The dirt is flying! Finally

After  2 1/2 years of planning and much waiting we've finally broken ground. 

They're removing all the miscellaneous concrete that was on the property prior to digging.

The exposed foundation of the 18 Th. century part of the house. This does not make me feel comfortable!

They don't call it Stony Brook Rd. for nothing! The majority of the excavation has been rock.

A house comes into view

As April comes to a close we're are getting ready to break ground. Anthony was out this weekend staking out the corners of the house.

An exciting day at the farm!

In my zest to "clean up" I decided to light a burn pile and do some mowing as it's been dry for a few days. While the pile of brush did not light the grass did! Unable to put it out with my shoe I had to call Hopewell Township's finest to extinguish it.  It was an  impressive turnout especially Pennington FD who arrived first!

Ready for spring!

Donut is on her perch and ready for spring.

Finally some sunlight and progress

Today we had some slight demolition in preparation for starting our foundation next week. Our old front porch roof came down as it's in the way. I believe it was about 6 feet high and it was like walking into a cave before you entered the equally cave-like and dark front room! Looks better already.

Before

After

After a 2 1/2 year wait, Finally!

This sign at the end of our driveway must mean we're ready to start digging!!

Ground breaking scheduled for April 21, 2014.

Things are happening!

The snow has finally melted and the sun is coming out. We just finished drilling for our geo-thermal wells that will provide ground cooled/heated water to heat and cool our house. It was quite a mess as there's a lot of stone dust and front which pretty much turns into cement when you leave it exposed to the elements. Donut loves it as it's quite messy!