Rain Oh Rain please be kind...

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it
and wrong too often for us to rely on it. - Patrick Young

Our SS rang late last week to give an update on what has been happening on our project home.  He told us that the workers have done our drainage, under wiring electricals and sealed the slab.  He also told that next week, which is in fact this week, our frame will be delivered on Tuesday and he will get it started on Wednesday.  It will take about two days for them to install the frame and by the end of the week we should be able to see the structure of the house.

But what is that I see in the distance in our visit on Saturday??

Our Frame!!!!!!

Weren't these supposed to be delivered on Tuesday?  Nevertheless it is still good to see them.  Our SS even said that we are ahead of schedule in our project and he will try to keep it that way and have the house handover to us before the contract date.

It is very thoughtful and nice of him but in this kind of weather, I'm afraid there won't be anything done until the rain stop.

I also took some pictures of our soon to be neighbor Thigee's house of her fantastic looking bricks.  There were couple of guys who were cleaning them and it shows the true color inside.  It was so good that I decided to take some pictures of it.  For privacy reason, I've sent the pictures to Thigee.  Please visit her site if interested.

So please rain, can you be so kind and come back another day?  At least until we are at the stage where the workers can work in the rain...

Things that make you go SLAB!!

What a busy morning at The Ponds today!  We met with our site supervisor this morning and we were about 10 minutes early (our appointment time was for 8am), I guessed that we were too eager to see what's happening on our soon to be home.

It does gave us the time to wander around the block and see what else is happening.  It was really a busy block with so much construction work is going on.

The bridge/street that connecting our side of the Riverbank Drive to the Sales Office, which soon will be one of The Ponds main street, is being worked on and it would appear that they are working on the bridge this morning.

The two house behind our block is also full of people doing the framework and guttering (wish I was at that stage already).

I saw a few people on our soon to be neighbor, Thigee, house working on the roof.

Also the block across from us whom I believe it is belong to Thigee's brother is being worked on as well.  Although I'm not quite sure if they are doing the leveling or excavating.

As for our site, our very own slab!!  (forgive me for the quality of the photos as I used my phone camera instead on this).

Isn't this a pretty sight? People working hard to get our house done.

Isn't it pathetic that I actually took this photo and be happy about it??

It is very exciting to learn that everything is happening for us.  Our site supervisor even said that he will try his very best to get us move in before Christmas before we even say it!  What a thoughtful person... :)

Other than that it has been a very busy week for myself and the family.  I hope to be able to visit this coming weekend but we got my brother's wedding happening as well so chances are highly unlikely.

On another note the HIA Home Show is on this week.  I would highly recommend everyone, who is building a new home or renovating or even wanting to improve their home, to visit the show as it is full of inspirational ideas about home improvements.  Plus you also get the show price if you wanted to do something with a particular contractor.