I have kept messing with the SketchUp plans for the farm house. Below are new (and blue!) updates to the design. The final house will be white, but I decided to make a colored version because it makes it easier to see details.

Today wasn’t as productive as I would have liked. I broke the quick attach handle on my loader. I guess it will need to be welded back on. I bought a crescent wrench and a pipe wrench at Lowe’s, but neither of them worked really. I eventually got the bucket off by beating the pins from the bottom. The pallet forks went on easily. I dug up a few stumps and moved around some cedar logs. Tomorrow will be another beautiful day and I will try to burn the last of the house debris as well as a lot of the recently downed trees. I’m not sure if I will attempt to burn the stumps or just throw them into the dumpster. There is a bit of space remaining, but weight could become an issue. We are restricted to 8000 pounds.

I was hoping that the engineer would come today to lay out the footings, but he didn’t. Maybe tomorrow. The sooner the better so we can take advantage of this nicer weather and get to work.