Current mood:	tired
Current music:	bread machine running
Entry tags:	family, home improvement

House Remodel - Footings
Photos taken early this morning -- the start of the footings for the new foundation.

You can clearly see the pad where the old shed used to be.

The boarded-up windows were lost when the original porch was put in. Assuming I designed things correctly, the addition will add light to the living areas by doors with glass panels to conduct light from the new family room into the kitchen. We'll see how that works out. My parent's house, while much newer and more modern, had no windows on the sides of the structure, only on the front and back. Granted, they were big windows, but if it wasn't for side windows, my place would be much darker than it is. I've got excellent light in every room but the kitchen, which lost a window over the sink back in some remodeling job done before I bought the place. So in my design all doors into the kitchen area have windows to let whatever ambient light there is pass through.

The backhoe guy returns tomorrow. And I have to call the plumber to fix the commode, which has worn internal workings and is starting to constantly run. I did install a temporary light in the kitchen to augment the old one which is running half-lit. I think the shaking damaged the old thing. Replacing it will be a job for the electrician.

Oh yeah, it is wind-storming a bit right now. 0_o