It's been harder than I thought it would be to keep this journal up-to-date. All I talk about is house-building, but I don't often take time to sit down and write out what's going on. However, I do want a record when we're all done and what it was like, so I'll keep on trying to keep this as up-to-date as possible.
This weekend was exciting as Peter and I picked out and ordered or bought almost all of our flooring. That's some big decisions out of the way, and it's nice to get them done now and not have to worry about it when we're in the middle of framing the house.
Every time I come to write these entries I can't think of what to say! Anyway, on Sunday Mom, Dad, Emily, 
. Dad helped Peter put a vapour barrier down that goes under the foundation.
Last night we went out and fixed the vapour barrier that had gotten mussed from the little bulldozer driving over it. We also raked out some sand that goes under the middle of the pad. Today we should get the rest of the sand, level that out, and Tom is going to build as much of the forms that hold the concrete as possible. NBPower is also supposed to come hook up the temporary power today. Hopefully they do, since Tom needs it to build the forms.
Our proposed schedule for the next week includes having the plumber out tomorrow or Thursday to put in the rough plumbing that goes in the concrete, put in the rebar and wire mesh by the weekend, then possibly next Wednesday lay the pipes for in-floor heating. Next Thursday we hope to pour the slab 
One thing we hadn't given much thought to was the fact that the plumber needs to know where the well is going, so we have to get in touch with the guy who's drilling the well and see when he can come up and do it.
I'm off to add a bunch of pictures. I'm writing this at work (we have to come in really early on Tuesdays) so the uploading is much faster here:) **ETA - for all our house pictures, visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/peteandange/
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