{"id":846,"date":"2006-01-06T09:02:56","date_gmt":"2006-01-06T14:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/buildingmoving__3"},"modified":"2006-01-06T09:02:56","modified_gmt":"2006-01-06T14:02:56","slug":"buildingmoving__3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=846","title":{"rendered":"Building\/moving to a new home &#8211; day 108"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A vision of the promised land<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we paused for a brief moment and looked out of our back<br \/>\nwindows at rolling wooded hillsides that fall away to the Little River<br \/>\nin the distance. To our west, we have a view of open forest, lush fields<br \/>\nwhere cattle graze, and distant mountains. We stood<br \/>\ntransfixed by the abundance of natural beauty that filled the world<br \/>\nbefore us. <\/p>\n<p>We had a promise of this beauty when we first walked in these woods<br \/>\nlast Fall, but we now look out from a point twelve feet above our<br \/>\nearlier vantage point. When our back deck is completed, we will have a<br \/>\n180 degree view of this peaceful vista.<br \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><br \/>The beat goes on&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We are getting closer to the magic moment when we will live here in<br \/>\nour new home. The LG refrigerator, looking like something out of a<br \/>\nSci-Fi movie, is already stocked with some food for on-site lunches. We<br \/>\nno longer have to make the long run into Floyd for a midday meal.<\/p>\n<p>Bob and Kari, of Windy Hollow Construction, have begun building a<br \/>\nback porch and it should be complete today. Michael Shortt will<br \/>\nexcavate holes for front porch and back deck pilings today, which will<br \/>\nopen the way for Bob and Kari to finish the front porch. This is our<br \/>\nlast barrier to getting a Certificate of Occupancy!<\/p>\n<p>Excavation is required to put the porch and deck foundations below<br \/>\nthe frost line. This is the only way to construct a porch and deck that<br \/>\nwill not sag when the ground thaws. We are seeing graphic evidence of<br \/>\nthe effects of thawing in the trenches that were dug and refilled when<br \/>\nthe ground was frozen. Each of these trenches now show deep holes where<br \/>\nthe frozen earth collapsed in the few warm days that have occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Our driveway and even the street we live on have post-thaw trench<br \/>\ndepressions which are a shock to drive over. It may take several more<br \/>\npasses before the trenches are stably filled.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, our 36 sheets of 4&#215;8 plywood provide relatively clean<br \/>\npathways through the mud for our contractors. Work goes on and the<br \/>\nhouse interior remains relatively clean. I will try to capture the<br \/>\nscene in a photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vision of the promised land Yesterday, we paused for a brief moment and looked out of our back windows at rolling wooded hillsides that fall away to the Little River in the distance. To our west, we have a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=846\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1820],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-dE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}