait a day to test the water. I was praying 76 feet was going to be it, but it wasn't. The water wasn't clean enough, so they continued to dig. They went past 263 and ended up stopping at 280 feet. Seth won the bet...I believe right on the nose. Regardless, 280 is a lot better than 400 seeing as we were paying by the foot, we definitely made out! We are receiving 15 gal/min which they tell me is pretty good.

The contractor has been working on the front of the basement, trying to get it all set. We had the in-floor heating put down, and the concrete was poured about 6 weeks ago. Jay (our contractor) then proceeded to the front of the basement. He has built all of the front. The only thing left for the basement are the windows and doors, which will be placed in after the house arrives. Speaking of the house, we have been waiting and waiting for an arrival date all month to no avail..that is until this past week. We have finally received notice that our house will be arriving on December 2nd and will be set on December 3rd!!! Taylor and I are so excited, but very anxious and nervous at the same time. There are so many things that we need to get together before the house comes. Also, with it being December, we are hoping that the snow holds off and that the weather isn't too cold. We just ordered our siding last week and are just trying to find a day to go pick it up. We are using Crane siding in Cabin brown with red trim. The siding will be a combination of 6" wide horizontal boards and cedar-esque shakes. Along with the siding, Taylor and I are going to check out flooring, lighting and paint colors next week so that we can be ready. 2 1/2 weeks is not very long!
I'll post more info about the delivery and such when it gets a little closer. I am also planning on being at the site when they set it so that we can document the whole thing. Check out the pictures to see how the site has come along so far!
Cheers to everyone and we hope you will all be able to visit our new place very soon!!