Today the guys came to start on footings. There are 8 footings inside for load bearing walls and also the outside wall of the house to be done. The footings will be 20 inches wide and 10 inches deep.
When I drove up this morning they were all standing around talking and one of the guys said “I don’t know” and another man answered “I think it is big enough” … I am sure they know what they are doing, but seeing a half a dozen guys standing in a 15 foot deep hole that is 60 some feet wide wondering if it is big enough make me giggle. ~ Elli

Today they found a huge rock. Bigger on all sides than our average dining room table that just couldn’t be moved. So they had to go and get a big jack hammer to break it up and haul it away. So  we lost a little time in the digging process and now there is a nice big thunder storm overhead, but in general it was a good day. 

There were several guys at the dig site today and they were giving my dad shit about how big the basement is. How they have never dug a basement so large, and they wondered if it were an apartment complex. They asked how much rent would be… It is a large house! But if you consider that they are moving half a mountain just to get a flat surface, that has to be part of it. Right?!