Thursday, October 8, 2009 - Play Ball!

Maybe a little dirt was moved around, but the workers apparently knocked off early. There is some sort of concern that if they dig within five feet of the house that it could partially collapse into the hole that has been dug. I believe I asked our contractor about this right before we started and he looked at me as if I were smoking crack. So, our architect along with an engineer are planning to visit Friday to determine if it is safe to continue digging, or if an alternative plan needs to be developed. This particular area is where the staircase leading downstairs will go, so the alternative plan, I think, would be pouring a concrete pad, extending the house out about five feet, and beginning the staircase at the point where the excavation began. Can’t wait to get home Friday and see what the decision is, because I hear architects and engineers are more than happy to donate their time to a good cause, and I also heard they are just giving away concrete for free these days. On a lighter note, I think the hired help that showed up to work on Thursday had a pretty good time. The baseball bat and all of the tennis balls we hit to Minnie were scattered all over the yard. And looking at the indentations of the walls of the excavated area, it looks like they used it as a batting cage to hit tennis balls and walnuts. Maybe they played King of the Mountain, too.